MARION, Ind. - The #3 Indiana Wesleyan Volleyball came out on top in a five-set thriller to claim the 2019 Crossroads League Tournament Championship over #12 Marian University on Saturday evening at Luckey Arena. 

After taking an early two-set lead, the Wildcats surrendered the next two to the Knights. In the fifth set, Marian took a 9-5 lead before Indiana Wesleyan mounted a comeback to win 15-12. 

The Wildcats take a 34-1 record into the National Tournament and the Knights enter with a 31-2 record. 

INSIDE THE BOX

• Ana Collar led the Wildcats with 19 kills while tallying a .405 hitting percentage. 
• Indiana Wesleyan also recorded 10 blocks in the contest with Rachel Klitzing leading the team with five. 
• Havyn Gates dug a team-high 36 balls with Collar adding 29 digs. 
• Klitzing also tallied 16 kills with Kelly Miller having 14 and Allison Sparrow adding 10. 
• Alex Falcone set a new career-high with 64 assists in the game. 

CROSSROADS LEAGUE HISTORY

• Indiana Wesleyan has won three of the last five Crossroads League Volleyball Tournaments in years 2019, 2017 and 2016. 
• Since 2012 IWU has won six Crossroads League Volleyball Tournament Championships. 

MOATS QUOTE

• We talked about playing for the applause of God, and the girls were just playing for him. 
• In the last timeout, we talked about playing for Him and not worrying about what the scoreboard said. We were playing like we had the lead. 
• We tried to conceal number seven to block their plan of attack. 
• The win keeps us in a really good seeding, which will give us the first #1 seeding in program history. It puts us in a good position to make the single-elimination tournament which was our goal from the beginning of the year. 

FALCONE AND K. MILLER PERSPECTIVE

• Everyone loves each other very well. This year has been different and we have stayed together no matter what.
• Havyn grabbed me at one point and told me 'you're going to stand back here', and to have a freshman say that to a senior shows how ready the underclassmen are to take over.

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan finds out its tournament seeding for the NAIA National Tournament on Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• Fans can keep up with the latest in Indiana Wesleyan Wildcat Athletics by following us on Facebook (http://Facebook.com/IWUWildcats), Twitter (@IWUWildcats) and Instagram (@IWUWildcats). 
• In addition, the Volleyball team has established its own Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iwuvball/), Instagram (@iwuvball), and Twitter (@iwuvball) pages.