Keiser University Athletics

Score: Keiser Seahawks 30, Ave Maria Gyrenes 13
Records: Keiser (6-2, 4-1 SUN), Ave Maria (5-4, 3-2 SUN)
Location: Keiser Football Field – West Palm Beach, Fla.
Time of Game: 2:40
Weather: 83 degrees, Cloudy, Wind: 13 mph

The Keiser football team put together a dominant performance on both sides of the ball Saturday afternoon, defeating Ave Maria, 30-13, on Homecoming at Keiser Football Field. The Seahawks (6-2, 4-1 SUN) outgained the Gyrenes (5-4, 3-2 SUN) 422 yards to 192 and held Ave Maria to minus-2 yards rushing.
 
Keiser jumped out early. After forcing three straight punts to open the game, the Seahawks used a nine-play, 46-yard drive to take a 7-0 lead on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Damari Charlton to Israel Marion on fourth-and-6 with 4:36 left in the first quarter. Keiser struck again just over three minutes later when Jontay Hais broke free for a 32-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds left, giving the Seahawks a 13-0 advantage after the first quarter.
 
Ave Maria got on the board in the second quarter with a pair of Jeremy Burch field goals, a 48-yarder and a 52-yarder as time expired in the first half, to cut the deficit to 13-6 at the break.
 
The Seahawks answered in the third quarter with a methodical 18-play, 62-yard drive that consumed 9:48. Raphael Ekechi capped it with a one-yard touchdown run with 26 seconds left in the quarter to make it 20-6.
 
The Keiser defense took over in the fourth quarter. Tyler Seraphin forced a fumble in the Ave Maria end zone that Daniel Bello recovered for a touchdown, extending the lead to 27-6 with 13:36 remaining. Moments later, Kymani Edwin forced another fumble, this one recovered by Sophiste Jorvelus, as the Gyrenes were driving inside the Keiser 20. Later, the Seahawks stopped Ave Maria on downs at the Keiser 11 with 7:30 to play. Keiser then marched 71 yards in eight plays, aided by a 42-yard Charlton-to-Marion connection, and Dorian Hall booted a 35-yard field goal with 3:14 left to make it 30-6.
 
Ave Maria added a touchdown on a 20-yard pass from Logan Howard to Joshua Raphael with 1:29 remaining, but Keiser recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.
 
Keiser finished with 247 rushing yards on 42 carries and 175 passing yards. Hais led the ground game with 97 yards on 10 carries (9.7 per carry) and a touchdown, and Charlton went 16-of-25 for 168 yards and a score. Marion hauled in six passes for a team-high 98 yards and a touchdown. The Seahawks controlled the ball for 36:07 and converted 3 of 4 fourth-down attempts.
The defense recorded eight tackles for loss for 57 yards, including two sacks, and held Ave Maria to 2-of-12 on third down. Eunique Valentine and Tommie Battle IV each led Keiser with six tackles, Jorvelus added four tackles, a sack (shared) and a fumble recovery, and Quadar Cargill had 2.5 tackles for loss.
 
With the win, Keiser improved to 8-1 all-time against Ave Maria and 5-0 in the series in West Palm Beach. The Seahawks, who are now 8-0 all-time in Homecoming games, also extended their home winning streak to 23 games, the longest in program history, and improved to 44-4 all-time at home and 66-7 all-time in games played in the state of Florida
 
The Seahawks travel to Lakeland, Florida, to take on the Southeastern Fire on Saturday, November 7. Game time from Victory Field is set for 2:00 PM.

 
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• Weather at kickoff – 83 degrees, Cloudy, Wind: 13 mph
• Today's captains – Tommie Battle IV, Abdur Bey III, Dallas Desouza, Austin Dockery, Kymani Edwin, Darrell Livingston, Malik Razz
• Keiser wore their Keiser blue jersey and Keiser blue pants – first time this season
• With the win, Keiser improved to 8-1 all-time versus the Gyrenes
• The Seahawks are now 5-0 all-time versus Ave Maria in West Palm Beach, Florida
• Keiser is now 44-4 all-time in games played at the Keiser Football Field
• The Seahawks held the Gyrenes to a season-best minus two-yards rushing
• It marked the fourth-best performance by a Seahawk defense versus the run in program history
• Defensive back Daniel Bello recovered a fumble in the endzone on a bad snap over Ave Maria's punter Jeremy Burch
• The score was the third non-offensive touchdown for the Seahawks this season
• The Seahawks reached the 30-point plateau for the fifth time this season and 66th time in program history
• Keiser is now a prefect 66-0 when scoring 30-or-more points in a game
• With the win, the Seahawks improve to 34-3 all-time during the month of October

 

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