INSIDE
VOLLEYBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERVBALL
SCHEDULE (8-1)
LAST WEEK
Sept. 13-14 InnTowner Invitational
vs. Kansas
L, 2-3
vs. Milwaukee
W, 3-1
vs. Bowling Green W, 3-0
THIS WEEK
Friday
at NC State Invitational
vs. NC State
6 p.m.
Saturday
Deme Morales was named
to the InnTowner Invitational
all-tournament team.
Non-conference season
comes to a close for UW
UW travels to NC State for final tournament
t's hard to believe the nonconference season is only
one weekend away from being complete for Wisconsin.
"We've got our last out-ofconference tournament coming up at NC State that we're
looking forward to," said firstyear head coach Kelly Sheffield. "This is going to be a
tough one. There will be at
least two teams that should
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be in the dance (NCAA tournament) by the end of the season."
The Badgers (8-1) face host
NC State (8-1) as well as VCU
(9-2) and Colgate (6-3) in the
round-robin tournament.
Wisconsin opens the Big
Ten season at home on Sept.
27 against No. 21 Purdue,
one of eight conference teams
ranked in the top 25 of the national coaches' poll.
at NC State Invitational
vs. VCU
9:30 a.m.
vs. Colgate
4 p.m.
CHAPMAN, MORALES HONORED
● Juniors Ellen Chapman and Deme Morales were named to the InnTowner
Invitational all-tournament team.
Chapman, a 6-foot-4 right-side hitter, averaged at team-best 3.92 kills
per set while hitting .317 on the weekend. She led the Badgers with 17 kills
vs. Milwaukee and 13 kills vs. Bowling
Green. Chapman also added a careerbest five service aces against UWM.
Morales stepped into the starting
outside hitter role in place of the injured Annemarie Hickey.
Morales, a 5-7 outside hitter, averaged 3.08 kills per set on the weekend,
including a career-best 17 putaways
vs. Kansas on Sept. 13.
COMING UP ACES
● One of the keys to the Badgers' success this season has been their serving.
The Badgers have 51 aces on the
season, or 1.50 per set. Juniors Ellen
Chapman and Courtney Thomas have
13 and 12 service aces, respectively.
UW has been aced only 15 times
this year, an average of just 0.44 per
set.