Keiser used a big late run in the first set and a service blitz in the second to sweep Warner 25-22, 25-16, 25-14 on Saturday afternoon at the Student Life Center.
Makenzi Bennett led the way with 11 kills on .381 hitting, adding seven digs, two block assists and an ace for 13 points. Keiser (9-8, 5-3 SUN) hit .316 as a team, with 42 kills, 11 errors and 37 assists on 98 attempts, while holding Warner (6-12, 1-7) to a .096 attack percentage.
Warner led for much of the opening set. The Royals went up 14-8 on back-to-back aces from Antonia Amer, and they were still ahead 18-15 when Keiser took a timeout. The Seahawks then ripped off eight straight points, including seven with Cece Worsham at the service line, to turn the set around at 23-18. Warner scored four in a row to get within 23-22, but Bennett put away the final two kills to close it out 25-22.
Mallory Dills took over the second set from the service line. With Keiser leading 9-7, a run that included two of her aces pushed the lead to 15-7 and forced a Warner timeout. She added two more aces late, finishing the set with four, and Emma Friese's kill sealed a 25-16 win.
Keiser controlled the third set from the start. The Seahawks scored six in a row to lead 15-6, with Rebecca Rosculet serving two aces in the stretch, and they led by as many as 11 before finishing 25-14 on another Bennett kill.
Worsham added 10 kills on .400 hitting, and Addison Chapman  had eight kills and two block assists. Ana Inés Liboreiro had five kills and a team-high six block assists. Hannah Mary Herrick  and Friese each had four kills and three block assists. Keiser finished with 16 block assists and no block errors.
Dills finished with 18 assists, four aces and six digs, and Amie Molina had 15 assists and five digs. Paryss Betts led the back row with 15 digs, and the Seahawks had 46 digs and eight aces as a team.
Amer and Araya Garrison each had six kills for Warner, and Lizzy Short hit .571 with five kills. Imar Laboy had 24 assists and seven digs, and Leonelis Lopez led all players with 15 digs.
Keiser will hit the road next to take on the St. Thomas Bobcats.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 5-3 in Sun Conference play
- Keiser held Warner under .100 hitting in two of the three sets (.079 in the first, .028 in the third)
- Keiser hit better than .290 in every set (.294, .364, .290)
- Dills served four aces in the second set alone
- The Seahawks had 16 block assists and no block errors in the match
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