CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Wartburg College Knights and the Loras College Duhawks both advance to the Second Round of the 2020 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. 

Wartburg advanced with a 91-55 win over Midwest Conference opponent, the Monmouth Fighting Scots. 

The Knights were led offensively by A-R-C Most Valuable Player, senior Emma Gerdes who led the team with 14 points and had three assists on the night. Payton Draper contributed 13 points, and Kaitlyn Volesky and Tori Hazard both had 12 points. Volesky and Macy Harris cleaned up on the boards, both collecting eight rebounds in the Wartburg victory. 

Wartburg will face No. 10/11 (D3hoops.com/WBCA) Whitman College Blues Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. inside of Levick Arena. The Blues of Whitman received an at-large berth to the field of 64 after falling 57-55 to George Fox University in the Northwest Conference (NWC) Tournament semifinal. The Blues took down the Wheaton Thunder 86-83 in overtime to set up a top 10 match up tomorrow night.

Loras defeated the Wisconsin-La Crosse Eagles in the first round by the score of 68-52. The Duhawks were led by Marissa Schroeder who dropped 20 points and nine rebounds in the victory. Kourtney Schnoor scored 14 points, along 11 points from Kari Fitzpatrick. Riley Eckhart grabbed six rebounds. Senior Mackenzie Kraemer dished out five assists.

The Duhawks will face host institution and No. 3/3-ranked DePauw Tigers in the Second Round tomorrow night. The Tigers took down Webster University 71-45 on their home floor. DePauw won the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament Championship to earn the league's automatic qualifier and the program's 17th straight NCAA bid and 21st overall. The Tigers defeated Denison 66-47 in the Tournament Championship. The top 15 showdown is set for a 6:00 p.m. tip-off on the campus of DePauw University. 

Waverly, Iowa First / Second Round Schedule:
Friday, March 6 - First Round
Game 1: Wheaton College (20-7) vs. Whitman College (24-3) @ 5:30 p.m.
Game 2: Wartburg College (24-3) vs. Monmouth College (21-6)  @ 8:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, March 7 - Second Round
Game 3 - Whitman vs. Wartburg @ 7:00 p.m.
 

(Top-25 Rank) Team	Location	Record	Conference
(5/5) Wartburg College Knights	Waverly, Iowa	25-3	American Rivers Conference (A-R-C)
(NR) Monmouth College Fighting Scots	Monmouth, Ill	21-7	Midwest Conference
(NR) Wheaton College Thunder	Wheaton, Ill.	20-8	Collegiate Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW)
(10/11) Whitman College Blues	Walla Walla, Wash.	25-3	Northwest Conference (NWC)

*Rankings and records as of 3.4.2020. 
*Top-25 rank from D3hoops.com/Women's Basketball Coaches Association

Greencastle, Ind. First / Second Round Schedule:
Friday, March 6 - First Round
Game 1: Loras College (23-4) vs. University of Wisconsin La Crosse (19-7) [Loras 68, Wisconsin-La Crosse 52]
Game 2: DePauw University (27-1) vs. Webster University (20-7) [Wartburg 91, Monmouth 55]
 
Saturday, March 7 - Second Round
Game 3 - Loras vs. DePauw @ 7:00 p.m. (ET)
 

(Top-25 Rank) Team	Location	Record	Conference
(13/14) Loras College Duhawks	Dubuque, Iowa	24-4	American Rivers Conference (A-R-C)
(NR) UW-La Crosse Eagles	La Crosse, Wis.	19-8	Wisconsin University Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
(3/3) DePauw University Tigers	Greencastle, IN	28-1	North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC)
(NR) Webster University Gorlocks	St. Louis, Mo.	20-8	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)

*Rankings and records as of 3.4.2020. 
*Top-25 rank from D3hoops.com/Women's Basketball Coaches Association