The Bethel University volleyball team is competing in the MIAC Championship game tomorrow night for the first time in 15 years. The Royals (22-8, 9-2 MIAC) face the Golden Gusties (26-2, 11-0 MIAC), who not only swept the conference throughout the regular season, but also won 26 consecutive matches, Saturday in St. Peter, Minn., at 7 p.m. There will be a fan bus that loads from the Robertson Center steps at 4:30 p.m. and leaves at 5 p.m.

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Game Notes
• The Royals enter Saturday with a 22-8 record overall, which marks the first time Bethel has eclipsed 20 wins since 2011 and the second since 2007. BU advanced to the NCAA Playoffs in both seasons.
• BU has won seven straight matches and 11 of the last 13.
• This is Bethel's third MIAC Playoff appearance in the past four years and the 13th since 1999.
• Saturday's MIAC Championship game apperance is Bethel's first since 2001, when they defeated St. Olaf 3-1.
• Should BU defeat Gustavus, it would be the Royals' third MIAC Championship in program history.
• Bethel was seeded No. 8 in the first two NCAA Central Region Rankings, but moved up to No. 5 after defeating Macalester and Augsburg in the final week of the regular season. Interestingly enough, Saint Benedict, who Bethel defeated 3-1 on Thursday evening, was seeded No. 3—behind Gustavus Adolphus and Washington University (St. Louis). 
• The Royals are ranked No. 4 nationwide and No. 1 across the conference in blocks per set (2.39). Leading the way for Bethel is Tegan LaBerge, who is ranked No. 10 nationally and No. 1 within the MIAC with 1.28 blocks per set. 
• BU is No. 21 among all Division III opponents and No. 1 within the MIAC in assists per set (12.30). Katie Lubben is averaging 7.27 assists per set, while Mikayla Morrow is averaging 4.50.
• Junior Carlee Hoppe recently posted her 1,000th career kill. Hoppe, who has recorded double-digit kills in the past five matches, is averaging 3.34 kills per set.