Bethel men's volleyball wins WHAC title, earns bid to NAIA Nationals
The No. 8 Bethel men's volleyball team made history by qualifying for the NAIA Nationals for the first time Saturday.
MISHAWAKA — The Bethel University men's volleyball team made history Saturday, April 18. The Pilots, thanks to a passionate premier performance by Christian Woumnga to go with the continued brilliant play of Thomas Dunkley, punched their ticket to the NAIA Nationals for the first time in the short history of the program. Bethel, which began men's volleyball in 2022, dispatched Indiana Tech 3-1 in the title match of the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament in front of a spirited crowd in Goodman Gym on the Bethel campus.
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8 nationally, moves to 21-5 and advances to the 12-team NAIA National Tournament set for April 28 to May 2 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. No. 12 Indiana Tech, which handed Bethel its lone loss in conference regular season play, finishes at 22-9.
The passionate play of Woumnga, a 6-4 opposite, and another sterling all-around effort by WHAC Player of the Year Dunkley was more than enough for a motivated Bethel squad to avenge a 3-0 home loss to Tech on April 11. Woumnga, who hails from Germany, fittingly served the final two points of the historic win. The Pilots claimed the tournament title and an automatic bid to the NAIA Nationals on a block by sophomore Jibbe Boeren to end the two-hour slugfest.
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