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Fire Prepared for TSC Final Versus Seahawks

No. 10 Southeastern Looks to Earn First Sun Conference Championship over Familiar Foe

LAKELAND, Fla. – After battling past St. Thomas 2-1 in The Sun Conference Semifinal, the No. 10 Southeastern University women's soccer team advanced to the TSC Tournament Final for a second straight season. SEU defeated STU for the second consecutive year in the semifinals due to a pair of goals netted in the 71st and 73rd minutes by Konya Plummer and Uchenna Kanu. The second-seeded Fire now find themselves traveling to face a familiar foe in top-seeded Keiser University.

THE FINAL: #1 (6) Keiser (15-1-1, 10-0 TSC) vs. #2 (10) Southeastern (16-1, 9-1 TSC) Friday 11:00 a.m.

COVERAGE: LIVE VIDEO/STATS

PREVIOUS MATCHUPS: A win for Southeastern would not only mean its first Sun Conference Championship in program history, but also the Fire's first ever win versus Keiser. The Seahawks are the only team to knock off SEU in the last two seasons of competition. In the regular season meeting, Kanu found the back of the net in the 61st minute to tie things up 1-1, before the Seahawks finished a chance late to go back up 2-1. The Abia, Nigeria native attempted 75% of the Fire shots taken in the match. In their last three contests versus Keiser, the Fire have only trailed for 41 out of 300 minutes played (13.7%).

FIRE POWER: During the stretch of TSC Tournament play, Southeastern eclipsed a new program record in team goals scored in a single season with 86, eclipsing the old mark of 80 set in 2009. Excellent build up play throughout the year has also resulted in the Fire setting a new program record in team assists in a single season at 81. 14 different players have scored a goal this season while 17 have registered a helper for Southeastern.

THE SEAHAWKS: Keiser took care of business in their semifinal match versus fifth-seeded Warner 2-0. The Seahawks outshot the Royals 24-1. Keiser has held opponents to no more than one goal in nine consecutive contests. Junior midfielder Amanda Blixt has been the constant for Keiser down the stretch. The Sodra Sandby, Sweden native has scored in eight consecutive games, netting all of her 13 season goals during that span. Blixt is responsible for 43.3% of the KU goals scored in those games.

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