ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western volleyball team will make its first postseason appearance since 2013 on Tuesday night when the team travels to Topeka, Kansas to take on Washburn in the first round of the MIAA Tournament.

The Griffons finished the regular season with a 21-9 overall record and a 12-6 mark in MIAA play. Missouri Western earned the fifth seed in the tournament and Washburn the fourth. The Griffons’ 21 wins gave the team back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1997 and 98. They face a Washburn team that swept the regular season series and enters the week ranked 14th in the nation.

Tuesday’s match will begin at 7 p.m. at Lee Arena in Topeka. Semifinal matches and the championship game will be played on Friday and Saturday at the site of the highest remaining seed. Central Oklahoma won the regular season title and is the No. 1 seed. Central Missouri is the two and Nebraska-Kearney the three seed. Fort Hays State, Northwest Missouri and Emporia State rounded out the eight-team field.

— MWSU Athletics —