The Keiser University baseball team will face the No. 3 Seed Ave Maria Gyrenes in the opening round game for both teams at this year's Sun Conference Baseball Championship. First pitch from Jet Blue Park is set for tomorrow, Thursday, May 1st at 6:00PM.
 
    
Sun Conference Tournament Central

Thursday, May 1
11:00 AM – GM 1: #1 Southeastern vs. #6 Warner
2:30 PM – GM 2: #2 Webber International vs. #5 St. Thomas
6:00 PM – GM 3: #3 Ave Maria vs. #4 Keiser

Friday, May 2
11:00 AM – GM 4: Loser GM 1 vs. Loser GM 2
2:30 PM – GM 5: Winner GM 1 vs. Loser GM 3
6:00 PM – GM 6: Winner GM 2 vs. Winner GM 3

Saturday, May 3
11:00 AM – GM 7: TBD
2:30 PM – GM 8: TBD
6:00 PM – GM 9: TBD

Sunday, May 4
11:00 AM – GM 10: Championship Game

    

• The Seahawks lead the all-time series over the Gyrenes, 46-17
• The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a series split just under a month ago
• The "marathon' series saw a combined 71 runs on 77 hits, including 11 total home runs
• The Seahawks finished the series hitting .281 with 15 extra-base hits paced by 11 doubles where the Seahawks hurlers struck out 23 Gyrenes batters
• Keiser enters Thursday with a 16-18 record all-time in the SUN Tournament
• The Seahawks are 4-6 in opening round game in the tournament all-time
• Keiser is 2-1 all-time versus Ave Maria in the Sun Conference Championship
• Warner enters Thursday with a 27-23 record, coming off two twins over No. 7 Webber International

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• The Seahawks enter Thursday's action with 32-13
• Keiser is the No. 4 seed in this year's tournament after finishing 15-13 in conference play
• The Seahawks had five players earn all-conference honors this afternoon (Andrew Almendarez, Gavin Baird, Simon Grinberg, Edbarry Guzman and Kyle Keyes)
• Simon Grinberg was named the 2025 Sun Conference Player of the Year (the fourth time a Seahawk has won the award and first since 2022).
• Grinberg leads the team in batting (.392) with 16 home runs and 59 RBI
• Landon Lowe leads the Seahawks in runs scored (58).
• Three Seahawks lead the conference in walks with over 40 (Baird, Grinberg and Nichols)
• This season, KU has amassed 164 extra-base hits this season with a team slugging percentage of .462
• Keiser has recorded 46 home runs this season with 16 coming off the bat of Grinberg
• The Keiser pitching staff has struck out 310 batters this season
• Kyle Keyes leads the pitching staff in wins with seven

 

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Keiser	2025 Stats	Ave Maria
.332	Batting Avg.	.303
457	Hits	522
426	Runs	416
46	HR	48
382	RBI	364
.522	Slugging %	.459
.462	On-Base%	.397
65-82	Stolen Bases-Attempts	80-90
	Leaders
Simon Grinberg (.392)	Batting Avg.	Jesus Gonzalez (.365)
Simon Grinberg (58)	Hits	Tanner Kelly (54)
Landon Lowe (58)	Runs	Tanner Kelly (54)
Simon Grinberg (16)	HR	Jesus Gonzalez (12)
Simon Grinbreg (59)	RBI	Jesus Gonzalez (47)
Simon Grinberg (.818)	Slugging %	Jesus Gonzalez (.737)
Simon Grinberg (.533)	On-Base%	Jordan Crawford (.466)
Landon Lowe (18)	Stolen Bases	Michael Kelly (23)