The Keiser volleyball team returns home to host the Southeastern Fire on Saturday, September 30. First serve from the Student Life Center is set for 2:00 PM. Saturday's conference contest features a pair of teams tied for second in the SUN standings.
The Seahawks will look to extend their conference win streak to three as well as increasing their home win streak over the Fire to five.
Keiser Seahawks (19-6, 3-1 SUN) vs
Southeastern Fire (11-3, 3-1 SUN)
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 2:00 PM
Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
WATCH LIVE: Keiser Sports Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
ADMISSION: General Admission $8 / Students, Faculty, and Staff Free
- Saturday will mark the 33rd meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Fire.
- The Seahawks trail the series history, 15-17
- The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a 3-0 win for Keiser on October 15, 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Keiser has won six of the last seven contests versus SEU, including two straight.
- KU holds a 10-6 record all-time versus the Fire at the SLC.
- The Seahawks have won four straight over the Fire at the SLC.
- Saturday will mark the 27th Sun Conference match between the two teams all-time.
- SEU leads the series in conference play, 16-10.
- Head Coach James Rogers enters Saturday's match with a 6-4 record all-time versus the Fire.
- Keiser enters Saturday's action with a 19-6 record (3-1 in league action).
- A win on Saturday will give Keiser its sixth 20-win season in program history (fourth under Coach Rogers).
- The Seahawks are currently tied for second in the Sun Conference Standings.
- The winner of Saturday's match will remain in second place in the SUN Standings.
- Keiser is 4-3 at home his season (1-1 in SUN action).
- KU is looking to pick up their third straight conference win.
- Sophomore attacker Brooklynn Slater leads the NAIA in kills (400).
- Slater's 400 kills this season are the fifth most in a season by a Seahawk.
- Slater is the first NAIA player this season to reach the 400-kill plateau.
- The product of Las Vegas, Nevada, also leads the nation in points (457.0) and is sixth in points per set (5.0).
- The Seahawks lead the NAIA in total kills (1,100)
- Hannah Heide leads the conference and the nation in assists (823).
- Heide has now tallied 3,590 career assists - 386 shy of becoming the school's all-time leader (Brooklyn VandeHei - 3,975).
- Heide is only the second player in Keiser history with 3,000-or-more assists.
- Sydney Wattles leads the Sun Conference with 45 service aces followed by Erika Magin with 42.
- Wattles ranks fourth in the nation in services aces while Magin ranks eighth.
- Wattles also leads the conference with 63 total blocks.
- With 42 service aces this season, Erika Magin enters Saturday's action as the school's all-time leader (180).
- Magin entered the year as Keiser's all-time leader in digs and comes into Saturday's match with 1,928 for her career.
- Magin leads the conference in total digs (367) and is second in digs per set (3.99).
- Coach Rogers comes into Saturday's match with an overall record of 151-64 (52-25 SUN).
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
Southeastern |
| 1100 |
Kills |
613 |
| .211 |
Attack % |
.209 |
| 1027 |
Assists |
571 |
| 219 |
Service Aces |
73 |
| 1331 |
Digs |
757 |
| 131.0 |
Total Blocks |
107.0 |
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