The Keiser volleyball team hits the road for the first time in the 2024 season. After seven matches over the last week, the Seahawks hold a 5-2 record. The Seahawks finished the Vipers Sports Academy Classic with a 5-0 record. The three-day, 20-team event featured 38 matches at the Student Life Center on the campus of Keiser University was one of the largest tournaments in the NAIA.
Keiser will kick off action on Friday at 12:00 PM versus the Eagles of Williams Baptist College. The Seahawks will continue the action with Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) at 4:00 PM. The Seahawks will return to the court on Saturday with a pair of matches, facing Texas A&M-Texarkana (10:00 AM) and tournament host Faulkner (Ala.) at 2:00 PM.
Faulkner Invitational
August 23-24, 2024
Tine W. Davis Gymnasium, Montgomery, Ala.
WATCH LIVE: Faulkner Sports Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
Friday, August 15
Keiser versus Williams Baptist - 12:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM CT
Keiser versus Freed-Hardeman - 4:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM CT
Saturday, August 17
Keiser versus Texas A&M-Texarkana- 10:00 AM ET / 9:00 AM CT
Keiser versus Faulkner (Ala.) - 2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT
Williams Baptist Series
- Friday will mark the first meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Eagles.
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) Series
- Friday will mark the first meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Lions.
Texas A&M-Texarkana Series
- Saturday will mark yet another first time opponent for the Seahawks facing the Eagles.
Faulkner (Ala.) Series
- The Seahawks have six total wins over the Eagles since 2020.
- Keiser has fallen just once to Faulkner dating back to 2008 in their first match in the series history.
- The Seahawks have swept five of six wins since 2020, only dropping one set in 2022.
- Keiser starts off the season with a 5-2 record, the Seahawks are looking to get back in the win colum after facing two losses to Benedictine University Mesa and Oregon Tech.
- The Seahawks were picked to finish second in the Sun Conference following the release of the 2024 SUN Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- For the second-consecutive weekend, Keiser will enter the weekend playing three first time opponents.
- Hannah Heide enters the weekend with 257 assists, the school record-holder continues to her impressive play being named the Sun Conference Setter of the Week.
- Junior transfer Mackenzie Pryor leads the Seahawks in kills with 123, respectfully being named the Sun Conference Attacker of the Week after breaking the school-record with 32 kills in a four set match against Mobile in the Viper Sports Academy Classic last weekend.
- Libero Faith Marquis has racked up 16 services aces over the last seven matches and 125 digs.
Friday and Saturday's Opponents Statistics Breakdown 2023
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
Williams Baptist |
Freed-Hardeman |
Texas A&M-Texarkana |
Faulkner |
| 1834 |
Kills |
708 |
1108 |
1429 |
1120 |
| .209 |
Attack % |
0.71 |
.178 |
.175 |
.153 |
| 1724 |
Assists |
645 |
1031 |
1325 |
1026 |
| 307 |
Service Aces |
124 |
220 |
276 |
143 |
| 2255 |
Digs |
1342 |
1660 |
1950 |
1549 |
| 216 |
Total Blocks |
83 |
155.0 |
277 |
163 |
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