WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg volleyball team (3-4 overall) hosts Luther (6-3) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to open the American Rivers Conference slate.

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The Series
Wartburg leads the all-time series at 41-30, which includes last year's meeting in Decorah, and 12 of the last 13.

Wartburg
Freshman Jayme Willemssen (Waverly) leads the Knights with 69 kills and senior Lizzy Blough (Dike) follows with 62 kills and 4.43 kills/set. Sophomore Kylie Bildstein (Dyersville) adds a team-best .299 hitting percentage. Senior Mallary Erbes (Urbandale) has 204 assists and team-high 12 service aces. She currently ranks 10th on the career leader list in assists (1,398).

Sophomore Katie Foster (Charles City) leads the defense with 125 digs and is second with 11 aces.

Luther
The Norse bring a four-match winning streak into the meeting.

Emma Veum leads her team with 103 kills, 3.12 kills/set and .386 hitting percentage. She is the reigning conference player of the week.

Sam Sixta has a team-best 21 service aces.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of three statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 40^th in team attacks per set (37.74), 50^th in digs per set (18.22), and 68^th in blocks per set (1.83).
 
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of two statistical categories: Erbes ranks 82^nd in assists per set (8.87) and Foster ranks 35^th in digs per set (5.43).