LINCOLN, Neb. (March 27, 2021) - The Nebraska Wesleyan volleyball team (3-5, 3-5 A-R-C) came up short in a five-set tussle with Wartburg (7-2, 7-1 A-R-C) in the final game of the 2021 spring volleyball season. 

From the start, NWU looked poised to upset the Knights and end their bid for a sixth consecutive American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) regular-season title. A back and forth first set needed extra points before the Prairie Wolves scored four of the last five points to win 28-26. 

After Wartburg won set two 25-19, they put Nebraska Wesleyan on the ropes with a 25-20 win in the third set. However, NWU bounced back to win set four 25-17 behind a 15-2 run and nine consecutive points served by Hannah Domandle. 

In the fifth, the teams traded points to begin the set but the Knights rattled off six straight points for a 9-3 lead then won the set 15-7. With the win, Wartburg secured its sixth straight A-R-C regular-season championship. 

It was the final match of the 2020 season, which was moved to the spring due to the COVID-19 Global Health Pandemic. It was also the final match for NWU senior Kelsie Stovall. Stovall ends her career seventh for digs per season with 618 digs, seventh for digs per game in a season with 5.67, and tied for eighth for digs per game in a career with 3.51.

Notable Stats and Performances
-Kelsie Stovall and Hannah Domandle both finished with a season-high in digs, Stovall had 24 and Domandle had 23.
-Domandle finished with a team-high 14 kills and five aces.
-Allana Arkfeld and Shae Gallery combined for seven block assists.
-Wartburg's Kylie Bildstein had a match-high 17 kills.