WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg volleyball team (22-5 overall) will compete in the Iowa Conference Tournament this weekend. The Knights won the regular season title, so they are the No. 1 seed. The Orange and Black will face Dubuque (28-6) Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. With a win Friday, Wartburg will advance to the Championship game Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Tournament Schedule
FIRST-ROUND SCHEDULE (Tue., October 31)
No. 3 Buena Vista 3, No. 6 Nebraska Wesleyan 0
No. 4 Dubuque 3, No. 5 Coe

SEMIFINAL SCHEDULE (Fri., November 3)
No. 3 Buena Vista 3, No. 2 Luther 0
No. 1 Wartburg 3, No. 4 Dubuque 0

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (Sat., November 4)
No. 1 Wartburg vs. No. 3 Buena Vista > 3 p.m.

Wartburg
The Knights are 24-9 all-time in the conference tournament.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) has a team-best 385 kills, 3.85 kills/set, .356 hitting percentage and is second with 30 service aces. Junior Lizzy Blough (Dike) joins her in triple digits with 254 kills and a team-high 35 aces. Senior Maddie Miller (Johnston), freshman Kylie Bildstein (Dyersville), and junior Mallary Erbes (Urbandale) round out the leading hitters with 186 and 146, and 119 kills, respectively.

Senior Maria Brown (Peosta) leads the setters with 525 assists and Erbes (Urbandale) follows with 484 in the 6-2 system.

Freshman Katie Foster (Charles City) has 541 digs.

Career Leader Lists
Brown has now moved into sixth on the all-time career leader list with 1,771 assists to date. She recently surpassed Traci Robinson's 1,708 mark.

More to come after Tuesday's first-round matches.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 11 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 24^th in blocks per set (2.03), 31^st in team total blocks (205), 34^th in hitting percentage (.227), 35^th in match won-lost percentage (.815), 52^nd in kills per set (12.74), 58^th in digs per set (17.76), 67^th in opponent hitting percentage (.124), 71^st in team kills (1,287), 77^th in assists per set (11.54), 84^th in team digs (1,794), and 87^th in team assists (1,166).
 
Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of nine statistical categories: Jones ranks 12^th in points set (4.85), 20^th in hitting percentage (.356), 35^th in kills per set (3.85), 40^th in total kills (385), 50^th in total blocks (94), and 59^th in blocks per set (.94).

Foster ranks 42^nd in total digs (541) and 49^th in digs per set (5.36), and freshman Kylie Bildstein (Dyersville) ranks 87^th in hitting percentage (.305).

Dubuque
Karrah Davis is the team's leading hitter with 472 kills. Alyssa Cose leads the team on the service line with 47 aces and Jenna Runde has 521 digs.