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2026 SB Sun Conference Tournament Champions
The Sun Conference
5
Winner Keiser KU 44-8
2
Southeastern SEU 44-7
Winner
Keiser KU
44-8
5
Final
2
Southeastern SEU
44-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Keiser KU 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 12 5
Southeastern SEU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

W: Masternak, Mackenzie (26-4) L: Edan Playa (15-3)

Game Recap: No. 9 Softball |

History Made: No. 9 Softball Defeats No. 3 Southeastern to Claim First Sun Conference Championship in Program History; Brantley Named Tournament MVP

Game Information

Game Matchup: No. 9 Keiser University Seahawks vs. No. 3 Southeastern University Fire
Records: No. 9 Keiser Seahawks (44-8) vs. No. 3 Southeastern Fire (44-7)

Game Score: No. 9 Keiser 5, No. 3 Southeastern 2
Pitchers of Record: W: M. Masternak (15-2), L: E. Playa (15-3)
Time of Game: 1:10 PM 4/2 - Resumed 4/3 at 11:00 AM

Eddie C. Moore Complex | Clearwater, Fla.

CLEARWATER, Fla. The Keiser University softball team claimed the first Sun Conference Championship in program history on Sunday morning, completing the weather-suspended if-necessary game against No. 3 Southeastern University and winning 5-2 to finish 44-8 on the season. The game had been halted the previous day with Keiser leading 5-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, and when play resumed Sunday morning Masternak retired Southeastern in order over the final three innings to seal the title. Mackenzie Masternak delivered the performance of her career when it mattered most, throwing a complete-game seven-inning shutout and allowing just two unearned runs on six hits with five strikeouts on 124 pitches. Jordan Brantley was named Tournament MVP after a remarkable weekend, going 9-for-13 with a home run, two triples, a double, six RBI, and two runs scored across the tournament, capping her run with a triple and an RBI single in the championship-clinching game.

Keiser went quietly in the first two innings while Masternak held Southeastern scoreless, but two errors by the Seahawks in the third inning proved costly as the Fire scored two unearned runs off a wild pitch and an Iglesias throwing miscue to take a 2-0 lead. Keiser answered immediately and emphatically in the bottom of the third. Faith Campos led off with a single to center and stole second, then stole third as Genesis Iglesias grounded out. Macy Schaaf drove Campos home with a single to left to pull within one at 2-1. After Schaaf advanced to second on a wild pitch, Olivia Shoemaker drew a walk with two outs and was replaced by pinch runner Keaganne Glidden. Brantley then delivered a single to left center to plate Schaaf and make it 2-2, and Trinity Rohrer followed with a single to center to score Glidden and give Keiser a 3-2 lead it would never relinquish. In the fourth, Genesis Iglesias doubled to center and was replaced by pinch runner Tessa DiPietra, who came home to score on a Sarah Phipps RBI groundout after Schaaf stole second and advanced to third. Brantley led off the fifth with a triple to right field and scored on a Trinity Rohrer sacrifice fly to right, pushing the lead to 5-2 before the game was suspended due to weather with three innings remaining.

When play resumed Sunday morning, Masternak was untouchable. She retired Southeastern in order in the sixth, worked around a pair of Keiser errors and a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, and induced a fielder's choice to end the game and touch off the celebration. The Seahawks were crowned Sun Conference Champions for the first time in program history.

 

Game Notes

  • Keiser wins the first Sun Conference Championship in program history, completing the weather-suspended if-necessary game against No. 3 Southeastern to finish 44-8 on the season. The game was originally suspended Saturday with Keiser leading 5-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning and resumed Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
  • Mackenzie Masternak was magnificent in the biggest start of her career, throwing a complete-game seven innings and allowing two runs, both unearned, on six hits with five strikeouts, two hit batters, and two walks on 124 pitches and 77 strikes. She improves to 26-4 on the season with a 2.02 ERA. All five Keiser errors in the game were unearned and did not affect her ERA.
  • Jordan Brantley was named Sun Conference Tournament MVP after a dominant weekend, going 9-for-13 with a home run, two triples, a double, six RBI, and two runs scored across the tournament. In the championship-clinching game she went 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI single in the third inning, and a run scored in the fifth.
  • Macy Schaaf went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, an RBI, and a run scored, delivering the first run-scoring hit of the championship-clinching third inning when she singled to left to score Faith Campos and cut the deficit to 2-1. She is now batting .412 on the season with 38 RBI.
  • Trinity Rohrer went 1-for-3 with a run-scoring single in the third inning that gave Keiser the lead for good, and added a sacrifice fly to right field in the fifth to plate Brantley and push the lead to 5-2. She finished with two RBI in the championship game and 22 on the season.
  • Faith Campos scored the first run of Keiser's three-run third inning after leading off with a single to center and stealing second and third base to put herself in position to score on the Schaaf single. She went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and now sits at 46 stolen bases on the season.
  • Genesis Iglesias went 3-for-4 with a double to center in the fourth inning and reached base three times, continuing to create opportunities throughout the game. She is now batting .348 on the season with a .472 on-base percentage.
  • Sarah Phipps drove in a run in the fourth inning with a groundout to second base that scored Tessa DiPietra, who had entered as a pinch runner for Iglesias after the double. Phipps went 0-for-4 but contributed an RBI in a decisive moment and finishes with 41 RBI on the season.
  • When play resumed Sunday morning, Masternak retired Southeastern in order in the sixth inning, then worked through a bases-loaded jam in the seventh aided by two Keiser errors before inducing a fielder's choice to strand three runners and end the game. She did not allow a run after the third inning.
  • Keiser committed five errors in the game, two of which led directly to the two unearned runs Southeastern scored in the third inning. Despite the defensive miscues, Masternak kept the Fire off the board in every other inning and finished with zero earned runs allowed across seven complete innings.
  • Keiser stole three bases in the championship game, with Faith Campos swiping two, including consecutive steals of second and third in the third inning, and Macy Schaaf stealing one in the fourth as the Seahawks' speed continued to manufacture runs in the biggest moments.
  • Keiser advances to the NAIA Opening Rounds scheduled for May 11-14, 2026, riding a historic postseason run that included a tournament championship, a program-record 44 wins, the first-ever Sun Conference Tournament title, and a Tournament MVP award for Jordan Brantley.
 

Up Next

The Seahawks advance to the NAIA Opening Rounds, scheduled for May 11-14, 2026, as Sun Conference Tournament Champions.

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