Badgers overtake the Terps

Box Score

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The ninth-ranked Wisconsin Volleyball team took care of business on the road Wednesday night to give head coach Kelly Sheffield his 400th career win. The Badgers swept Maryland, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19, at the XFINITY Center.

The Wisconsin (14-4 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) offense flexed its muscles, hitting .389 (45 kills – 10 errors – 90 attempts). UW held Maryland (14-7, 3-6) to a hitting percentage of .069 (29-22-102).

Freshman Dana Rettke put down a match-high 14 kills with Lauryn Gillis, Kelli Bates and Tionna Williams added eight kills each. Sophomore Madison Duello hit a match-high .700 (7-0-10).

Setter Sydney Hilley earned her sixth double-double of the season with 36 assists and 10 digs. Libero Tiffany Clark had a match-high 11 digs to give UW a 41-32 advantage in the backcourt.

The Badgers recorded six stuffs to Maryland's five as Rettke led the way with five blocks.

Notable

Tonight's win marks head coach Kelly Sheffield's 400th career victory.
UW held Maryland to a .069 hitting percentage marking their seventh opponent of the season to hit under .100.
Senior Lauren Gillis exceeded 500 career saves tonight and now has 505 career digs.
Wisconsin improves to 10-0 when hitting over .300 in a match.
Libero Tiffany Clark served her first ace of the season.
Freshman Sydney Hilley collected her sixth career double-double with 36 assists and 10 digs.
This season the Badgers have out blocked 15 of their 18 opponents.
Middle blocker Dana Rettke now has over 200 kills in her rookie season.

Quotable
"You pile up those wins, that means that you've had the opportunity to coach a lot of special people. Those things certainly mean more than the number of wins you might have.

"I thought we did a lot of good things tonight, especially with some serve receive patterns and some lineups that we frankly haven't played with before. I thought we did a lot of positive things.

"We're a team that has an awful lot of people and a different player on a different night is going to step up. That's kind of who we are and I think it's our strength. Tonight the middles got going and Madison "Smooth Jazz" Duello had a really high offensive night. At the end of the day you look at the kill column and it's pretty balanced all the way across."

-Head coach Kelly Sheffield

Up next
The Badgers end their week on the road at No. 5 Minnesota Saturday. The match begins at 7:30 p.m. and will air live on Big Ten Network.

University of Wisconsin Athletics

Players Mentioned

Kelli Bates

Tiffany Clark

Madison Duello

Lauryn Gillis

Sydney Hilley

Dana Rettke

Tionna Williams

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