No. 5 seed Bethel Royals (11-14, 6-5 MIAC) vs No. 5 seed St. Catherine Wildcats (15-9, 6-5 MIAC)
Date/Time	Monday, Nov. 6 | 7 p.m. CT
Location	St. Paul, Minn.
Tickets	General Admission $10 • Students with ID $2 • Children 5 & Under FREE
Live Stream	MIAC Sports Network
Live Stats	stkatesathletics.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
MIAC Championship Homepage	MIACathletics.com

Picking up a three-set win in the regular season finale against Augsburg, the Bethel University volleyball team landed the No. 5 seed in the MIAC Playoffs making its ninth straight appearance. BU travels Monday night to fourth-seeded St. Catherine for the quarterfinals. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
 
The winner advances to take on top-seeded Gustavus Adolphus Thursday in the Semifinals.

2023 MIAC VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Quarterfinals | Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 | 7:00 PM
No. 6 Concordia at No. 3 St. Olaf | Video | Live Stats 
No. 5 Bethel at No. 4 St. Catherine | Video | Live Stats 

Semifinals | Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 | 7:00 PM 
No. 4/5 at No. 1 Gustavus | Video | Live Stats 
No. 3/6 at No. 2 Saint Benedict | Video | Live Stats 

Championship | Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 | 7:00 PM 
Highest remaining seed hosts

ROYALS IN THE MIAC PLAYOFFS
• BU is making its 16th overall appearance in the MIAC Playoffs and its ninth consecutive appearance. The Royals are 13-16 all-time in playoff history after falling in the quarterfinals last year as a four seed to fifth seed Saint Benedict, 3-1.
• Against St. Kate's the Royals are 1-0 in playoff matches with the only meeting coming in 2000 where BU won 3-0.
• BU is a five seed for the second time, the other being in 2016 where they reached the MIAC Championship match falling to Gustavus 3-1. 

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
• St. Kate's is making back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in program history and is just the fourth overall appearance for the Wildcats.
• SCU enters the postseason with a 15-9 overall record while finishing 6-5 in league matches.
• Defensively St. Kate's allows the second-lowest opponent hitting percentage at .153 and is second at 166 total blocks and 1.78 blocks per set. Offensively they are ninth in the MIAC in hitting percentage with a .141 mark.
• Madison Fagan is second in the league with 83 blocks and a 0.89 blocks per set mark.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
• Peyton Howie leads the MIAC in hitting percentage with a .308 mark while Dani Friedges is third with a 3.56 kills per set mark and is fourth 335 kills.
• Brenna Stark ranks fifth in the conference with 8.84 assists per set.
• As a team, BU is third in the MIAC with a .195 hitting percentage and its opponent has the fewest blocks at 1.25 average per set.