Cece Worsham led the Seahawks with 10 kills, but Keiser fell to St. Thomas 17-25, 16-25, 21-25 on Wednesday night in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Keiser (9-10, 5-5 SUN) battled back in the third set, tying it twice, but the Bobcats (16-5, 10-0) pulled away late to complete the sweep.
Keiser hit .168 on the night with 35 kills and 18 errors on 101 attempts, and finished with 39 digs and 4.5 blocks. St. Thomas hit .340 with 45 kills and just 10 errors, and served seven aces.
The Seahawks fell behind early in the opener. Worsham kills cut a 1-4 deficit to 3-4, but the Bobcats scored four straight for an 8-3 lead and Keiser called timeout. Down 10-13, Keiser gave up four more in a row and called a second timeout at 10-16. A Rebecca Rosculet ace got the Seahawks within 17-23 late, but St. Thomas finished it at 25-17. Keiser hit .036 (nine kills, eight errors) in the set.
The second set began evenly. Addison Chapman and Worsham kills tied it at 2-2, and Worsham's kill off a set from Amie Molina gave Keiser a 5-4 lead. St. Thomas answered with four straight points, including two Raya Mlyakova aces, and later used a 4-0 run to turn a 9-10 deficit into a 9-14 lead. Keiser got within 16-23 on an Amelia Langelier kill and a block by Chapman and Emma Friese, but the Bobcats closed it out 25-16.
Keiser's best stretch came in the third set. After a 1-0 lead, the Seahawks trailed 11-14 before scoring four straight to tie it at 15-15 on kills by Chapman and Worsham, with Mallory Dills at the service line. Friese's kill off a Dills set tied it again at 16-16 and helped the Seahawks hit .316 in the frame, their best of the night. St. Thomas pulled ahead 18-16 and Keiser took a timeout. The Seahawks got within 21-22 on a Worsham kill, but the Bobcats scored the final three points to end the match.
Worsham added nine digs and one block assist to her 10 kills, hitting .250. Chapman was the Seahawks' most efficient hitter, with eight kills and a .429 attack percentage. Langelier had six kills and four digs, Friese had five kills, and Ana Inés Liboreiro had four kills, a solo block and a block assist. Dills ran the offense with 23 assists, Molina had seven assists, and Paryss Betts led the team with 10 digs. Makenzi Bennett added six digs.
Keiser returns to action this Saturday at home against Webber Int'l.Â
- Keiser hit .316 in the third set, its best of the match
- Chapman hit .429 with eight kills
- The Seahawks erased an 11-14 deficit in the third set with a 4-0 run to tie it at 15-15
- Betts led Keiser with 10 digs, and Dills finished with 23 assists
- St. Thomas hit .340 and served seven aces
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