BRADENTON, Fla. - The Sun Conference is in control of the top side of the bracket with a pair of 2-0 teams through the first day of the Inaugural NAIA Women's Flag Football Invitational, as top-seeded Warner (Fla.) stayed unbeaten and Keiser (Fla.) claimed one of its biggest wins in program history, 20-13 over No. 2 Ottawa (Kan.) at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

Saint Francis (Ind.) also pulled off an upset to stay alive, knocking out No. 4 Hope International (Calif.). The Cougars will meet Ottawa in Friday's first game, at 8 a.m. ET.

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Baker (Kan.) 43, Hope International (Calif.) 13

Baker made an early statement in their NAIA Flag Football Invitational opener, scoring the game's last 25 points in a 43-13 victory over fourth-seeded Hope International. The Wildcats' vaunted multi-quarterback system gave the Royals fits, with three different Baker players contributing to the team's five touchdown passes. Tara Llorente led the passing attack with 124 passing yards, while Kaley Phillips ran for 108 yards, throwing for one touchdown and running in another. The Wildcats forced plenty of mistakes from Hope International, finishing the morning with six sacks and a pair of interceptions.

Warner (Fla.) 46, Saint Francis (Ill.) 6

Top-seeded Warner scored 26 first-half points and capped the game with 20 in the fourth quarter, as quarterback Kathryn Hutchinson went over 7,000 yards for the season and threw three touchdown passes, all in the first half, in a 40-point win to begin their week. Jessica Finley caught passes on the Royals’ first three TDs, scoring twice and lateraling to Maggie Lauber on a fourth.

Ottawa (Kan.) 20, St. Thomas (Fla.) 15

A fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Anna Anderson to Mya Quinn completed a second-half comeback for the Braves, who clung to a 14-7 third-quarter lead before Cydnee Brooks found Dominique Perez-Moore for St. Thomas. The Bobcats were in front 15-14 with 1:45 to go in the fourth, but Ottawa opened the final quarter with a touchdown and the defense stood up over the game’s final 12 minutes to complete a round-one win.

Keiser (Fla.) 34, Kansas Wesleyan 26

A pick-six proved to be the difference in the quarterfinal showdown, as third-seeded Keiser advanced to the winner's bracket semifinals. With the score tied at 20 and just over six minutes to play, Tremesha Harris jumped a KWU route and raced 50 yards to paydirt, giving the Seahawks a lead they would not relinquish. Keiser would seal the winner by forcing the Coyotes to turn the ball over on downs on their ensuing drive, with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Ava Wallace to Sophia Caprio with 1:52 to go, sending Keiser to the semis. Wallace threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns in the win, but was matched by KWU's Chihiro Iwata, who finished with 359 yards and her own quarter of touchdown passes.

Warner (Fla.) 33, Baker (Kan.) 19

Kathryn Hutchinson kept it going in the second round, starting just as she did in the first round with the first three touchdown passes of the game. Although it was a two-score contest for most of the game, Warner never trailed, scoring 20 points in the first quarter. Baker managed to cut it to 27-19 in the fourth quarter, but O’Mariah Gordon ran seven yards for the game’s final score in the fourth to seal the 14-point win.

Saint Francis (Ind.) 38, Hope International (Calif.) 32

The tournament's eighth-seed kept their season going, scoring three times in the fourth quarter in a 38-32 victory over fourth-seeded Hope International. With the game tied at 26 with under seven minutes to play, the Cougars finished off a seven-play drive with a touchdown run from Jianna Reyes, her second of the afternoon. Reyes accounted for five of Saint Francis' six touchdowns, as the quarterback finished with 240 passing yards and another 112 on the ground. Saint Francis sealed the win by forcing a punt on the next Hope International drive, then moving 40 yards on four plays to take a two-score lead with under three minutes to play.

Keiser (Fla.) 20, Ottawa (Kan.) 13

The Seahawks scored 13 fourth-quarter points and 20 unanswered points, shutting out the Braves in the second half and handing OU a rare May loss. Anna Anderson had Ottawa in front early with the game’s first two scores, and the Braves led 13-7 at intermission. Ava Wallace threw a touchdown pass to close the first half and another in the fourth quarter, as Keiser earned a date with conference rival Warner in the second round of the winners’ bracket.

Kansas Wesleyan 34, St. Thomas (Fla.) 26

Kansas Wesleyan let a two-touchdown lead in the second half evaporate, but the Coyotes rallied for the game's final two touchdowns in a 34-26 elimination game victory over the Bobcats. Trailing 26-20 with less than ten minutes to play, KWU marched down the field before converting on fourth-and-three from the STU 23 to take a 27-26 lead, thanks to a touchdown pass to Jenise Washington. KWU's Khylie Douglas then picked off the STU quarterback on the next play, setting up a short touchdown drive. On their last chance to potentially tie the game, St. Thomas drove to the Kansas Wesleyan 23, but saw their fourth-down pass batted down by Ansdiane Rabano to put the Coyotes among the nation's final six teams.