MARION, Ind. -- The Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team wasted little time in defeating Bethel (Ind.) 3-0 on Friday night in Luckey Arena.

The Wildcats won in an hour with scores of 25-16, 25-16, 25-7. The Pilots were limited to just 16 kills in the match as they hit -.045 for the night. No Pilot had more than four kills.

In the first match Indiana Wesleyan pulled away late after an 8-8 tie. But in the next two sets Indiana Wesleyan built huge early leads and cruised to the wins. In game two, IWU scored eight of the first nine points and led 11-3. In game three, Indiana Wesleyan scored 14 of the first 15 points and led 19-3 before wrapping up the victory.

Morgan Miller (FR/Goshen, Ind.) led all players with 10 kills while Bianca Cifaldi (SO/Itasca, Ill.) finished with eight. Remy Bucknor (SO/Euless, Texas) added seven kills while Kristin Predajna (JR/Fishers, Ind.) and Kylie Portera (SO/Lake in the Hills, Ill.) each hit six kills. Portera had six kills in seven chances for a .714 hitting percentage. Katey Holler (JR/Marion, Ohio) assisted on 34 of the 38 Indiana Wesleyan attacks in addition to serving six aces.

Holler and Ashlen Buck (SO/Brazil, Ind.) each earned 13 digs in the match. The Wildcats blocked seven Pilot kill attempts with Bucknor figuring in each of them. Bucknor had one solo and six block assists.

Indiana Wesleyan improves to 22-5 this season and maintains first place in the Crossroads League with a 12-1 record. Bethel falls to 13-11 and 6-6 in league play.

Indiana Wesleyan plays again tomorrow afternoon as they host Goshen (Ind.) at 3 p.m. in Luckey Arena. The match is a Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness. All money collected at the match will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and fans are encouraged to wear pink.