WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 2/2 Wartburg women's basketball team (31-0 overall) will face No. 5/5 Bowdoin (28-2) in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. No. 1/1 Amherst and No. 3/3 Thomas More will play in the other Final Four game at 5 p.m.

This is the second appearance in three seasons for the Knights in the National Semifinal.
 
Friday's winners will advance to the National Championship game Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The game will be played at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. Click here for directions. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota will serve as hosts. Click here for the Championship website.

Click here for the updated bracket.

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Ticket Information
• Single-day tickets: Adult ($12) / Youth, student, seniors ($7)
• All-sessions tickets: Adult ($20) / Youth, student, seniors ($12)
• Group Tickets Available, call: 507.280.4701
Tickets available at the door. No presales. Box office opens at 3:15 p.m.

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The Series
This marks the inaugural meeting between the programs.

Wartburg
The Knights received the automatic bid as they won the Iowa Conference Tournament Championship and will make their 12^th overall appearance and third-straight in the NCAA
Tournament.

The Orange and Black are one of four teams in all NCAA divisions that remain undefeated.
-Ashland women, DII (33-0)
-UConn women, DI (32-0)
-Amherst women, DIII (31-0)
-Wartburg women, DIII (31-0)

Senior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the leading scorer for the Knights with 14.8 PPG. She also has a team-high 182 assists, and 73 steals. Classmates Miranda Murphy (Alleman) and Morgan Neuendorf (Plainfield) follow with 11.5 and 11.4 PPG, respectively. Murphy leads the team with 5.5 rebounds/game.

Katie, twin sister Kristie, Murphy and Neuendorf all joined the 1,000 career points club this season. This set a new program record for "new members" in a single season, as the old mark was two.

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Single Season Leader List Watch
Katie is sixth in free throws (147) and broke her own single season record in assists as she has 182 to to date. She has set the mark in each of her last three seasons.

Jones is tied for third in blocked shots (41).

Career Leader List Watch
Katie is sixth with 1,428 points, the all-time career leader with 532 assists, third with 189 three-point field goals, and third with 454 free throws.

Twin sister Kristie is the program's career leader in three-point field goals at 243. She is also 12th with 1,091 points.

The Sommer twins became the program's leader in games played (117).

Miranda Murphy is 11th with 1,109 points and Neuendorf is 13th 1,021 points.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks second with 117 blocked shots.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of twenty-four statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 1^st in free throws made (499), 3^rd in personal fouls per game (12.2), 4^th in assists (548), 4^th in final points (2,399), 4^th in three-point field goals made (262), 7^th in three-point field goal attempts (729), 8^th in free throw attempts (671), 9^th in scoring margin (20.8), 11^th in three-point field goals per game (8.5), 11^th in field-goal percentage (45.2), 14^th in scoring offense (77.4), 17^th in assists per game (17.7), 18^th in assist turnover ratio (1.16), 20^th in three-point field-goal percentage (35.9), 21^st in rebounds (1,263), 22^nd in free-throw percentage (74.4), 35^th in defensive rebounds per game (30), 48^th in rebound margin (6.8), 55^th in fewest fouls (378), 80^th in turnovers per game (15.3), 84^th in scoring defense (56.6), 91^st in turnover margin (2.87), and 93^rd in final opponent points (1,755).
 
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of eleven statistical categories: Katie Sommer  ranks 2^nd in assists (182), 6^th in minutes played (1016:00), 10^th in free throws made (147), 11^th in assists per game (5.9), 16^th in free throw attempts (188), 35^th in three-point field-goal percentage (41.0), 66^th in three-point field goals made (64), 68^th in assist turnover ratio (1.69), 69^th in steals (73), and 70^th in final points (459); and Kristie Sommer ranks 59^th in three-point field goals attempted (191) and 76^th in three-point field goals made (63).

Wartburg College Student Bus
There are 40 seats available for Wartburg students on a bus. Click here to sign up for the free ride to and from the game(s).
The bus will leave from the W circle drive at 11:45 a.m. Friday, and return following the game. With a win, the bus will leave at 2:45 p.m. Saturday and return following the game.
 
Friday Pep Rally
Pep Rally for Wartburg fans will take place Friday, March 16 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Mayo Civic Center Ballroom 2. There will be a program at 4:15 p.m. Wartburg cheerleaders and Sir Victor will be there.

Bowdoin
The Polar Bears received an at-large bid as they fell to No. 6/8 Tufts in their conference tournament. Bowdoin was able to avenge that loss in Saturday's Elite Eight game, as it defeated the Jumbos 66-48.

Abby Kelly leads the team with 11.6 PPG and Kate Kerrigan joins her in double figures at 10.7. Kerrigan is the leading rebounder with 6.8/game.

Bowdoin is 31-15 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Polar Bears are making their 17th appearance in the last 18 years in the Tournament, as they did not qualify last season.

This is the second time Bowdoin has advanced to the Final Four in program history.

Wartburg in the NCAA Tournament: (17-11)
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1989, First-round, L 74-93
Wartburg vs. Milliken, 1989, Regional Third Place, W 97-75
Wartburg vs. Augustana, 1990, First-round, W 72-57
Wartburg vs. Buena Vista, 1990, Regional Finals, L 63-78
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1991, Regionals, L 54-78
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Stout, 1992, Regionals, W 90-72
Wartburg vs. St. Benedict, 1992, Sectional Semifinals, W 74-64
Wartburg vs. Luther, 1992, Sectional Finals, L 61-70
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 1993, Regionals, W 75-60
Wartburg vs. Wis.-Whitewater, 1993, Sectional Semifinals, W 83-77
Wartburg vs. Central, 1993, Sectional Finals, L 60-62
Wartburg vs. Aurora, 1994, First-round, L 57-61
Wartburg vs. St. Thomas, 1999, First-round, L 41-67
Wartburg vs. Chapman, 2001, First-round, W 86-78
Wartburg vs. Neb. Wesleyan, 2001, Second-round, W 85-71
Wartburg vs. Fontbonne, 2001, Sectional Semifinals, W 82-78
Wartburg vs. Washington-St. Louis, 2001, Sectional Finals, L 71-83
Wartburg vs. Carleton, 2002, First-round, L 61-71
Wartburg vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, 2016, First-round, W, 65-49
Wartburg vs. #11/16 UW-Oshkosh, 2016, Second-round, W 66-56
Wartburg vs. #8/9 St. Thomas, 2016, Sweet Sixteen, W 70-66
Wartburg vs. #5/6 UT-Tyler, 2016, Elite Eight, W 80-74
Wartburg vs. #7/7 Tufts, 2016 Final Four, L 50-63
Wartburg vs. Chicago, 2017 First-round, L 63-67
Wartburg vs. Webster, 2018 First-round, W 86-45
Wartburg vs. #12/13 George Fox, 2018, Second-round, W 82-58
Wartburg vs. #7/11 Trine, 2018, Sweet Sixteen, W, 78-54
Wartburg vs. East Texas Baptist, 2018, Elite Eight, W 65-61