PREVIEW: INDIANA WESLEYAN AND NORTHWESTERN MEET FOR RED BANNER AGAIN

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SIOUX CITY, IA. – No. 4-seed Indiana Wesleyan Women's Volleyball and the Northwestern Red Raider will face off once again in the NAIA Women's Volleyball Championship presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront and Explore Siouxland with a red banner on the line. IWU and NWC play tomorrow at 8:00 PM ET in a rematch of the 2023 national championship. The match will be streamed for free on the NAIA Network and Urban Edge Network. Links to those pages are available on the Championship Central Page at IWUWIldcats.com.

SCOUTING NORTHWESTERN

IWU and NWC matched up in the 2023 national championship where Indiana Wesleyan completed a 2-1 comeback to win their first red banner in program history.
The squads met earlier this season on August 30th. The Wildcats took the match 3-1, but three of the four sets were decided by 4 points or less.
Current Record: 33-3
Earned their tournament bid as the GPAC Tournament Champions.

KEY RED RAIDERS

Stella Winterfeld – 399 Kills, 4.38 Kills/S, .256 Hit Percentage, 30 Service Aces
Maddy Sampson – 228 Kills, .344 Hit Percentage, 108 Blocks
Zavyr Metzger – 245 Blocks, 2.01 Block/S, 222 Kills, .322 Hitting Percentage
Liv Reitsma– 677 Assists, 296 Digs, 27 Service Aces
Emma Westphal – 187 Kills, .261 Hitting Percentage, 101 Blocks

NAIA RANKINGS

1^st in Block Assists: 610
2^ndin Blocks: 362
3^rdin Blocks/S: 2.97
8^th in Hit Percentage: .253
25^th in Kills/S: 13.07
Zavyr Metzger - 1^st in Blocks: 245
Zavyr Metzger - 1^st in Block Assists: 208
Zavyr Metzger - 1^st in Block/S: 2.01
Stella Winterfeld - 5^th in Kills/S: 4.38
Zavyr Metzger - 19^th in Solo Blocks: 37

KEY WILDCATS

Eva Joldersma – 363 Kills, 4.17 Kills/S, .242 Hit Percentage, 209 Digs, 44 Blocks.
- 2x NAIA National Player of the Year
Abbigail Porter – 1267 Assists, 11.41 Assists/S, 340 Digs, 56 Blocks
- 2x NAIA Setter of the Year
Marissa Mullins – 141 Blocks, 1.12 Blocks/S, 352 Kills, .378 Hit Percentage
- 2x First Team All-Crossroads League, 1x Honorable Mention
Shae Williams – 322 Kills, 3.16 Kills/S, 57 Blocks
- 2025 Crossroads League All-Freshman Team
Cadee Notter – 632 Digs, 4.98 Digs/S, 107 Assists, 36 Service Aces
- 2025 Crossroads League Second Team

NAIA RANKINGS

3^rdin Kills: 1787
4^th in Kill/S: 14.07
4^thin Assists: 1641
5^th in Assists/S: 12.92
12^thin Digs: 2228
16^th in Hit Percentage: .230
16^th in Block Assists: 448
19^th in Blocks: 279
Abbigail Porter – 3^rd in Assists/S:11.41
Abbigail Porter – 4^th in Assists: 1267
Eva Joldersma – 10^th in Kills/S: 4.17
Marissa Mullins - 15^th in Blocks: 141
Cadee Notter - 17^th in Digs: 632
Marissa Mullins - 21^st in Block Assists: 115

WILDCATS IN THE RECORD BOOK

Eva Joldersma –
- 1^st in Career Kills/S: 4.47
- 1^st in Single Season Kills/S: 4.64 (2023)
- 3^rd in Career Kills: 1986
- 3rd in Single Season Kills/S: 4.60 (2022)
- T4th in Single Season Kills/S: 4.40 (2024)
- 6th in Single Season Kills: 585 (2023)
- 6^thin Single Season Kills/S: 4.12 (2025)
- 8th in Single Season Kills: 568 (2024)
Abbigail Porter –
- 2^nd in Career Assists/S: 11.11
- 2^nd in Single Season Assists/S: 12.19 (2023)
- 3^rd in Career Assists: 4822
- 3rd in Single Season Assists/S: 11.75 (2024)
- 7^th in Single Season Assists/S: 11.50 (2025)
Marissa Mullins –
- 3^rd in Single Season Hit Percentage: .379 (2025)
- 3^rd in Career Blocks/S: 1.12
- 4^th in Single Season Block Assists: 121 (2024)
- 5^th in Single Season Blocks/S: 1.22 (2023)
- 6^th in Career Block Assists: 330
- T7th in Single Season Hit Percentage: .353 (2023)
- 8^th in Career Total Blocks: 403
- 10^th in Single Season Hit Percentage: .338 (2024)
Cadee Notter –
- 3^rd in Career Digs/S: 4.06
- T7^th in Single Season Digs/S: 5.01 (2025)
- 6^th in Career Digs: 2005
Candace Moats – NAIA active wins leader with 1,053. IWU wins leader with 736.