WAVERLY, Iowa—Wartburg (15-5 overall, 4-1) will host the Central Dutch (12-11, 4-2) and the Simpson Storm (9-11, 1-4) on Friday and Saturday. Friday's match starts at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday's match starts at 3 p.m. in Levick Arena on Senior Day.
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Wartburg
The Knights are led by junior Aryn Jones (Marion) with 211 kills and a set average of 3.06 kills. Jones has also tallied 73 total blocks (37 solo, 36 assists).
Co-running the Orange and Black's offense is junior Maria Brown (Peosta) and sophomore Mallary Erbes (Urbandale) with 340 and 321 assists, respectively.
For Wartburg's defensive effort, sophomore Kathryn Nasby (Jackson, Minn.) has a team-high 345 digs.
Sophomore Lizzy Blough and Brown each have 25 service aces.
Central
Leading the Dutch in the front row is Kylie Gerstein with 240 kills and an average of 2.73 kills/set.
Offensively, Chapel Carter has 472 assists.
From behind the service line, Jenna Dille has 31 aces.
Nicole Ewoldt has recorded 499 digs on the defensive effort for Central.
Simpson
Jacqueline Luth leads the Storm with 277 kills and a set average of 4.01 kills. Luth also has a team-high 22 service aces.
Leading Simpson's offense is Alyssa Mathews with 453 assists.
The defensive effort for the Storm is led by Kayla Aronow with 318 digs.
NCAA National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranked in the top 100 in nine statistical categories, released by the NCAA.
The Knights ranked 10th in digs per set (19.87), 30th in blocks per set (2.10), 52nd in match win-loss percentage (0.750), 56th in team attacks per set (37.03), 63rd in assists per set (11.62), 66th in opposite hitting percentage (0.119), 71st in hitting percentage (0.205), 74th in kills per set (12.39) and 99th in team total blocks (145).
Individually, three Knights were ranked in statistical categories.
Erbes ranked 19th in triple doubles with 1.
Jones ranked 45th in blocks per set (1.06), 65th in hitting percentage (0.329) and 85th in total blocks with 73.
Nasby ranked 87th in digs per set with 5.
