Nov. 24, 2017
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| UW Field House | Madison, Wis. | 6012 | |
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| HTML Box Score || Penn State 3, Wisconsin 1 |
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MADISON, WIS. ââ'¬" The No. 1 Penn State women's volleyball team took down the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers, 3-1; 18-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-20, in Madison, Wis., on Friday evening to move to 28-1, 18-1 on the season.
The Wisconsin native Simone Lee (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) led the way with 14 kills and 14 digs for the double-double, while also adding two blocks.
Ali Frantti (Spring Grove, Ill.) added 11 kills, and eight digs, while Haleigh Washington (Colorado Springs, Co.) added 10 kills, on .450, while adding five blocks.
Heidi Thelen (Edgewood, Ky.) added nine kills and added six blocks. Tori Gorrell (Oakville, Ontario) added six kills and six blocks.
Abby Detering (Mentor, Ohio) dished out 26 assists and scooped up nine digs, while Bryanna Weiskircher put 24 assists and four aces.
Kendall White (Indianapolis, Ind.) added 13 digs.
The Nittany Lions started cold, hitting a season-low .032, in the open set, while Wisconsin relied heavily on the arm of Dana Rettke, who put down eight kills on nine attempts, while the Badgers as a team hit just .194. The Badgers took the opener, 25-18.
In the second set, Penn State bounced back, hitting .448, led by a 4-0-5 performance from Haleigh Washington, while Simone Lee added five of her own. Defensively, Heidi Thelen made three key blocks, and the Nittany Lions held the Badgers to .071 hitting with just nine kills, compared the Penn State's 16.
Penn State jumped out to a 2-1 set lead with a powerful third set, led by Thelen. The senior put down four kills on all four of her attempts. Lee added some defensive plays to her arsenal as she scooped up six in the third set alone. Bryanna Weiskircher helped Penn State extend the lead with two aces as well.
In the fourth and final set, the Nittany Lions saw Lee lead the way with five kills, and the Nittany Lions again held their opponent to a sub-.200 hitting, as the Badgers hit just .195.
Penn State out-hit Wisconsin, .265-.158, while out-blocking them, 12.5-7.0.
The Nittany Lions head to Minneapolis, Minn., to take on the eighth-ranked Minnesota Gophers at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday evening. The match will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.