MARION, Ind. -- The Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team earned an automatic bid to the NCCAA National Championship by quickly defeating Oakland City (Ind.) 3-0 in the NCCAA Midwest Regional Tournament championship match in Luckey Arena.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 3   |   Oakland City - 0   (25-12, 25-14, 25-14)
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 32-8   |   Oakland City 16-9
• NCCAA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 1   |   Oakland City - No. 19  
• Location:   Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
• Brief:  The Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team earned an automatic bid to the NCCAA National Championship by quickly defeating Oakland City (Ind.) 3-0 in the NCCAA Midwest Regional Tournament championship match in Luckey Arena.

What Went Down

• Indiana Wesleyan opened the regional championship match on a 9-1 run. Oakland City would get no closer than six points the rest of the set.
• The Mighty Oaks scored four of the first five points in the second set. The Wildcats responded with six of the next seven points to 10-5. The Mighty Oaks did not threaten the rest of the set.
• Indiana Wesleyan cruised in the third set after leading 12-3.
• Morgan Miller (SO/Goshen, Ind.) earned 12 kills and a .588 hitting percentage. Bianca Cifaldi (JR/Itasca, Ill.) added 10 kills and a .412 hitting percentage.
• Katey Holler (SR/Marion, Ohio) and Emily Workman (SO/Tinley Park, Ill.) each had 18 assists.
• IWU totaled nine total blocks. Remy Bucknor (JR/Euless, Texas) and Kristin Predajna (SR/Fishers, Ind.) each had one solo block while Tay Thomas (SO/Suwanee, Ga.) added four block assists.

Coaches Corner

• “We took a left turn after not going to the NAIA Tournament. Now we are on a new journey and mission. We are going to go see what we can do in a national tournament opportunity. Now we have the chance to go win our last match and that is pretty special.”  -- IWU head coach Candace Moats

Extra! Extra!

• The last time Indiana Wesleyan competed in the NCCAA National Championship was in 2010. Indiana Wesleyan went on to win the national title with a victory over Campbellsville (Ky.) in the championship match.

Next Time Out

• The NCCAA National Championship will be held December 3-5 in Kissimmee, Florida. There will be 10 teams broken into two five-team pools with the top two teams from each pool advancing to the national semifinals.