INSIDE
VOLLEYBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERVBALL
SCHEDULE (15-3, 4-2)
LAST FOUR
Oct. 2
at Iowa
Oct. 5
at #10 Nebraska
Oct. 11 at #14 Ohio State
Oct. 12 at #4 Penn State
UP NEXT
Friday
Sunday
Oct. 23
Oct. 27
Badgers return home for
four straight matches
UW continues stretch against ranked teams
fter a four-match road
swing, the Badgers are
happy to be returning
to the UW Field House for four
straight matches.
"We're excited about being
home," first-year head coach
Kelly Sheffield said. "We've
been on the road almost the
entire season and to get back
home and play Michigan and
Michigan State, two really, re-
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ally quality teams. We're really
excited to get back in the Field
House."
Wisconsin has played seven
matches on the road where it
is 5-2, including a 2-2 mark in
Big Ten play.
The Badgers are 4-1 at home
with their only loss coming to
Kansas at the InnTowner Invitational. UW is 2-0 in the Field
House in Big Ten matches.
W, 3-1
L, 2-3
W, 3-2
L, 0-3
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
#16 Michigan
#5 Michigan State
#10 Minnesota
Illinois
TOUGH STRETCH OF MATCHES
● UW is one of only three teams in the
country that will play six-straight
matches against top-25 ranked
teams in 2013. The Badgers join Big
Ten foes Michigan and Minnesota
with the tough schedule.
Wisconsin is 1-2 halfway through
its six-match stretch. The Badgers
played the first three matches on the
road, losing 3-2 at then-No. 10 Nebraska on Oct. 5, downing then-No.
14 Ohio State on Oct. 11 and losing
at No. 4 Penn State on Oct. 12. The
Badgers return home to face No. 16
Michigan on Friday, No. 5 Michigan
State on Sunday and No. 10 Minnesota on Oct. 23.
MOVING UP IN THE POLL
● The Badgers continue to move up in
the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 poll. Wisconsin is ranked 15th this week, the
highest ranking for a UW team since
being ranked 13th on Sept. 5, 2008.
UW was ranked 19th on Oct. 7,
23rd on Sept. 30, 25th on Sept. 9
and has been receiving votes all
other weeks. This could be the first
season since 2007 that the Badgers
would be ranked or receiving votes
all year.
