LAKELAND, Fla.- For the fourth consecutive season, the No. 4 Southeastern University women's soccer team is heading to The Sun Conference Tournament Final. SEU advanced to the championship game after defeating Johnson & Wales 8-2 in a semifinal match. For the fourth-straight season, the second-seeded Fire take on top-seeded Keiser in the championship match.
MATCH:
Friday | 1:30 p.m. | Arrigo-Vecellio Field | West Palm Beach, Fla.
No. 4 Southeastern (16-3) at No. 1 Keiser (18-1)
COVERAGE:
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FIRE FOCUS:
- The Fire are averaging 5.4 goals scored per contest over their last five outings.
- Of the 28 goals SEU has tallied during that span, 40.7% (11) of them have been scored within the first 30 minutes of play.
- Senior forward Uchenna Kanu notched the 26th hat trick of her collegiate career with her three goal, one assists performance against JWU.
- Kanu now ranks first in the NAIA in game-winning goals (11), third in total points (91) and goals (37), and sixth in assists (17).
- Senior midfielder Bania Duran registered her fifth multi-goal game of the season to push her season scoring total to 17.
ALL-TIME SERIES:
- The Fire trail the all-time series to the Seahawks 1-10-3.
- The last eight Southeastern-Keiser meetings have been determined by two goals or less.
- SEU fell just short against KU 2-1 in the TSC Game of the Week earlier this season in West Palm Beach.
THE SEAHAWKS:
- Keiser punched its ticket to the TSC Final with a 6-1 handling of St. Thomas in the semifinal round.
- 67.9% of the Seahawks goals scored over their last seven matches have occurred in the second half (19-28).
- Six different players found the back of the net for the Seahawks in the victory over the Bobcats.
- First Team All-TSC Defender and Newcomer of the Year Maja Henriksson has recorded nine assists over her last seven contests. Henriksson ranks third in the NAIA with 18 helpers.
- Sophomore Kyoka Koshijma saw a seven-match point streak snapped against the Bobcats. Koshijma had recorded six goals and four assists coming off the bench for Keiser during that stretch.
TALE OF THE TAPE:
SEU
Goals per Game: 4.9
Shots per Game: 21.8
Shots on Goal per Game: 11.5
Shutouts: 6
Individual Goals Leader:
Uchenna Kanu (37)
Individual Assists Leader:
Uchenna Kanu (17)
Individual Saves Leader:
Holly Eddins (61)
KU
Goals per Game: 4.1
Shots per Game: 28.8
Shots on Goal per Game: 12.9
Shutouts: 13
Individual Goals Leader: Matilda Ovenberger (18)
Individual Assists Leader: Maja Henriksson (18)
Individual Saves Leader: Nina Haeberlin (43)
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