LIVONIA, Mich. -- The seventh-ranked Madonna volleyball team is gearing up for the NAIA Region VIII Tournament which begins on Friday, Nov. 17 at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.

Madonna (36-2) received a first-round bye after clinching the number one overall seed and will await the winner of the Taylor/Indiana Tech match, which is to be played on Friday at 5:00 p.m. (ET)

The Crusaders will begin their run for a fifth consecutive trip to the NAIA National Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)

Madonna is led into the regional tournament by Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Player of the Year Caryn Inman (Oxford, Mich./Oxford HS) and WHAC Freshman of the Year Inta Grinvalds (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS).

Inman recently became the sixth Crusader player in the history of the program to reach 2,000 career kills.  Grinvalds is the conference leader in assists with 1,307 in her first collegiate season.

Last weekend (Nov. 10), the Crusaders won their third straight WHAC Tournament title and earlier this season clinched their 10th consecutive regular season league championship.

Head Coach Jerry Abraham, who is in his 20th season at the helm of the program, earned his 800th career win on Oct. 17, becoming just the second NAIA coach to ever reach the milestone.  Abraham boasts the highest career winning percentage of any active coach at the NAIA level (.797  -  807-206 career record).