Posted: Dec 04, 2023
Women's Volleyball Final Four Preview
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Viterbo University Women's Volleyball team is set to play in the semifinal round of the NAIA National Tournament against Northwestern College (Iowa) on Monday night at 5 PM.
The Teams
- No. 5 Viterbo University V-Hawks, La Crosse, Wis. 34-4
- No. 1 Northwestern College Red Raiders, Orange City, Iowa, 30-2
- No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats, Marian, Ind. 36-0
- No. 3 Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers, La Grande, Ore. 34-1
Viterbo
- The V-Hawks are making their six appearance in the national semifinals, and their first since 2019
- Kenzie Winker ranks #6 in the NAIA with 540 kills
- Grace Rohde is 13th with 493
- Jada Mitchell is 8th in hitting percentage at .370, and 14th in blocks with 138
- Kenidi McCabe ranks #8 with 666 digs
- Maddie Connor is top 20 with 1115 assists
Northwestern
- This is the Red Raiders first ever appearance in the semifinal round
- Zavyr Metzger leads the NAIA with 214 blocks (41 solo)
- Jazlin De Haan leads the team with 477 kills (15th in NAIA)
- Olivia Granstra has recorded 610 digs (18th)
Indiana Wesleyan
- This is the Wildcats first trip to the semifinals
- IWU is the only remaining undefeated team in the NAIA
- Candace Moats has the most career wins of any active coach (982)
- Abbigail Porter has the third most assists in the NAIA this year with 1439
- Eva Joldersma's 543 kills is fifth most in the NAIA
- Marissa Mullins leads the team with 130 blocks (21st in NAIA)
Eastern Oregon
- The Mountaineers make their second consecutive trip to the national semifinals
- EOU is currently on a 23 match win streak
- Kiauna Mack is Top-10 in blocks with 139, 125 assisted
- Four different player have recorded over 230 kills
Matchup
- Northwestern beat Viterbo 3-2 (20-25, 25-18, 21-25, 26-24, 12-15) in La Crosse on 9/26
- Winker had 22 kills, Mitchell had 13 on .375 hitting %, Rohde had 12, and McGrath had 10 for the V-Hawks
- De Haan had 27 kills, and Alysen Dexter had 21
- Maddie Connor dished 28 assists, and Cailie Kowal added 24
- Liv Reitsma recorded 37 assists for NWC, while Logan Miller had 25
- Kenidi McCabe led four V-Hawks with double digit digs with 29
- Granstra led all players with 34 digs
How to Watchpm
- The match will be broadcast on ESPN 3, with the match starting at 5 PM
- Follow Live Stats here