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Badgers claim Big Ten Volleyball title, will host NCAA 1st and 2nd round matches

December 2, 2019 By Bill Scott

Wisconsin Volleyball – File Photo

The Wisconsin Badger women’s volleyball team captured the Big Ten title outright after sweeping Rutgers on Saturday and seeing Minnesota knock off Penn State.

For the seventh-straight season and the 23rd time in program history, the Badgers earned a bid to the NCAA tournament.  The Badgers were selected as the No. 4-seed in the tournament and will host first and second round matches on Friday-Saturday in the UW Field House.

UCLA (18-11) takes on Notre Dame (19-9) in the opening first-round match on Friday at 4:30 p.m. before Wisconsin (22-6) faces off against Illinois State (22-11) at 7 p.m.  First-round winners advance to the second round of the tournament on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Field House.

The Badgers hold a 46-22 (.676) all-time record in the program’s 22 NCAA tournament appearances.  UW is 18-6 under coach Kelly Sheffield in six years in the championship, advancing to at least the Sweet 16 round of play each season.

Wisconsin has been a top-four seed in the tournament just two other times, including a No. 3 seed in 2016 and a No. 4 seed in 2014.

UW was seeded sixth in 2018 hosting first and second-round matches.  The Badgers swept Green Bay in the first round and downed Pepperdine, 3-1, in the second round.  UW advanced to NCAA Regional in Champaign, Illinois, sweeping San Diego in the Sweet 16 before falling to Illinois, 3-1 in the Elite Eight.

Seven Big Ten Conference teams made it into the NCAA tournament with Wisconsin, the 2019 conference champions, earning the highest seed in the league.

 

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