Mustangs bust out brooms on Tigers, clinch autobid to NAIA tourney

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - It took just three sets for the 7th ranked Morningside Mustangs to advance past Dakota Wesleyan and into the GPAC Championship Match at the net.

Morningside would win (25-20, 25-22, 25-23), lead by Sidda Hagedorn and Miyah Whitehead offensively as they had 15 and 14 kills respectively.

Kyla Dyrstad assisted on 40 of those kills.

Morningside now has a date with top ranked Northwestern in Orange City on Saturday, November 14th for the GPAC Championship. First serve at the Bultman Center is scheduled for 7:30pm.

Regardless of the result on Saturday Morningside will claim the second GPAC autobid in the NAIA Tournament as Northwestern already has the autobid for the regular season champion. Meaning this win essentially claimed a tournament spot for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs improve to 25-6 overall, and 12-4 in GPAC play.

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