MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- In a critical Crossroads League showdown the No. 15-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team swept host Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 3-0 in the NAIA Volleyball Match of the Week. IWU now leads MVNU by two games in the loss column with four matches left to play.

MATCH VITALS

• NAIA Volleyball Match of the Week
• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 3   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene - 0
  • Set 1:  IWU 25-23
  • Set 2:  IWU 25-22
  • Set 3:  IWU 25-23 
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 27-2, 14-0 Crossroads League   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene 25-4, 14-2 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 15   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene - Not ranked
• Location:   Ariel Arena   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene University   |   Mount Vernon, Ohio 
  
   

STAT TRACKER

• Remy Bucknor - 13 kills, 1 solo block, 3 block assists
• Morgan Miller - 8 kills, 1 solo block, 1 block assist
• Katie Elson - 23 assists, 7 digs
• Kelly Miller - 5 kills, .455 attack percentage
• Emily Workman - 24 assists, 5 digs
• Banner Rodgers - 20 digs
• Bianca Cifaldi - 14 kills
  
   

MATCH MOMENTS

• The match was the NAIA Volleyball Match of the Week.
• The win gives Indiana Wesleyan a two game lead in the loss column in the Crossroads League standings. Mount Vernon Nazarene has two matches left while Indiana Wesleyan still has four.
• Half of the Mount Vernon Nazarene four losses this season have come to Indiana Wesleyan. Both were three set matches.
   

COACH MOATS SAYS…

• “I am so proud of the resilience of this team. They always find a way to stay together no matter what the circumstances to achieve the win. Mount Vernon Nazarene brought a great challenge and we are excited to continue on to see what the end of the season brings.”
   

UP NEXT FOR VOLLEYBALL

• Indiana Wesleyan travels to Fort Wayne, Indiana on Wednesday to play Saint Francis (Ind.) in the final regular season away match of the year. That match will begin at 7 p.m.
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