
Score: No. 6 Keiser Seahawks 21, (rv) St. Thomas Bobcats 5
Records: No. 6 Keiser (10-6, 4-2 SUN), St .Thomas (6-7, 2-4 SUN)
Location: Multi-Purpose Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
No. 6 Keiser women's lacrosse closed out their regular season schedule with a dominant 21-5 win over St. Thomas at home.
Chloe Foley led the scoring for the Seahawks with another four-goal performance.
Hayley Frew tied her career-high of five assists in a game while
Madison Andrews added five more points on two goals and three assists. Keiser has now clinched a spot in the Sun Conference Tournament which they will be hosting on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20.
Before the game, Keiser honored its seven seniors (
Milena Isturiz,
Sydney Passaro,
Krystal Beebe,
Sydney Parker,
Dakota Joseph,
Haley Knudsen, and
Jasmine Sidawi) for all of their contributions to the program.
Keiser 7, St. Thomas 1
- Sydney Parker scored the first goal of her career with 14:01 on the game clock.
- The native Sebastian, Florida, streaked down the middle of the field for a one-on-one with the STU keeper.
- With 12:50 left in the first, Madison Andrews gave Keiser a 2-0 lead with her 16th goal of the season (assisted by Hayley Frew).
- The Seahawks took a 3-0 lead following a goal by Chloe Foley. The score was her 29th of the season, coming off an assist by Frew (her second of the quarter).
- Foley scored again, this time with a man-up goal with 6:46 on the game clock. MacKenzie Gibaud was credited with an assist on the score.
- After a St. Thomas timeout, Emily McCall extended Keiser's lead to 5-0 (6:17).
- Goal number six for Keiser came on a score by Krystal Beebe - her 11th of the season (5:41).
- STU got on the board with a goal by Olivia Parker with 3:42 left in the first.
- Keiser regained its six-goal lead as Gibaud found the back of the net with 1:50 on the clock. The score was set up on a free position attempt by Peyton Tomlinson (credited with the assist).
Keiser 14, St. Thomas 3
- It didn't take long for Keiser to score in the second quarter as Milena Isturiz (from Madison Andrews) recorded KU's eighth goal of the game with 14:32 left in the half.
- Andrews netted another goal for the Seahawks less than a minute later as Keiser led, 9-1.
- The Bobcats scored their second goal of the game on a goal by Kaitlyn Chmelir (8:17).
- Kamille Thomas recorded her sixth goal of the season, giving Keiser a 10-2 lead (6:30).
- Frew notched her third assist of the game, setting up a goal by Haley Knudsen with 5:52 left in the half (11-2).
- Carly Chretien pushed the lead to 10 (running clock) with her 11th goal of 2024. Andrews notched her third assist of the afternoon (5:04).
- The scoring continued with a man-up goal by Abbey Cannon, giving the Seahawks a 13-2 lead with 3:54 left in the half.
- A second goal by Thomas made it 14-2 in favor of the Seahawks with 1:43 on the clock.
- St. Thomas got the last goal of the half, cutting the Keiser lead to 14-3.
Keiser 19, St. Thomas 4
- The Seahawks added three more goals with scores by Samantha Esher (14:17), Sydney Passaro (11:37), and Foley (9:34) to make it a 17-4 game.
- Passaro scored her second goal of the game on an assist by Esher with 7:23 on the game clock (18-3).
- Abbey Cannon found Esher for her 17th goal of the season as Keiser led, 19-4, with 1:57 left in the third.
Keiser 21, St. Thomas 5
- Isturiz (14:48) and Foley (13:33) produced goals number 20 and 21 for the Seahawks.
- Ashjan Aljafaary scored a man-up goal for the Bobcat with 10:12 left to play.
- Keiser improves to 10-6 on the year with the win.
- KU closes out the regular season with a 4-2 record in the Sun Conference.
- The Seahawks have secured a spot in the Sun Conference Tournament on Friday, April 19 with their opponent still to be determined.
- Andrews, Foley, and Frew all tallied five points on the day to lead Keiser in scoring.
- Foley notched a game-best four goals for the third time this season.
- Frew collected five assists in the game.
- Isturiz recorded five caused turnovers in the contest to lead all players.
- In the circle, Beebe and Andrews each grabbed four draw controls.
- Margaret Wroe got the start and recorded six saves on nine shots faced.
- The Seahawks held the Bobcats to a 40.9% clear rate over the course of the game.
No. 6 Keiser
Points: Andrews/Foley/Frew (5)
Goals: Foley (4)
Assists: Frew (5)
Draw Controls: Andrews/Beebe (4)
Ground Balls: Bick/Isturiz/McCall/Parker/Passaro (2)
Caused Turnovers: Isturiz (5)
Saves: Wroe (6)
(rv) St. Thomas
Points: Aljafaary/Chmelir (2)
Goals: Aljafaary (2)
Assists: Chmelir/Lubrant/Peters (1)
Draw Controls: Miller (7)
Ground Balls: Schooler/Woods/Torres (3)
Caused Turnovers: Schooler/Woods (3)
Saves: Dawson (9)
Keiser will await to see who their opponent will be on April 19th in the Sun Conference Semifinal. The tournament will take place at the Multi-Purpose Field in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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