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Varsity - September 12, 2013

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INSIDE VOLLEYBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BADGERVBALL SCHEDULE (6-0) LAST WEEK Sept. 6-7 at NDSU Classic vs. Northern Iowa vs. NDSU vs. #17 Louisville W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 THIS WEEK Friday InnTowner Invitational vs. Kansas 7 p.m. Saturday InnTowner Invitational vs. Milwaukee 11 a.m. vs. Bowling Green 7 p.m. Courtney Thomas was named the MVP of the NDSU Classic Badgers open home season with new outlook Wisconsin hosts 22nd InnTowner Invitational pening the season with a 6-0 mark and a No. 25 ranking in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll has changed the outlook of the Badgers volleyball team. "I think they're starting to believe," said first-year head coach Kelly Sheffield. "I think they're getting more and more excited because they see that things are ... that their teammates next to O 50 // VARSITY September 12, 2013 them are willing to grind when their backs are against the wall, and I think that makes it even more exciting." The excitement takes another step up as UW opens its home season by hosting the 22nd-annual InnTowner Invitational this Friday and Saturday in the UW Field House. "I want the Field House rocking," Sheffield said. TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AGAIN ● Wisconsin remained undefeated on the season after winning the NDSU Classic in Fargo, N.D., last weekend. The Badgers downed Northern Iowa 3-2, North Dakota State 3-1 and No. 17 Louisville 3-0 to win their secondstraight tournament. UW's win over No. 17 Louisville was its first sweep of a top-25 team since downing No. 18 Michigan State 3-0 on Oct. 9, 2009. Against Northern Iowa, the Badgers won a five-set match after losing the first two sets for the first time in five years. The last time Wisconsin came back from two sets down was vs. No. 22 Michigan on Oct. 3, 2008. TOP-25 TEAM ● For the first time since 2008, Wisconsin is ranked in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches poll. The Badgers received 142 points to enter the poll at No. 25 in the rankings released Sept. 9. The last time Wisconsin was ranked among the top 25 teams in the country was Oct. 27, 2008, when the team was 25th. The Badgers entered the 2008 season ranked 13th but dropped out of the poll by the end of the year.

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