Oct. 22, 2010
Wisconsin 3, Iowa 2
Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Iowa
| 25
| 25 | 27
| 17 | 13 | Wisconsin
| 27
| 23
| 25
| 25 | 15 | | | | Stats Leaders
| Iowa
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| Wisconsin
| Yeager - 24
| Digs | Kuzma - 20
| Stevens - 43
| Assists | Gabrielsen - 63
| Husz - 16
| Kills | Wack - 25
| Husz - .452
| Hit % | Wack - .378
| Three players w/ 5
| Blocks | Mitchell - 6
| | Stats Comparison
| IOWA | WIS
| Kills
| 55 | 74 | Hitting Pct.
| .173 | .170
| Assists
| 51
| 72
| | Service Aces | 3
| 6
| Service Pct.
| .908
| .956
| Digs
| 69 | 85 | Total Blocks
| 11 | 11 | | |
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Box Score | Box Score 
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A balanced team effort gave the Wisconsin volleyball team (13-7, 2-7) its second straight Big Ten win on Friday night, a five-set victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-12, 1-8). Three Badgers ended the night with career highs in the team's 3-2 win, 27-25, 23-25, 25-27, 25-17, 15-13.
Fast Facts
| • Wack career-high 25 kills and tie career-high 17 digs
| • Hickey career-high 18 digs and 13 kills
| • Gabrielsen career-high 63 assists
| | • Seaon-high 74 kills, 73 assists, 85 digs and 11 block | |
"Iowa played great and they threw a lot at us, but I think this is huge for us," Badger senior Allison Wack said. "The two of us came in with the same record and it really was a battle. We had some errors and they had some errors, but it's who comes out and finishes the game. I think the fourth and fifth game we really proved when we finish we're a really good team."
The match was led by Wack who ended the night with a career-high 25 kills and tied her career high with 17 digs for a double-double. Wack also tied for the match-high with two service aces.
Freshman Annemarie Hickey stepped up against the Hawkeyes, earning a career-high of her own. She had a career-high 18 digs and 13 kills for the double-double.
Janelle Gabrielsen had a career-high 63 assists and got another double-double by adding 11 digs. In addition, she posted seven kills and four blocks for a well-balanced match.
Alexis Mitchell led both teams with a match-high six blocks and pitched in with nine kills, while Kim Kuzma ended with 20 digs. Freshman Julie Mikaelsen and Dominique Thompson also played a big role against Iowa, as Mikaelsen ended the night with 10 kills and Thompson made six along with two blocks.
The Badgers ended with nearly 20 more kills (74-55) and 16 more digs (85-69) than the Hawkeyes, and made a season-high 74 kills and 73 assists, 85 digs, 11 blocks.
Iowa finished the close match with 55 kills, a .173 hitting percentage, 51 assists, and 11 blocks.
Mallory Husz led the Hawkeyes with 16 kills and five blocks. Becky Walters and Megan Eskew finished close behind with 12 kills apiece, including five blocks from Walters. Iowa's Paige Stevens finished the night with 43 assists.
The first set stayed close with three tied scores until an 11-11 tie when the Hawkeyes went on a 7-3 run to put the score at 18-14. A timeout from the Wisconsin bench helped the team regroup as UW came out and iced the Hawkeyes with kills from Thompson, Hickey, and Wack to put the Badgers back in the game.
Three more tied scores and the two teams found themselves at a 24-24 tie late in the first set. Mikaelsen gave the Badgers the next point with a strong attack, but Iowa's Rachael Bedell answered back with one of her own for another tie, 25-25. Wack showed her senior leadership by finishing things off with two kills for the Badger's 27-25 first set win.
The momentum stayed on the Badger's side with a 4-0 lead right away in the second set. The Hawkeyes didn't give up though and brought the set to a 5-5 tie. The set stayed close with six tied scores to take the score up at 14-14 and then another late in the set at 23-23. Wisconsin wasn't able to finish things off with a 25-23 loss to even the match at 1-1.
The score stayed close in the third set until 16-14, when Wack sparked the team with a kill leading to a 4-0 run from Wisconsin. Gabrielsen and Mitchell came up with a block to put the Badgers up one, but an attack error on Mikaelsen put the score at 24-24, and then at 25-25. Wisconsin couldn't finish things off in a tough 27-25 loss, to take the match to a fourth set.
The Badgers led with 17 kills to Iowa's 11, with Wack finishing the set with five and Mitchell with three and two blocks.
The fourth set got off to a quick 3-3 tie but kills by Gabrielsen and Hickey gave the Badgers the momentum going on a 5-1 run to go up 8-4. A pair of kills from Eskew kept the Hawkeyes in the game but Mary Ording answered back with two of her own for Wisconsin to put the match at 13-9.
The Hawkeyes found their way back in the set but Wack once again showed her strength with a kill and then a service ace for a 4-0 run by Wisconsin to put the score at 21-15. Wack came up with another ace to put the set at match point, 24-15, but Iowa stayed strong scoring three points to try and stay in the set. Gabrielsen was able to finish things off with a block for the 25-17 win for a fifth set.
The fifth set showed just how even the two teams are with five early ties to put the score at 5-5, but Wisconsin was able to go on a 4-0 run to put them up in the 8-5. The Hawkeyes answered back with a 3-0 run of their own to take the score to 8-8. After a tight stretch, Iowa found themselves up 13-12. Wack came up with a big kill to once again tie up the score and Hickey followed suite to put the set at match point. A timeout from Iowa didn't faze the Badgers and Gabrielsen took the set with a kill for a 15-13, and Wisconsin's second straight Big Ten win.
"Being the two youngest teams in the conference, you're going to have some ups and downs," head coach Pete Waite said. "It really came down to Wack who played one of the best matches of her career. She really played with confidence and was strong attacking against the block."
The Badgers continue their weekend road trip against No. 19-ranked Minnesota on Sunday at 1 p.m.
"We can learn some things from this game," Waite added. "It'll be tough against Minnesota, but if we come out strong, we'll have a shot at them."
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Julie McKay
UW Athletic Communciations
