The Wartburg Knights women's volleyball team represents Wartburg College and competes in the American Rivers Conference of NCAA Division III. The team is coached by DeAnn Akins. The Knights play their home matches in Levick Arena along with wrestling and the men's and women's basketball teams.
The Knights began volleyball in 1975 under head coach Elizabeth Halsteen. That season ended with an 8âÂÂ6 record. It would take Wartburg 27 years to win their first Iowa Conference title 2002. The Knights have achieved a high level of success from 2012 to 2021, winning 9 of the 10 conference titles, 7 of them coming consecutively. In 2017 the Knights would win their 3rd straight conference championship and 3rd straight NCAA tournament, tying their longest prior streak. The 2020 volleyball season was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wartburg won the conference title that season in a shortened conference only schedule. In 2021 they achieved one of their best seasons in school history, completing the regular season undefeated. They would host the NCAA regional for the first time and make it to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time in program history. The Knights would go on to drop the regional final to #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in 5 sets, finishing the year 29âÂÂ1.