Box Score
MADISON, Wis. – The eighth-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team completed a season sweep Maryland on Saturday night in the UW Field House. After defeating the Terrapins in three sets in College Park, Maryland, on Oct. 18, the Badgers downed Maryland, 25-13, 21-25, 25-14, 25-13, to .
Senior
Lauryn Gillis exploded for a match-high 17 kills and sophomore
Madison Duello notched 11 kills to lead the UW offense. Duello led the Badgers with a .524 attack percentage (11 kills – 0 errors – 21 attempts) while Gillis hit .441 (17-2-34).
Wisconsin (16-7 overall, 7-7 Big Ten) hit .333 (54–15–117) for the match and held Maryland (16-10, 5-9) to a hitting percentage of .118 (40-24-136).
The Badgers' block went off in the fourth set as the team collected eight stuffs to help UW outblock Maryland 11-9. Freshman
Dana Rettke tied her career high with nine blocks to set the pace for Wisconsin.
Four different Badgers earned double-digit digs to give UW a 61-44 advantage. Libero
Tiffany Clark earned a match-high 17 ups with
M.E. Dodge,
Sydney Hilley and
Kelli Bates adding 11, 10 and 10 digs, respectively.
Setter
Sydney Hilley added 44 assists to her 10 digs for her eighth double-double of the season.
Behind the service line UW collected six aces thanks to a career-high two aces from
Riley Bell and two aces from Duello.
Notables
- Middle blocker Dana Rettke tied her career high with nine blocks.
- Freshman Riley Bell notched two service aces tonight, a career high.
- Sydney Hilley notched her eighth career double-double with 44 assists and 10 digs.
- Maryland took its first set from Wisconsin in Big Ten play tonight.
- Lauryn Gillis' 17 kills were a season high. She also tied her career high with two assists.
- The Badgers are 12-0 when hitting over .300 this season.
Quotable
"Unless you're down there on the floor and right behind the end line, it's probably hard to appreciate just how good of a serving team we went up against tonight. I thought our passers were absolutely fantastic in battling these guys. It's an onslaught for six rotations and I thought our passers were really up for the challenge and did a great job and obviously it was a really nice match for
Lauryn Gillis. I thought she did a great job of going high hands and taking what the defense was giving her; coming in for some rips and hitting some goes and hitting line and cross court and into the seam."
-Head coach
Kelly Sheffield
"When you say possessed I feel like I'm not myself but tonight I felt like myself. So in that regard, I feel like I've been possessed this whole season and tonight was just me. I've told the team that I've felt this coming. Hopefully I'll keep this going and ride this out."
-Senior
Lauryn Gillis
In for the kill
It was over when
Midway through the fourth set, the Badgers erupted on a 9-0 scoring run to help the victory. With
Sydney Hilley behind the service line, Wisconsin combined for four blocks and got kills from
Lauryn Gillis and
Madison Duello to give them a 16-8 lead in the final frame. UW extended its lead to 21-10 off a kill by Rettke and served for match point at 24-12. The Terps held off one set point but another kill by Gillis completed the season sweep of Maryland.
Up next
The Badgers head to Indiana next weekend for two road matches. Wisconsin plays at Indiana on Friday at 6 p.m., before traveling to No. 22 Purdue on Saturday at 6 p.m.
