FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University volleyball team heads to Parkville, Missouri to take on top seed Columbia College in the American Midwest Conference Semifinals on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. The contest will be played at Park University.
 
About the Owls
- WWU enters the AMC Semifinals with a record of 26-8
- The Owls are coming off a 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-9) over Lyon College in the AMC Quarterfinals
- William Woods ranks fifth in the nation in blocks with 291.5 blocks on the season
- Leading the Owls in blocks this season is sophomore Kira Krebill. She has 133 blocks on the season, which is 12th in the NAIA. She is averaging 1.27 blocks per game, 11th best in the nation
- WWU ranks eighth in the nation in blocks per game as they are averaging 2.56
- WWU has three girls with over 250 kills. Tory Wiley leads the Owls with 286 kills, while Kate Doerhoff has 263 and Abby Ferguson has 258 on the season
- The Owls have 151 service aces on the season. Brittney Engelbrecht has 30 aces on the season
- WWU has a hitting percentage of .214 on the season
- Brittney Engelbrecht leads the Owls with 1,095 assists on the season. For her career she has 4,988 assists
 
About the Cougars
- Columbia enters the AMC Semifinals with a record of 32-5 and ranked seventh in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll
- The Cougars are coming off a 3-0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-12) over Stephens College
- Columbia College ranks second in the nation with 342 blocks on the season. Zori Curry leads Cougars and ranks fifth in the NAIA in blocks with 148
- Caroline Clifford leads the Cougars in kills on the season with 428, which ranks her 16th in the nation
- Columbia ranks seventh in the nation in hitting percentage (.256) on the season
- Zori Curry leads the Cougars in aces on the season with 58. Her 58 aces rank her 19th in the nation
- The Cougars last loss came on October 28th when they were defeated by Georgetown
- Columbia has four players with over 200 kills on the season
 
Previous Matchup
- WWU and the Cougars met earlier this season. Columbia defeated the Owls 3-1 (26-28, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25)
- WWU hit .172 in the match against the Cougars, while Columbia hit .161
- Both teams combined for 10 blocks each in the match
- Columbia College had 13 aces against the Owls
 
What's Next
The winner of the Owls and Cougars matchup advances to the AMC Championship Finals, which will be held on Saturday, November 11th at 1 p.m. at Park University. 

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