MIAC final set: St. Ben’s to host St. Olaf

It will be a battle of nationally ranked teams in the MIAC Playoff final as No. 1 seed Saint Benedict (16th nationally) will host No. 3 seed St. Olaf (21st) on Saturday night for the MIAC automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. St. Ben’s swept St. Olaf in their only match this season.

St. Ben’s dispatched visiting No. 5 seed Concordia in four sets tonight.

St. Olaf outlasted No. 2 seed St. Thomas (9th nationally) in five sets (16-14 fifth set) tonight in what sounded like controversial fashion, according to the audio feed. St. Olaf survived numerous match points in the fifth set, including an overruled line call at 14-13 14-12. Read the recap from the MIAC Playoff page for more details, which will include another 20+ kill performance from St. Olaf’s Kim Smisek, the national leader in kill per set.

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-Ricky Nelson