INSIDE VOLLEYBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BadgerVBall
SCHEDULE (17-14, 5-13) #3 Penn State
Last Five Nov. 4 Nov. 9
Nov. 10 Friday Sunday
at Michigan
at Michigan State Iowa
#9 Nebraska #22 Purdue
L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3
W, 3-0 L, 0-3
This Week Wednesday #11 Minnesota 7 p.m. Friday
6 p.m.
Badgers bring in nation's best » Three athletes, including the na- tion's No. 1 recruit, signed National Letters of Intent to play volleyball at Wisconsin beginning in 2013. The Badgers signed the top re-
Only two matches
remain in season UW guaranteed winning record
ith a 3-0 win over Iowa last Friday, the Bad- gers are guaranteed a win- ning record for the 2012 sea- son.
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Wisconsin has tallied 17 wins this season, the most since also winning 17 in 2008. One more win and UW will have the most wins since 2007, the last time it was in
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the NCAA tournament. With an NCAA RPI in the
60s, the Badgers are unlikely to make the tournament but the team made big strides this season. Wisconsin will return five starters and 12 letterwinners as well as add one of the top recruiting classes in the na- tion for 2013.
cruit in Lauren Carlini, a 6-foot- 2 setter/hitter from Aurora, Ill. Waite also inked Tori Blake, a 6-3 middle blocker from Midland, Mich.; and Haleigh Nelson, a 6-3 middle blocker from Cary, N.C. "We are really excited to be an- nouncing our class of 2013," said Waite. "They fill a variety of needs for us and they have some impres- sive resumes. I know that this group is going to do some amazing things during their careers."
NCAA Announcement Sunday » The 64-team bracket for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Vol- leyball Championship will be announced Sunday. The selec- tion show airs live on ESPNU at 3 p.m. A record nine teams from the Big Ten Conference could earn tournament berths.
