INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team won a four set victory over host Marian (Ind.) on Friday night in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Wildcats dropped the first set to the Knights by a 26-24 score but rebounded to win the next three 25-18, 25-16, 25-15. The win moves the Wildcats to 22-6 this season and the team remains in second place in the Crossroads League at 13-2. The Knights fall to 13-10 and 10-6 in league play.

“Everybody is building the IWU match up at their school and there is a lot of energy the people are bringing,” said Indiana Wesleyan head coach Candace Moats. “So it’s taking a lot of concentration and focus from our players to continue to come out and play at a high level. Tonight at the beginning we had to fight through that. But after the first set we refocused and it was just awesome. No one accepted how the first set went. The following three sets we dominated and they were executed very well. It was a good night for IWU volleyball.”

Rae Brandes led all players with 17 kills as she produced a .375 hitting percentage. She was second on the team with 13 digs and was only behind her sister Rebecca Brandes with 16 digs. Kristine Egebrecht earned 14 kills and had a .393 hitting percentage in addition to one solo block and six block assists. Remy Bucknor was a force at the net with three solo blocks and six block assists as Indiana Wesleyan tallied 13 blocks in all.

Katey Holler assisted on 52 kills tonight and she added four digs, three kills, and two block assists. The Wildcats had seven service aces in all including four from Lindsay Rogan.

Indiana Wesleyan will play again tomorrow as they battle Grace (Ind.) at 3 p.m. in Winona Lake, Indiana. Grace nearly helped Indiana Wesleyan out tonight in their match with Bethel (Ind.). IWU trails Bethel by one match in the league standings but Bethel edged Grace 3-2 tonight to maintain their lead.