INSIDE
VOLLEYBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERVBALL
SCHEDULE (25-9, 12-8)
LAST FOUR
Nov. 27 at #11 Minnesota
Nov. 30 at Northwestern
Dec. 6
Milwaukee
Dec. 7California
L, 1-3
W, 3-0
W, 3-0
W, 3-0
COMING UP
NCAA Regional, Champaign, Ill.
Friday
UW vs. Florida State 4 p.m.
Illinois vs. Purdue 6 p.m.
Saturday Regional Final 5:30 p.m.
Ellen Chapman
was named an AVCA
all-region pick.
Badgers playing best ball
of the year in NCAAs
Wisconsin makes Sweet 16 appearance
s the Badgers prepare
for their first Sweet 16
appearance since 2006,
the team is looking forward to
playing its best volleyball of
the season.
"You want to be playing your
best volleyball at the end of the
season. I think we're definitely
doing that," head coach Kelly
Sheffield said. "I think we've
gotten to the point where
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our kids have said we've seen
about everything there is to
see."
The Badgers head down the
road to the Champaign (Ill.)
Regional, where they will face
Florida State in the semifinals
on Friday at 4 p.m. If it wins,
UW will face the winner of the
Illinois/Purdue match in the
regional final on Saturday at
5 p.m.
CARLINI, CHAPMAN HONORED
● The awards keep piling up for the Badgers. Freshman Lauren Carlini and junior Ellen Chapman were named to
the American Volleyball Coaches Association Northeast All-Region team
with Carlini also being named the region's freshman of the year.
They are the first Badgers named to
the all-region team since 2007. Carlini
is the first UW player named regional
freshman of the year since the award
was begun in 1999.
BIG TEN DOMINATES
● There has been much talk all season
long as to which conference is the
best in volleyball. That question might
have been answered after the first
and second rounds of play, as the Big
Ten dominates the remaining field of
16 with seven teams still in action.
The Big Ten set an NCAA volleyball
record for the most teams remaining
from a single conference in the Sweet
16. Eight teams made the tournament, with only Michigan losing in the
first round. The Pac-12 qualified nine
teams to the championship but only
three remain, while the SEC also qualified eight teams with none left.
