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Varsity - November 8, 2012

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INSIDE VOLLEYBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BadgerVBall SCHEDULE (16-11, 4-10) Indiana Last Five Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Illinois Oct. 28 Northwestern Nov. 2 Nov. 4 This Week Friday Next Four Nov. 16 at Michigan Iowa Nov. 18 #9 Nebraska Nov. 21 #10 Minnesota Nov. 23 #21 Purdue #15 Ohio State #3 Penn State L, 1-3 W, 3-1 L, 2-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 6 p.m. Saturday at Michigan State 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Badgers look to build T ime is running out for the Wisconsin volleyball team. Only six matches re- main in the regular season and UW is still on the out- side, looking in at a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Badgers have strug- gled with inconsistency this season, losing four sets in ex- tra points. UW has also strug- 42 » VARSITY NOVEMBER 8, 2012 NCAA resume UW just one win away from .500 season gled at the start of matches, falling behind early and not being able to recover. "We have to stay playing the good consistent ball that we know we are capable of to compete in the Big Ten," said head coach Pete Waite, "because anybody can beat you any day of you're not consistent." Reshel lead Badgers at PSU » Senior Bailey Reshel led the Bad- gers with 11 kills at No. 3 Penn State on Sunday, her highest kill total since tallying 15 kills at Long Beach State on Sept. 1. The 6-foot outside hitter also hit a career- best .579 (11 kills - 0 errors - 19 at- tempts) against the Nittany Lions. Reshel ranks fifth on the team with 1.47 kills per set. Thomas seeing double-double » Sophomore Courtney Thomas picked up her 13th double-double of the season last Friday at No. 15 Ohio State. The 6-foot setter had 38 assists and added 11 digs. Thomas leads the Badgers in dou- ble-doubles this season and has 29 in her career. She ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 10.51 assists per set and went over 1,000 assists for the season at Penn State on Sunday, bringing her total to 1,009.

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