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Last Week Oct. 17 at #10 Minnesota Oct. 19 Indiana
This Week Friday Illinois
Sunday Northwestern
Up Next Nov. 2 at #20 Ohio State Nov. 4 at #1 Penn State Nov. 9
at Michigan
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7 p.m. 1 p.m.
6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Michigan State 5:30 p.m.
Sophomore Ellen Chapman goes up for a kill. The 6-4 outside hitter leads the Badgers on offense.
Second half of Big Ten
= new beginning Badgers look to turn things around
fter losing its last two matches, the Bad- gers are looking to turn things around as the second half of the Big Ten season starts this weekend. "We need to and want to improve in the second half of Big Ten play here," said head coach Pete Waite."
A While UW wrapped up the 50 » VARSITY OCTOBER 25, 2012
first half of conference play in a tie for ninth place, it is only two matches out of fifth. "There's kind of a top half and a bottom half, and the bottom half is beating the top half on occasion so it's real tight," said Waite. "We want to be one of those teams knocking them off up top and work our way up the list."
Chapman brings the heat » Sophomore Ellen Chapman has been tearing it up on offense the last three matches, averaging 4.74 kills per set. The 6-4 outside hitter put away 20 kills at Iowa on Oct. 13, added a match-high 13 kills at Min- nesota on Oct. 17 and had a career- high 24 kills at Indiana last Friday. Chapman leads the Badgers
with 3.15 kills per set this season, tallying double-figures in 13 match- es this season. Her average in Big Ten matches goes up to 3.45 kills per set, which ranks ninth in the conference.
35 years in "The Barn" » The Badgers are celebrating 35 years of volleyball competition in the UW Field House this weekend. Sunday's match vs. Northwestern marks 35 years to the day that the first women's volleyball match was played in the Barn.
Wisconsin hosted the 1977 Big Ten Tournament in the Field House on Oct. 28-29, finishing with a 6-3 record for second place.
