MARION, Ind. -- Top-seed Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball dispatched No. 4-seed Marian (Ind.) 3-0 on Wednesday in the Crossroads League Tournament semifinals. IWU will host No. 2-seed Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Luckey Arena in a rematch of last season’s title game.

MATCH VITALS

• Crossroads League Tournament Semifinals
• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 3   |   Marian - 0
  • Set 1:  IWU 25-17
  • Set 2:  IWU 25-12
  • Set 3:  IWU 25-19 
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 33-2   |   Marian 22-12
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 16   |   Marian - Not ranked
• CL Tournament Seed:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 1   |   Marian - No. 4
• Location:   Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
  
   

STAT TRACKER

• Morgan Miller - 10 kills, .500 attack percentage
• Sarah Collicott - 6 kills, .455 attack percentage
• Katie Elson - 21 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces
• Emily Workman - 15 assists
• Tay Thomas - 10 kills, .400 attack percentage
• Banner Rodgers - 23 digs
• Bianca Cifaldi - 7 kills, 2 solo blocks, 2 block assists
  
   

MATCH MOMENTS

• Indiana Wesleyan advances to their seventh consecutive Crossroads League Tournament championship match and 14th out of 15 years. IWU is 11-2 in those championship matches.
• The Wildcats did not commit a receiving error in the Wednesday night victory.
   

COACH MOATS SAYS…

• “I was super pleased with them tonight. We had a great team time before we came down for the game. We want to take this team to the next level at the national tournament and get a good seed so we can do something at the NAIA Nationals. So we are super excited and very motivated to finish out this league tournament.”
   

UP NEXT FOR VOLLEYBALL

• Indiana Wesleyan will host No. 2-seed Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Crossroads League Tournament championship match. It is a rematch of last season’s league tournament title match that MVNU won 3-1 in Mount Vernon, Ohio.