The Keiser Seahawks women's basketball team is set to open its 2026-27 season on the road this weekend in Texas. The Seahawks will compete in the Texas Wesleyan University Invitational in Fort Worth, facing Mid-America Christian University on Friday evening before taking on host Texas Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon. Keiser then travels to Dallas on Sunday to face the University of North Texas at Dallas.
The Seahawks enter the season picked third in the SUN Preseason Coaches' Poll and begin the second year under Head Coach Matthew Strickland and Assistant Coach Tyler Sobey, who are joined this year by graduate assistant coach Aly Avrach.
The Seahawks will lean on four returning players: Emelia O'Gilvie, Amalia Vamvakitis, Mikaiah Hallback and Carolina de Domingo. The rest of the roster is new to the program. Last season, Keiser finished 19-8 overall and earned the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, falling to Webber International in the semifinals.
Friday, November 4th, 6:00 PM ET
Keiser Seahawks (0-0) vs.
Mid-America Christian University (0-1)
Sid Richardson Center, Forth Worth, TX
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Saturday, November 5th, 3:00 PM
Keiser Seahawks (0-0) vs.
Texas Wesleyan University (0-0)
Sid Richardson Center, Forth Worth, TX
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Sunday, November 6th, 2:00 PM
Keiser Seahawks (0-0) vs.
UNT at Dallas (1-0)
Trinity Leadership Public School, Dallas, TX
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Mid-America Christian Series
- Keiser has yet to face the Evangels in program history
Texas Wesleyan Series
- Keiser has yet to face the Rams in program history
UNT Dallas Series
- Keiser has yet to face the Trailblazers in program history
- KU ended the 2025-26 season with a 19-8 overall record (11-5 SUN)
- The Seahawks earned the No. 2 seed in the Sun Conference Tournament last season, falling to Webber International 72-54 in the semifinals
- Keiser was picked third in the 2026-27 SUN Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 51 points and one first-place vote
- This will be the first meeting in program history against all three opponents
- This is the second straight season the Seahawks will open on the road
- Strickland enters his second season as head coach, joined by Assistant Coach Tyler Sobey and graduate assistant coach Janette Hanni and Aly Avrach
- Keiser returns four players: O'Gilvie, Vamvakitis, Hallback and de Domingo
- Senior guard Emelia O'Gilvie averaged 8.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game last season, and led the team with 94 assists (3.6 per game)
- Guard Carolina de Domingo started 23 of 27 games and averaged 4.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, finishing with 92 assists, 57 steals and 25 blocks
- Senior forward Amalia Vamvakitis appeared in all 27 games off the bench, averaging 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game
- The four returners accounted for 202 of the team's 430 assists last season (47 percent)
- Keiser opens its home schedule on November 18 against Florida National in the Student Life Center
*Stats from the 2025-26 Season
| Keiser |
2026-27 Stats |
Mid-America Christian |
Texas Wesleyan |
UNT Dallas |
| 67.5 ppg |
Scoring |
70.3 ppg |
60.4 ppg |
67.7 ppg |
| .405 |
FG% |
.413 |
.363 |
.383 |
| .295 |
3PT% |
.338 |
.284 |
.258 |
| .708 |
FT% |
.775 |
.683 |
.618 |
| 38.6 rpg |
Rebounding |
37.3 rpg |
35.0 rpg |
41.0 rpg |
| 15.9 apg |
Assists |
14.6 apg |
9.9 apg |
14.1 apg |
| 11.3 spg |
Steals |
9.7 spg |
9.4 spg |
15.8 spg |
| 2.7 bpg |
Blocks |
3.4 bpg |
2.7 bpg |
4.2 bpg |
|
Leaders |
|
|
|
| Satori Griffin (12.2 ppg) |
Scoring |
Caitlynn Jordan / Taliah Lee (12.8 ppg) |
Kameryn Phillips (16.2 ppg) |
De'Asia Johnson (16.3 ppg) |
| Avrie Schmidt (.502) |
FG% |
Monique Carter (.467) |
Kameryn Phillips (.485) |
Kaylyn Minor (.519) |
| Jasmyn Hale (.357) |
3PT% |
Taliah Lee (.383) |
Sophia Hurtado (.343) |
De'Asia Johnson (.289) |
| Aly Avrach (.830) |
FT% |
Monique Carter (.884) |
Sophia Hurtado (.786) |
Channing Beauvais (.765) |
| Caidyn Cannon (6.8 rpg) |
Rebounding |
Caitlynn Jordan (7.8 rpg) |
Kameryn Phillips (6.5 rpg) |
De'Asia Johnson (7.7 rpg) |
| Emelia O'Gilvie (94) |
Assists |
Mia Smith (115) |
Aniyah Sanford (60) |
Shandrea Yeldell (121) |
| Caidyn Cannon (59) |
Steals |
Sincere Roberts (63) |
Kameryn Phillips (49) |
Shandrea Yeldell (108) |
| Carolina de Domingo (25) |
Blocks |
Taliah Lee (56) |
Sophia Hurtado (30) |
Allysa Pendley (25) |
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