The No. 9-ranked Keiser men's soccer team kicks off the 2023 season in Mobile, Alabama, taking on the No. 2-ranked Mobile (Ala.) Rams on Thursday, August 24. The game is the first of two for the Seahawks in the Mobile Tournament this weekend. Thursday's top-10 match is slated to begin at 6:30 PM.
 

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No. 9 Keiser Seahawks (0-0-0) at No. 2 Mobile (Ala.) Rams (0-0-0)
Thursday, August 24, 6:30 PM (ET)
The Jungle, Mobile, Ala.
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• Thursday's contest will mark the ninth meeting all-time between Keiser and Mobile.
• The Seahawks hold a 5-3 edge in the series history.
• The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a 2-0 win for the Seahawks in the NAIA National Championship Game on December 6, 2021 (Decatur, Ala.).
• The Seahawks enter Thursday having won four straight over the Rams.
• During the stretch, Keiser has outscored Mobile, 6-1.
• The series is tied, 2-2, in games played between the two squads at the Jungle.
• Thursday is a top-10 matchup as Mobile comes in ranked No. 2 and Keiser at No. 9 in the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 poll.
• Thursday will mark the Seahawks 74th meeting all-time with an NAIA Top 25 team (22-43-8 record).
• Keiser enters Thursday with a record of 3-3-1 versus teams in the top 5.
• In their last five outings versus ranked opponents, the Seahawks are 4-1.
• The Seahawks have scored 14 goals against the Rams all-time, averaging 1.75 goals per contest.

• The Seahawks are coming off a 2022 season where Keiser won both the Sun Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles.
• Head Coach Gavin Oldham claimed the Sun Conference Coach of the Year.
•  The Seahawks had the SUN Player of the Year (Lucas Jacobs) and SUN Freshman of the Year (Rui Reis).
• Keiser recorded a school-record nine All-Conference recipients (Lucas Jacobs, Alejandro Varela Sabio, Adrian Camacho Castro, Rui Reis, Rodrigo Montez Silva, Jack Casey, Alexander Steen, Nick Akoto, Santiago Nebot Oliver).
• Keiser enters the year as the favorite to win the Sun Conference title in 2023 (as voted on by the league's eight coaches).
• The Seahawks come into the season ranked No. 9 in the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 poll.
• There are 14 newcomers on this year's squad.

 

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Keiser	2022 Stats	Mobile (Ala.)
68 (4.00)	Goals	74 (3.22)
58 (3.41)	Assists	49 (2.13)
322 (18.94)	Shots	431 (18.74)
182 (10.71)	SOG	211 (9.73)
52 (3.05)	Saves	55 (2.39)
	Leaders
Rui Reis(14)	Goals	Lucas Ros (14)
Rui Reis (9)	Assists	Jose Sanabria (9)
Lucas Jacobs (52)	Shots	Lucas Ros (68)
Rui Reis (34)	SOG	Lucas Ros (33)
Santiago Nebot Oliver (46)	Saves	Ty Turner (45)

    
 

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