One of the last remaining teams in the Battle for the Red Banner, the No. 3-seed Keiser women's soccer will face (14)Missouri Valley on Tuesday in the Round of 16. Kickoff from the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex is set for 4:00 p.m. CST.
 

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NAIA National Tournament - Round of 16
No. 2 Keiser Seahawks(3) (15-1-1) vs No. 17 Missouri Valley College Vikings(14) (15-4-1)
Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex (Pensacola, Fla.)
4:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM EST

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• The two teams have not met in a soccer match
• Keiser is 2-1 all-time against teams from the state of Missouri. 
• All three of those games happened at the final site of the NAIA National Tournament

• Keiser heads to the final site with a 15-1-1 overall record
• The Seahawks defeated Tennessee Wesleyan in the second round of the tournament 4-0
• Keiser is 30-13-2 all-time in NAIA postseason play and will be making their 19th final site appearance
• This season, the Seahawks are 2-0 in neutral site matchups and sport a 46-22-4 record in neutral site games all time
• KU has two players with more than ten goals this season in Lauren Riley (15) and Maria Vilhena (11)
• Riley also leads the team with eight assists this season with three players behind her tied at seven (Georgia Little, Lina Gröbner, Alicia Rey)
• On the backline, Julia Forslund will be making her 91st appearance for the Seahawks on Tuesday, the second-most appearances in program history
• Maude Rouanet has started every game for KU this season and is tied for the third-most wins in the NAIA
• 20 of the 24 players on the postseason roster have scored or assisted a goal this season
• As a team, the Seahawks go into the tournament with the fifth-most shots per game on average at 24.2
• KU also ranks 10th in corner kick attempts this season at 139 and 14th in assists with 61
• The 17-seed, Missouri Valley College, is 15-4-1 this season and advanced to the NAIA Final Site after defeating Truett McConnell 3-2
• The Vikings earned an automatic berth into the national tournament and a bye into the second round after capturing the 2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season title
• MVC is led this season by Ashley Arribas who has 13 goals this season
• Against the remaining teams in the bracket, Keiser is 37-21-5
• If the Seahawks were to advance, they would play the winner of (11)Tennessee Southern and (6)Aquinas

 

Keiser			2024 Stats		Missouri Valley
Avg.	Total	NAIA Rank	Breakdown		Avg.	Total	NAIA Rank
3.71	63	27	Goals		2.95	59	32
3.59	61	14	Assists		2.65	53	18
24.24	412	18	Shots		14.10	282	64
11.82	201	25	SOG		8.25	165	47
2.35	40	194	Saves		3.05	61	157
Player	Total	NAIA Rank	Leaders		Player	Total	NAIA Rank
Lauren Riley	15	35	Goals		Ashley Arribas	13	59
Laruen Riley	8	64	Assists		Judit Ferre	9	47
Lauren Riley	83	20	Shots		Ashley Arribas	58	81
Maude Rouanet	38	195	Saves		Marina Bujalance	58	131

 

     

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