WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 2/2 Wartburg women's basketball team (27-0 overall) was selected to host NCAA First and Second Round games this weekend. The Knights will host Webster (20-6) Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 12/13 George Fox (24-3) and No. 21/24 Saint Benedict (22-4) will play in the other First round game at 5:30 p.m. Friday's winners will advance to Saturday's Second round game at 7 p.m.

This marks the first time Wartburg has hosted NCAA games for women's basketball since 2001. This will be the first time Levick Arena hosts an NCAA Tournament, as the games in 2001 were in the old Knights Gym, which was torn down for the W to be built. This marks the first NCAA contest in the Arena, which is home to Wartburg's volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling home games/matches.

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Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 2
5:30 p.m.     No. 12/14 George Fox vs. No. 21/25 Saint Benedict
8 p.m.         No. 2/2 Wartburg vs. Webster

Saturday, March 3
7 p.m.  Second Round game

Ticket Prices
$8 adults
$5 students & seniors
*no passes accepted
Doors will open 90 minutes prior to the game

The Series
Webster owns the all-time series lead at 1-0 over Wartburg, though the meeting dates back to 2005.

Live Links
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Wartburg
The Knights received the automatic bid as they won the Iowa Conference Tournament Championship and will make their 12^th overall appearance and third-straight in the NCAA
Tournament.

Waterloo Courier feature on Amsberry
Waterloo Courier feature on the Sommer twins

The Orange and Black are one of five teams in all NCAA divisions that remain undefeated.
-Ashland women, DII (28-0)
-UConn women, DI (28-0)
-Mississippi State women, DI (30-0)
-Amherst women, DIII (27-0)
-Wartburg women, DIII (27-0)

Senior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the leading scorer for the Knights with 15.6 PPG. She also has a team-high 163 assists, and 62 steals. Classmates Miranda Murphy (Alleman) and Morgan Neuendorf (Plainfield) follow with 11.4 and 10.6 PPG, respectively.

Murphy leads the teamw ith 5.4 rebounds/game.

Career Leader List Watch
Katie is now sixth with 1,389 points, the all-time career leader with 513 assists, fourth with 183 three-point field goals, and third with 437 free throws.

Twin sister Kristie is the program's career leader in three-point field goals at 231. She is also 12th with 1,045 points.

Miranda Murphy is 11th with 1,059 points.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks third with 113 blocked shots. She needs two to move into second.

Single Season Leader List Watch
Katie is eighth in free throws (130) and broke her own single season record in assists as she has 163 to to date. She has set the mark in each of her last three seasons.

Jones is tied for eighth in blocked shots (37).

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of twenty-three statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 4^th in personal fouls per game (12.3), 8^th in three-point field goals made (231), 11^th in three-point field goals per game (8.6), 11^th in field-goal percentage (45.1), 13^th in final points (2,088), 13^th in scoring margin (20.4), 14^th in assists (484), 16^th in scoring offense (77.3), 17^th in assist turnover ratio (1.19), 17^th in assists per game (17.9), 18^th in free throws made (409), 19^th in fewest fouls (331), 21^st in three-point field goals attempted (657), 24^th in defensive rebounds per game (30), 28^th in three-point field-goal percentage (35.2), 36^th in free throw attempts (560), 47^th in free-throw percentage (73.0), 48^th in rebound margin (7.0), 72^nd in turnovers per game (15.1), 82^nd in rebounds (1,118), 90^th in scoring defense (56.9), and 97^th in turnover margin (2.81).
 
Individually, one Knight ranks in the top 100 of seven statistical categories: Katie Sommer ranks 5^th in assists (163), 9^th in assists per game (6.0), 18^th in free throws made (130), 32^nd in free throw attempts (167), 32^nd in three-point field-goal percentage (41.4), 66^th in assist turnover ratio (1.75), and 98^th in three-point field goals made (58).

Webster
The Gorloks won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) tournament. This is their fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2011. Webster has surpassed the 20-win mark for the third time in school history.

Aley Lucas leads the team with 12.4 PPG and Taylor Lucas follows at 11.0. The twin sisters co-lead the team with 5.4 rebounds/game.

Saint Benedict
The Blazers are ranked No. 21 in the D3hoops.com poll and No. 24 in the WBCA poll. Saint Benedict received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. This will be the 17th appearance for the Blazers and first since 2009.

George Fox
This marks the 14th appearance by the Bruins in the NCAA Tournament. George Fox is ranked No. 12 in the WBCA and No. 13 in the D3hoops.com polls.

Wartburg in the NCAA Tournament:
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1989, First-round, L 74-93
Wartburg vs. Milliken, 1989, Regional Third Place, W 97-75
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1990, First-round, W 72-57
Wartburg vs. Buena Vista, 1990, Regional Finals, L 63-78
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1991, Regionals, L 54-78
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Stout, 1992, Regionals, W 90-72
Wartburg vs. St. Benedict, 1992, Sectional Semifinals, W 74-64
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1992, Sectional Finals, L 61-70
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 1993, Regionals, W 75-60
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Whitewater, 1993, Sectional Semifinals, W 83-77
Wartburg vs. Central, 1993, Sectional Finals, L 60-62
Wartburg vs. Aurora, 1994, First-round, L 57-61
Wartburg vs. St. Thomas, 1999, First-round, L 41-67
Wartburg vs. Chapman, 2001, First-round, W 86-78
Wartburg vs. Neb. Wesleyan, 2001, Second-round, W 85-71
Wartburg vs. Fontbonne, 2001, Sectional Semifinals, W 82-78
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 2001, Sectional Finals, L 71-83
Wartburg vs. Carleton, 2002, First-round, L 61-71
Wartburg vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, 2016, First-round, W, 65-49
Wartburg vs. #11/16 UW-Oshkosh, 2016, Second-round, W 66-56
Wartburg vs. #8/9 St. Thomas, 2016, Sweet Sixteen, W 70-66
Wartburg vs. #5/6 UT-Tyler, 2016, Elite Eight, W 80-74
Wartburg vs. #7/7 Tufts, 2016 Final Four, L 50-63
Wartburg vs. Chicago, 2017 First-round, L 63-67