Seahawks Nation, the Third Annual Keiser Athletics Moment of the Year Tournament starts today. Over the next month, we will be asking you to determine the top moment of the year.
 
There were a lot of great moments this past season, but we had to narrow it down to 12.
 
Twelve moments from this past year have been put in a bracket-style format. Each week, fans can vote at KUSeahawks.com to pick who will advance to the next round.
 

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

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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 


No. 9 seed - Keiser Baseball advances to Regional Championship
   
Keiser Baseball eliminated the No. 12 Jessup Warriors and No. 25 Point Park Pioneers to advance to the NAIA Tournament Regional Championship 

 

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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. 

 
No. 12 seed - Will Hill becomes the Sun Conference High Jump Champion
   
Will Hill secures the Sun Conference Championship with a 1.97m high jump.
 

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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.

 
No. 10 seed - Men's Tennis sweeps Tenn Wesleyan to advance to National Championship
   
Seeking revenge from being knocked out in last year's semifinal, No. 3 Keiser men's tennis defeated No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan 4-0 in the semifinal of the NAIA National Tournament
 

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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

 
No. 11 seed - Isac Wallin earns Jack Nicklaus Award
   
Isac Wallin becomes the second Seahawk in program history to win the Jack Nicklaus Award (Nation's Top Golfer).
 

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The top four seeds will get a bye this week and will face the winners of this week's matchups.
   
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.
 
The No. 1 moment will face the winner on No. 8 versus No. 9 next week.
 

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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.
 
The No. 2 moment will face the winner of No. 7 versus No. 10 next week.
 

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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.
 
The No. 3 moment will face the winner of No. 6 versus No. 11 next week.
 

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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.
 
The No. 4 moment will face the winner of No. 5 versus No. 12 next week.
 

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Voting will take place from now until Tuesday, June 11 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. 

Women's Tennis versus Baseball
8v9 - https://bit.ly/4e4Cj41

Men's Soccer versus Men's Track & Field
5v12 - https://bit.ly/3Xcf8hX

Men's Swimming & Diving versus Men's Golf
6v11 https://bit.ly/3Vkk9mi

Flag Football versus Men's Tennis
7v10 https://bit.ly/45bdO0I
 

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