INSIDE VOLLEYBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BadgerVBall
SCHEDULE Last Week
at Long Beach State Invitational Aug. 31 vs. James Madison W, 3-0 vs. CSU Northridge W, 3-1 at Long Beach State W, 3-1
Sept. 1
This Week InnTowner Invitational Friday
Drake
Up Next at Georgia Southern Invitational Sept. 14 vs. Savannah State
Sept. 15 vs. Jacksonville
Saturday North Dakota State Noon Milwaukee
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
9 a.m.
vs. Georgia Southern 6 p.m. 9 a.m.
vs. South Alabama 3 p.m.
leader in a match this season. Chap- man has led the team in four match- es while Reshel was the kill leader in two matches. Mitchell and Mikaelsen both led the team in one match.
UW opens home season
with tournament Badgers play three matches this weekend
O
ne of the most impres- sive things about the
Badgers this season has been their balanced offen- sive attack. Wisconsin has five players averaging 2.3 or more kills per set, the only Big Ten Conference team that can boast that stat. Sophomore Ellen
Chapman leads the team 50 » VARSITY SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
with 3.18 kills per set while senior Alexis Mitchell adds 2.86 per set. Senior Bailey Reshel is close behind with 2.81 kills per set while ju- nior Julie Mikaelsen chips in 2.57 kills per set. Sophomore Crystal Graff ranks fifth with 2.33 kills per set. Four different hitters
have been the Badgers' kill
Leading the Big Ten » After a weekend in which the Bad- gers averaged a phenomenal 3.95 blocks per set, Wisconsin took over the Big Ten lead with 3.19 blocks per set. UW also ranks third with 16.57 digs per set, fourth in op- ponent hitting percentage at .147, fifth in assists per set (13.29) and sixth in kills per set (14.33). Individually, junior Annema- rie Hickey leads the conference with 5.43 digs per set. Alexis Mitchell and Mary Ording are tied for third with 1.33 blocks per set. Courtney Thomas in fifth in assists per set with 11.05 and Mitchell is eighth with a .409 hitting percent- age.