WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 11 ranked Wartburg volleyball team (30-5) hosts Luther (15-16) tonight in an Iowa Conference tournament semifinal game.
The Knights are the No. 1 seed after winning the regular-season conference crown, while the Norse are the No. 5 seed.
Luther advanced with a 3-2 win over Dubuque, the No. 4 seed, Tuesday.
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Previous Meeting:
Then-No. 15 Wartburg swept Luther 3-0 when the teams met earlier this season on Oct. 10.
A Look at the Teams:
Luther:
Five Norse are in triple-digit kills led by Hannah Theisen, 310; Sophia Brown, 286;Hannah Wilson, 243; Natalee Johnson, 138; and McKinzy Lohberger, 122.
Brown has a team-best .272 hitting percentage, while Lindsey Ryan leads the team at the service line with 30 aces.
Wartburg:
Senior Britlyn Sieck (Fayette) has a team-best 459 kills, averaging 3.83 kills/set. She needs 15 more kills to move into the second spot on the program's list of career-leaders.
Four fellow teammates are in triple-digit kills: Juniors Maddie Forsyth (Charles City), Kelly Niemann (Fredricksburg), Ramey Sieck (Fayette) and sophomore Bailey Wilson (West Des Moines) have 292, 277, 248 and 236, respectively.
Niemann has a team-best .335 hitting percentage, while sophomore Karly Bown (Lincoln, Neb.) has a team-high 37 service aces.
Next Game:
The winner of tonight's match will advance to the tournament championship match Saturday against the winner of second-seed Coe and third-seed Coe.
The highest remaining seed will host at a time yet to be announced.