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WU is looking for its 1st MIAA tourney title. The Ichabods are 6-7 all-time in 7 appearances. The tourney was held until 2007 and then revived last year.
The Ichabods are 1-1 against NWMSU with a win in 2006 and loss in 1992.
Washburn is 5-2 in the opening round, 6-2 at home, 1-2 as the No. 2 seed and 1-0 against the No. 7 seed in tournament history.
The Ichabods were the No. 2 seed last year and beat FHSU at home in the 1st round before losing to UCM in the 2nd round at UNK.
Marissa Cox hit .500 in the 2 matches last year and tied a school tournament record with 27 kills against FHSU. She hit .641 that match.
Washburn wrapped up its third MIAA regular season titles in the last four years with a 15-1 league record. The Bods and UCM shared those three titles.
Washburn has won five MIAA titles (2002, 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2012).
Cox hit .359 last week with 4.78 kills a set to earn MIAA hitter of the week for the second straight week and 5th time this year.
Washburn has won 10 straight matches with sweeps in six of those contests. Cox is hitting .393 in the 10 matches with 4.09 kills a set.
WU beat UNK in 5 sets twice this year and UNK was in the top 10 both times. The win at UNK last Tuesday was Washburn's first 0-2 comeback since 2011.
Chris Herron earned his seventh straight 30-win season and the eighth in his 12th year.
Abby Wittman is 4th in career assists with 3,735 & needs 18 to move to third. She's 7th with 8.43 assists per set in her career and 15th with 1,303 digs.
Besides Wittman, only one Washburn setter has at least 2,000 career assists and 1,000 digs (Kate Hampson from 2006-09).
Kelsey Lewis is 11th at Washburn with 1,377 digs and 5th with 3.67 per set.
Bods host Bearcats Tuesday to start road to first MIAA tourney championship
Eighth-ranked Washburn will head to the MIAA postseason tournament as the No. 2 seed and host seventh-seeded Northwest Missouri Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Schendel Court in Lee Arena. The winner will advance to the semifinals and final played Friday and Saturday at the site of the highest remaining seed.
The winner of Washburn's match will play Friday against the winner of the No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney/No. 6 Missouri Western match. Central Missouri earned the No. 1 seed and will play No. 8 Pittsburg State Tuesday. The Jennies would host the final two rounds with a win or Washburn would host with a win and UCM loss. The UCM/PSU winner will play the winner of the No. 4 Central Oklahoma/No. 5 Emporia State match.
The Ichabods and Jennies shared their third MIAA title in the last four years with identical 15-1 conference records. The Jennies won the only regular season meeting to earn the tie-breaker. Washburn is 30-4 overall after wins last week at Nebraska-Kearney and Lindenwood. Northwest Missouri won its only match last week, 3-2 against Southwest Baptist to tie with four other teams for seventh in the final MIAA standings. The Bearcats are 12-17 overall and 6-10 in the MIAA.
Washburn swept the Bearcats twice this year and has won 15 straight matches against NWMSU in Lee Arena.
Ichabods climb back into top 10 in latest national poll
The Ichabods earned a No. 8 ranking in the AVCA national poll released Monday after spending the last four weeks ranked 11th and nine straight weeks out of the top 10. Washburn won twice last week to clinch a share of its third MIAA title in the last four years. The Ichabods won on the road Tuesday in five sets at Nebraska-Kearney, ranked 11th now and seventh at the time, and then won in four at Lindenwood on Saturday.
Concordia St. Paul lost at Minnesota Duluth to fall out of the top spot in the nation. Tampa took over in first, UMD moved to second and Concordia moved to third. Central Missouri, which also beat UNK last week, is still fifth. Six of the top 11 teams in the nation come from the Central Region. Â
Cox wins second straight hitter of the week award
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Marissa Cox earned her second straight MIAA hitter of the week award Monday after Washburn won twice last week to wrap up a share of its third conference title in the last four years. Cox averaged 4.78 kills a set and hit .359 as Washburn won at No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney and at Lindenwood. She had 18 kills and five blocks against UNK and 25 kills against LWU as she hit .478 in the match. She also averaged 0.67 blocks a set for 5.11 points a set. Cox has now won the award five times this year and Washburn has eight total volleyball athlete of the week awards.
Washburn looking for first MIAA postseason tournament title
The Ichabods have played in seven MIAA postseason tournaments but have never won the event. Overall, they are 6-7 in the matches and 5-2 in opening round matches. They are 6-2 at home and 1-1 against Northwest Missouri. The tournament was played through 2007 and then resumed last year. Washburn won its opener last year against Fort Hays State and then lost in the second round to Central Missouri.
Washburn looking for bid to 10th straight NCAA tournament
The winner of the MIAA, NSIC and GAC tournaments will earn automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. The seedings and five at-large bids will all be announced Monday, November 25 at 6:30 p.m. Central live on ncaa.com. The tournament will run December 5-7 at the site of the top seed in the region.
