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Badger volleyball advances to Elite Eight after third straight sweep

December 13, 2019 By Bill Scott

The No. 4 Wisconsin Badger volleyball team swept No. 13 Texas A & M in its NCAA Regional Semifinal match on Friday afternoon. The Badgers (25-6) have now won nine straight sets in the NCAA tournament, taking the match 25-20, 25-17, 25-23 over the Aggies (23-8) at the UW Field House.

Three Badgers finished with double-digit kills, led by junior Dana Rettke with 14. Molly Haggerty and Grace Loberg pitched in 12 and 10, respectively, as the Badgers hit .394 (50 kills – 9 errors – 104 attempts). Texas A & M’s Hollann Hans finished with a match-high 20 kills on 44 attempts to hit .250 (20-9-44).

The Wisconsin front line outdueled the Aggies 9-2 in blocks. Rettke had five to pace the Badgers, while Danielle Hart and Sydney Hilley added four stops apiece. The Badgers defense held the Aggies to a .229 hitting percentage (42 – 17 – 109).

Wisconsin advances to its 10th NCAA Regional Final, including fifth in the last seven years under head coach Kelly Sheffield.

The Badgers upped their home-match winning streak to 13 matches with Friday’s win.

Wisconsin advances to the NCAA Regional Final and will face the winner of the second semifinal match between No. 5 Nebraska and No. 12 Hawaii. First serve will be at 5 p.m. on ESPNU, live from the Wisconsin Field House.

Badgers back to Prime Time at Camp Randall

May 2, 2016 By Bill Scott

Camp Randall Stadium (Photo by David Stluka)

It’s been a while since the Wisconsin Badgers have played a game under the lights at Camp Randall Stadium. Five years as a matter of fact.

That has changed this season with the Badgers set to play both Ohio State and Nebraska in prime time. The Badgers will host the Buckeyes on October 15 (7 p.m. CT) and the Huskers will make the trip to Madison and will kick off with the Badgers on October 29 (6 p.m. CT). Both games will air on an ESPN network yet to be determined.

The ESPN announcement of its prime time lineup brings conference night games back to Camp Randall for the first time since 2011. That’s when Wisconsin rolled to a 48-17 win over Nebraska in the Huskers first-ever Big Ten game.

The Badgers also knocked off top-ranked Ohio State 31-18 under the lights in 2010.

The Badgers are 12-4 all-time in night games at Camp Randall, including a mark of 6-3 against Big Ten opponents.

Wisconsin & Nebraska playing for Freedom Trophy

November 11, 2014 By Bill Scott

When Wisconsin and Nebraska hook up on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, they’ll not only be playing for the Big Ten’s West Division lead, but for the Freedom Trophy as well.

The trophy will be on the line for the first time this weekend, bringing recognition to two historic football venues and it honors our nation’s veterans.

The Freedom Trophy, designed and sculpted by Harry Weber of Wright City, Missouri, features a bronze football stadium with an American flag extending from the Center. One half of the outside of the stadium depicts the North section of Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium (built in 1917) and the other half the East side of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium (1923).

The Badgers and Cornhuskers will now play each other every year as members of the West Division.

Since 1901, Wisconsin and Nebraska have met a total of eight times on the football field with each school winning four games.

Badgers drop season finale at Nebraska (VIDEO)

March 10, 2014 By Bill Scott

The 9th ranked Wisconsin Badgers dropped their Big Ten season finale at Nebraska, falling 77-68 to the Cornhuskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Sunday night.

Frank Kaminsky scored 14 points to lead four Wisconsin players in double figures, but the Badgers didn’t shoot well. They hit just 34% from the field in the second half, coughing up a 7-point lead.

The Badgers didn’t help themselves at the free throw line, hitting just 11 of 21 as a team. They also turned the ball over 11 times and couldn’t stop Nebraska’s ball penetration.

It all ended up in the Badgers seeing their 8-game win streak come to an end.

The Badgers had already secured the second seed in the Big Ten Conference earlier in the day when Michigan State lost to Ohio State in Columbus. [Read more…]