
Score: No. 3 Keiser Seahawks 19, (rv) Point University Skyhawks 9
Records: No. 1 Keiser (10-1, 7-1 AAC), Point (6-9, 2-6 AAC)
Location: Multi-Purpose Field - West Palm Beach, Fla.
No. 3 Keiser men's lacrosse cruised by (rv) Point this afternoon with a dominant 19-9 AAC Quarterfinal win. Keiser moves to 2-0 in the AAC post-season quarterfinals, and 5-2 all-time. The Seahawks were led by
Kegan Hufford, with another career-high performance. Hufford notched a career-high seven points, followed by
Marek Albiero,
Vincent Cerasuolo and
Ryan Rundle each netting hat-tricks.
Chris Rayburn was perfect in the face-off circle, going 10-for-10.
Zach Crotwell collected a career-high seven groundballs. The Seahawks shot a season-high 71 shots on the day.
Keiser will be back on the road to face No. 2 Reinhardt University, April 26th. The opening face-off is set for 4:00 p.m. from Marietta, Ga.
Keiser 6, Point 1
- Kegan Hufford netted his first goal of the day with an assist from Shane Cassidy with 11:47 remaining in the quarter
- Point's Thomas Van Alstine evened things up at one at 9:24
- With 8:34 on the clock, Marek Albiero scored a lone goal to push the Seahawks lead to one
- At 6:54 Lucas Green became the third goalie in program history to record 200 saves
- The Seahawks closed out the first quarter with a four-goal scoring run with goals from Ryan Rundle, AJ Badik, and Hufford
Keiser 10, Point 5
- The Skyhawks opened the second quarter with Shaun McLaughlin finding the back of the net to cut the lead to four
- At 11:16, Jamison Cross scored again for the Skyhawks
- Vincent Cerasuolo chose the top right corner and scored less than a minute later
- Tim Manley Jr. found Hufford to extend KU's lead to five with 9:21 remaining
- Van Alstine and Cross netted back-to-back goals to cut the lead to three
- Then Cerasuolo capitalized on a man-up opportunity with over a minute remaining in the first half
- To close out the first half, Cerasuolo netted his hat-trick with 20 seconds remaining
Keiser 16, Point 6
- The Seahawks scored two goals in 16 seconds to open up the second-half scoring with goals from Rundle and Jackson Marshall
- At 12:15 Van Alstine found the back of the net for the Skyhawks to end the Seahawks scoring run to make it 12-6 KU
- To close out the third quarter, the Seahawks went on another scoring run with goals by Albiero, Matt Sheehy, Donovan Barnshaw and Hufford
Keiser 19, Point 9
- Albiero and Rundle scored back-to-back goals to open up the final quarter of play
- Rodney Oakley ended the Seahawks scoring run at 9:05 to make it 18-7 KU
- A lone goal by Cross with 8:14 remaining cut the lead to 10
- Cole Newsome scored his first career-goal at 7:13 for the final Seahawks goal of the game
- With 5:35 remaining to play, Van Alstine found the back of the net one last time
- Keiser is now 5-2 all-time in the AAC tournament and 2-0 in the quarterfinals
- KU moves to 8-0 all-time against Point
- Kegan Hufford had a career-high seven points
- Three Seahawks netted three goals
- Zach Crotwell had a career-high seven groundballs
- Chris Rayburn was perfect in the face-off circle going 10-for-10
- Keiser won 27-of-32 face-offs this afternoon
- James Boyer collected three saves on the contest
- Three Seahawks saw action in net today
- Lucas Green became the third goalie in school-history to record 200 saves
- Keiser outshot Point 71-19 on the afternoon
- KU's 71 shots was a season-high
- The Seahawks collected 50 groundballs
No. 1 Keiser
Points: Hufford (7)
Goals: Hufford (5)
Assists: Albiero/Cerasuolo (3)
Face Offs: Rayburn (10)
Ground Balls: Crotwell (7)
Caused Turnovers: Twelve tied (1)
Saves: Boyer (3)
(rv) Point
Points: Van Alstine (5)
Goals: Van Alstine (4)
Assists: Three tied (1)
Face Offs: Larkin (3)
Ground Balls: Slage (5)
Caused Turnovers: Slagle (2)
Saves: Robinson (27)
Keiser will be back on the road to face No. 2 Reinhardt University, April 26th. The opening face-off is set for 4:00 p.m. from Marietta, Ga.
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