Box Score MARION, Ind. -- The three player senior class clinched its fourth consecutive Crossroads League regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 3-0 victory over Goshen (Ind.) on Senior Night in Luckey Arena. Kelly Cypher (SR/Libertyville, Ill.), Katey Holler (SR/Marion, Ohio), and Kristin Predajna (SR/Fishers, Ind.) were honored in a post-match celebration for the senior class.
Matchup Details
- Score: Indiana Wesleyan - 3 Goshen - 0 | 25-20, 25-18, 25-12
- Records: Indiana Wesleyan 28-7, 17-1 Crossroads League | Goshen 16-17, 6-12 Crossroads League
- NAIA Top- 25 Rank: Indiana Wesleyan - No. 23 | Goshen - Not ranked
- Location: Luckey Arena | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, Indiana
- Brief: The three player senior class clinched its fourth consecutive Crossroads League regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 3-0 victory over Goshen (Ind.) on Senior Night in Luckey Arena. Kelly Cypher, Katey Holler, and Kristin Predajna were honored in a post-match celebration for the senior class.
What Went Down
- Indiana Wesleyan became co-champions of the Crossroads League regular season championship with a 3-0 win over Goshen. Indiana Wesleyan and Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) share the league championship with identical 17-1 records.
- The Wildcats and Maple Leafs were tied 13-13 in the first set before IWU scored the next three points to break away.
- Indiana Wesleyan scored 9 of the first 14 points to easily win the second set 25-18.
- Indiana Wesleyan hit .528 as a team in the third set with 16 kills and 2 errors in 26 attempts.
- Remy Bucknor (JR/Euless, Texas) had a huge performance with 15 kills and a .700 attack percentage. She also earned two solo blocks and one block assist.
- Senior Kristin Predajna was one of two players with double digit kills with 11.
- Emily Workman (SO/Tinley Park, Ill.) tallied 24 assists and senior Katey Holler added 22.
- Ashlen Buck (JR/Brazil, Ind.) was the only player on either side with double digit digs as she concluded the contest with 13 digs.
Coaches Corner
- “I’m really proud of these girls for winning the championship because to continue to do that four times is a pretty great accomplishment. We realized in these four years that they have only lost five games in conference in four years and won 67. That’s pretty phenomenal. That takes a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication and a lot of passion.”
-- IWU head coach Candace Moats on the senior class
Extra! Extra!
- The senior class finishes their career with four Crossroads League regular season championships and a four year record of 67-5.
- The Crossroads League Tournament begins with quarterfinal matches on Saturday. MVNU will be the No. 1-seed and Indiana Wesleyan the No. 2-seed. Mount Vernon Nazarene earned the higher seed as the tie-breaker came down to points scored in the IWU-MVNU matches.
Next Time Out
- No. 2-seed Indiana Wesleyan hosts No. 7-seed Saint Francis (Ind.) in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals. The match begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Luckey Arena.