Seahawks Nation, we continue with the 2023-24 Keiser Athletics Moment of the Year Tournament with the quarterfinals.
 
We started with 12 and are now down to eight.
 
The opening round saw women's tennis advance with ITA Fall National Championship victory as well as men's soccer's Sun Conference Tournament Championship win over St. Thomas pushing them to the quarters. Also, winning was flag football claiming the Sun Conference Tournament title and Noel De Geus setting the national record in the 100 breast. 
 
This week, fans can vote via Keiser's official X account (@KUSeahawks) as well as via the link in this story to pick who will advance to the semifinals.

This week, there are four matchups in the quarterfinals.
 
Without further ado, here they are.....
 

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No. 1 seed - Keiser Football wins first National Championship
 
For the first time in program history, the Keiser football team claimed the NAIA Red Banner as National Champions, defeating the No. 1-ranked Northwestern (Iowa) Red Raiders, 31-21. The National Championship victory capped off the most-successful season in Keiser history.


No. 8 seed - Women's Tennis knocks off BYU to advance to round of 16
   
Violet Apisah and Vanja Vidanovic put the Division I teams on notice, defeating the BYU pair of Yujia Huang and Jacque Dunyon, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16 of the ITA Fall National Championships 
 

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No. 2 seed - Women's Swim captures third straight National Championship
   
The No. 1 Seahawks claimed their third-straight NAIA national title dominating in the Swimming & Diving Championships, claiming three individual national champions, four relay national champions, and a total of 44 All-Americans.

 
No. 7 seed - Flag Football wins the SUN Tournament Championship
   
For the second time in program history, the Keiser flag football team claimed the Sun Conference Tournament Championship with a 6-0 win over the Thomas Night Hawks.
 

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No. 3 seed - Women's Golf collects 5th National Championship
   
The No. 2-ranked women's golf team claimed the program's fifth Red Banner, winning the 2024 NAIA Women's Golf National Championship.

 
No. 6 seed - De Geus sets new national record
   
Noel De Geus Earned NAIA Swim of the Year with his National Record time of 51.43 in the 100 Breast prelims.
 

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No. 4 seed - Men's Lacrosse secures back-to-back National Championships
   
Keiser Men's Lacrosse defeated the No. 1 seed and previously undefeated Reinhardt University Eagles to claim their second consecutive national title. In one of the best games in NAIA lacrosse history that featured four lead changes, the Seahawks were able to capitalize on a Reinhardt turnover and score the game-winning goal with under a minute left.

 
No. 5 seed - Men's Soccer beats STU in PKs to win SUN title
   
The No. 11-ranked Keiser men's soccer team took down the No. 3 St. Thomas Bobcats to secure back-to-back Sun Conference Championships. Keiser took St. Thomas to double overtime before forcing penalty kicks to claim the championship title. 
 

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Voting will take place from now until Tuesday, June 18 at 5 p.m. Be sure to cast your vote on what you think was the 2023-24 Keiser Moment of the Year.

Once again, here are the links to vote for each matchup. 

Football versus Women's Tennis
1v8 - https://bit.ly/4clkThC

Women's Swimming & Diving versus Flag Football
2v7 - https://bit.ly/4chHfk1

Women's Golf versus Men's Swimming & Diving
3v6 - https://bit.ly/4bYdGV7   

Men's Lacrosse versus Men's Soccer
4v5 - https://bit.ly/3z97OcU
 

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