Seahawks Nation, we continue with the 2024-25 Keiser Athletics Moment of the Year Tournament with the semifinals.
We are down to the final four moments.
The quarterfinals saw three of the top-4 seeds advance as No. 2-seeded men's lacrosse team winning the National Championship in OT defeated the sixth-seeded men's swimming & diving Swim of the Year, No. 3 seed football's comeback win in the NAIA Semifinals took down the No. 7-seeded women's swimming & diving Swim of the Year, and flag football's (No. 4 seed) SportsCenter Top Play ousted No. 5 seed women's soccer OT winner in the NAIA Semifinals. The lone upset of the round was the ninth-seeded walk-off win for baseball in the NAIA Tournament taking down the No. 1 seed men's tennis winning the program's first NAIA National Championship.
This week, fans can vote via the link in this story to pick who will advance to the finals.
This week, there are two matchups in the semifinals.
Without further ado, here they are.....
No. 2 seed - Men's Lacrosse National Championship OT Winner
Senior
Kegan Hufford tied a career-high, scoring six goals, including the overtime game-winner, as the No. 1-ranked Keiser men's lacrosse team defeated the No. 4-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.) Patriots, 14-13, in the NAIA National Championship Game. The win was the Seahawk's third straight National Championship, having won the NAIA Invitational crown in 2023 and 2024.
No. 3 seed - Football Comeback win in NAIA Semifinal
Trailing 38-21 with 7:38 left in the game, the No. 1-ranked Keiser football team (12-0) scored 21 unanswered points in the final six minutes, defeating the No. 9-ranked Benedictine (Kan.) Ravens (11-3), 42-38, to earn the team's third straight NAIA National Championship Game appearance.
Elisha Edwards scored the game-winner on a 25-yard pass from Spencer with 21 second left in the game.
No. 4 seed - Flag Football SportsCenter Top Play
The Keiser flag football team's
Brenna Ramirez became SportsCenter's Top Play with an acrobatic catch during the Seahawk's 35-0 win over the St. Thomas Bobcats in the Sun Conference Semifinals. The catch sparked Keiser's scoring as the Seahawks went on to claim their 13th win all-time over the Bobcats as well as producing the team's sixth shutout of STU all-time.
No. 9 seed - Baseball Walk-off win in NAIA Tournament
In a high-stakes matchup to open the NAIA National Championship Opening Round, the (rv) Seahawks delivered a dramatic 10-9 walk-off win over No. 14 Houston-Victoria. Down by one in the bottom of the ninth, the Seahawks plated two runs to defeat the Jaguars and improve to 36-15 on the year.
Voting will take place from now until Tuesday, June 24 at 5 p.m. Be sure to cast your vote on what you think was the 2024-25 Keiser Moment of the Year.
Once again, here are the links to vote for each matchup.
Men's Lacrosse versus Football
2v3 -
https://kuseahawks.com/poll.aspx?poll=25
Flag Football versus Baseball
4v9 -
https://kuseahawks.com/poll.aspx?poll=26
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