WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg volleyball team (14-9 overall, 6-1 American Rivers) travels to face Buena Vista (13-10, 3-2) tonight at 7 p.m. in the final A-R-C match of the season. With a win, the Knights would win the A-R-C title outright and four-peat as regular season conference champions.
The Orange and Black are in first and BV is tied for fourth. Both teams have clinched a spot in the A-R-C tournament, with seeds to be determined after tonight's matches.
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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 47-11 and have won the last four-straight and 12 of the last 13
Wartburg
Senior Lizzy Blough (Dike) leads the team with 274 kills and 3.97 kills/set. Freshman Jayme
Willemssen (Waverly) follows with 196 kills and sophomore Kylie
Bildstein (Dyersville) also has triple digit kills with 188.
Bildstein leads the Knights with a team-best .284 hitting percentage.
Erbes paces the team with 724 assists and a team leading 43 service aces.
Katie Foster leads the Knights with 341 digs on the season.
Bildstein has a team-best 70 total blocks.Â
Career Record Watch
Mallary Erbes ranks sixth in assists (1,918). She needs 69 to move into fifth.
Against the Conference
Wartburg leads the A-R-C as opponents only muster a.092 hitting percentage as a team.
Foster leads the league in digs/set (6.18).
Buena Vista
Sydney McLaren leads her team with 268 kills. Kylie Roe follows with 260, Serene Sandvig with 166 and Brooke Runneberg with 165. Kylie Roe leads the team at the service line with 30 aces.