WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg volleyball team (8-8 overall) will host nonconference opponent Cornell (7-6) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg leads the all-time series at 31-15-1 which includes the 3-1 win at the Cornell Classic on Sept. 21.
Wartburg
Senior Lizzy Blough (Dike) leads the team with 182 kills and 4.04kills/set. Freshman Jayme Willemssen (Waverly) follows with 144 kills and sophomore Kylie Bildstein (Dyersville) rounds out those in triple digits with 123. Bildstein adds a team-best .261 hitting percentage.
Senior Mallary Erbes (Urbandale) has 509 assists and leads the team with 28 service aces.
Erbes leads the team with 200 digs and Bildstein has a team-best 48 blocks.
Career Record Watch
Erbes ranks eighth in assists (1,703). She has surpassed Emma Harmeyer's 1,605 and needs six to move into seventh.
Cornell
Nicole Ciari leads the Rams with 206 kills and 4.12 kills/set. Allison Eikenberry and Alissa McEndaffer join her in triple digits with 135 and 128 kills, respectively. Jillian Schulte has 531 assists running the offense and Ciari has a team-best 14 service aces.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of four statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
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The Knights rank 32
nd in digs per set (18.54), 47
th in team attacks per set (37.47), 49
th in blocks per set (1.89), and 75
th in team total blocks (107.5).
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Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of six statistical categories: Blough ranks 2
nd in attacks per set (13.29), 21
st in kills per set (4.04), 28
th in points per set (4.47), and 75
th in total attacks (598), and Erbes ranks 81
st in assists per set (9.09) and 97
th in total assists (509).
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