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Storm heading to St. Louis for rematch with Carthage

INDIANOLA, Iowa - The Simpson women's volleyball team's seventh trip to the 62-team NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship goes through St. Louis, where the Storm will face No. 8 Carthage (31-5) Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Central Region championship held at Washington University Field House. 

Simpson (21-13) earned the Iowa Conference's automatic bid to the postseason with a 3-0 sweep of Wartburg in the Iowa Conference Tournament Championship, held at Cowles Fieldhouse Nov. 7.

Carthage won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Women's Volleyball Tournament to earn the automatic bid, and is making its fifth-consecutive trip to the championship. The Lady Reds have advanced to the Regional Championship in each of the last two seasons.

Simpson earned an at-large bid to the field of 62 in 2008, losing to St. Benedict 3-1 in the quarterfinal round. Simpson met Carthage earlier this season, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Lady Reds at the UW-Whitewater Invitational Oct. 31.

The other quarterfinal matchups in the Central Region are: No. 22 Nebraska Wesleyan (17-11) vs. UW-Platteville (22-14), Thomas More (28-10) vs. No. 9 St. Thomas (Minn., 21-9), and Webster (20-12) vs. host and third-ranked Washington (Mo.).

The match will begin at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. The winner of the Simpson vs. Carthage match faces the Nebraska Wesleyan vs. UW-Platteville winner.