INSIDE
VOLLEYBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERVBALL
SCHEDULE (16-4, 5-3)
LAST FOUR
Oct. 12 at #4 Penn State
L, 0-3
Oct. 18 #16 Michigan
L, 0-3
Oct. 20 #5 Michigan State W, 3-1
Wed.
#7 MinnesotaSCORE
COMING UP
Sunday Illinois
Nov. 1 at Indiana
Nov. 2 at #21 Purdue
Nov. 8 #13 Nebraska
Senior Annemarie
Hickey was named
the Big Ten Defensive
Player of the Week.
Wisconsin downs top-five
opponent in signature win
UW wraps up first half of Big Ten play
he Badgers have had
some big wins this season, but none was bigger
than Sunday's victory over No.
5 Michigan State. After losing
the first set, 15th-ranked UW
played some of its best volleyball of the season to down the
Spartans 3-1.
"That's a really talented
team that we beat Sunday,"
said UW head coach Kelly Shef-
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field. "The only way our team
is going to be able to win is ...
with really good serves and
really good ball control, knowing our assignments and being
very tough and hard-nosed defensively. I think we were great
in all of those areas."
The win was the first over a
top-five opponent for Wisconsin since sweeping No. 2 Penn
State on Oct. 27, 2006.
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HICKEY NAMED DEFENSIVE POW
● Senior Annemarie Hickey was
named the Big Ten Defensive Player
of the Week on Monday, the second
honor of her career.
The 5-foot-8 libero tallied a season-high 27 digs in the Badgers' win
Sunday, including seven saves in the
fourth set. She also added 18 digs
against Michigan on Friday to average 6.4 digs per set on the weekend.
With her 27 digs, Hickey moved
into third on the UW career record
list with 1,554 digs.
She passed Kim Kuzma (200710), who had 1,553 digs in her four
years.
Jocelyn Wack (2004-07) holds the
UW career record with 2,182 digs
while Susan Wohlford (1988-91)
ranks second with 1,920.
Hickey is also ranked third in digs
per set with 3.93. Wack is the career
leader with 4.81 digs per set with
Wohlford second at 3.98.
The Big Ten leader in digs per set
as a sophomore and junior, Hickey
currently averages 3.53 digs per set
on the season.