Box Score SIOUX CITY, Iowa. - No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan volleyball ran into the top seeded No. 1 Jamestown Wednesday in NAIA National Championship Pool Play, falling 3-0. The Wildcats nearly pulled off the win in set one, but fell 27-25. Jamestown would take the final two sets, 25-13 and 25-10.  This marked the 10th season that ended in Sioux City and the NAIA National tournament.


 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Tyson Event Center | Sioux City, Iowa
• Records: IWU (24-5) | UJ (33-0)
• NAIA Top-25 Ranking: IWU #20 | UJ #1
• Historical Matchup: The teams have split 1-1 which both matchups coming in NAIA national tournament pool play.

 

BY THE NUMBERS

 

• 18 - number of Wildcat kills in set one
• -.048 - kill percentage in second set
• .294 - Jamestown's third set kill percentage

 

MOATS PERSPECTIVE

 

• "We have the potential to play at a good high level, the issue that I see sometimes when you come into a national tournament is you can play at that caliber maybe a set or so but it takes a lot of cohesiveness, togetherness, and intelligence to maintain that. After a team sees that we are going to come on strong, they take another gear up which I'm glad that we created Jamestown to play a little harder! We came to compete and I was impressed with our girls especially with that first set. It's a hard thing to maintain!" 

 

KEY WILDCATS

 

• Martina Demarchi recorded 10 kills and 16 digs.
• Ana Collar posted eight kills in her last outing in a Wildcat jersey.
• Paige Thibault led the defense with 23 digs.

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• This concludes the 2021 Volleyball season for the Wildcats.  Wildcats finish with a 24-6 overall record.

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