Nov. 19, 2010
#19 Minnesota 3, Wisconsin 0
UW Field House • Madison, Wis.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Minnesota
| 25
| 25 | 25
| -- | -- | Wisconsin
| 18
| 11
| 22
| -- | -- | | | | Stats Leaders
| Minnesota
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| Wisconsin
| Gibbemeyer -11
| Kills | Thompson - 9
| Tabberson - 29
| Assists | Gabrielsen - 27 | Gibbemeyer -.435
| Hit %
| Walch - .238
| Granquist - 14
| Digs | Kuzma - 17
| Gibbemeyer - 4
| Blocks | Walch/Thomp -1 | Wittman - 1
| Aces | Hickey - 1
| | Stats Comparison
| MINN | WIS
| Kills
| 39 | 34 | Hitting Pct.
| .312 | .066
| Assists
| 36
| 30
| | Service Aces | 1
| 1
| Digs
| 56 | 44 | Total Blocks
| 8 | 1 | | |
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• Box Score | Box Score 
| Quotes
MADISON, Wis. -- In their final homestand of the season, the Wisconsin volleyball team fell to Border Battle rival Minnesota in a 3-0 match. The 19th-ranked Gophers proved to be too much for the Badgers, out-blocking the team 8-1 as they took the 25-18, 25-11, 25-22 match.
Fast Facts
| • Kuzma is on a 12-match double-digit digs streak
| • Minnesota takes 20 points in Border Battle match
| • Walch made seven or her eight kills in the third set
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Dominique Thompson led Wisconsin's (15-13, 4-13) offense with nine kills on the night and teamed up with Elise Walch for the Badgers lone block of the night. Walch finished with eight kills, including seven in the third set alone.
Five others Badgers contributed to Wisconsin's 34 total kills, but the Badgers hit just .066 on the night as they recorded numerous unforced hitting errors.
Minnesota (21-8, 11-6) put away 39 kills, led by a match-high 11 from Lauren Gibbemeyer. The Gophers also hit .312 as a team and outblocked Wisconsin 8-1.
Minnesota also dug 56 balls while Wisconsin had 44 saves, led by a match-high 17 from Kim Kuzma. Janelle Gabrielsen ended the night with 27 assists for the Badgers.
Neither team served well with both recording one service ace. Wisconsin tallied nine service errors while Minnesota gave up six points off errors.
The Badgers started things off strong in the first set with their only service ace coming on the first point by Annemarie Hickey. Minnesota answered back and the two teams kept the set close until an 11-11 tie. Two hitting errors by the Badgers sparked a 4-1 run for the Gophers to go up 15-12.
Minnesota went on another 4-1 run after a block by Tori Dixon. Wisconsin called a timeout to regroup and iced the Minnesota serve to end the run at 19-13. The Badgers held off one set point with a kill from Julie Mikaelsen but a service error for UW ended the set, 25-18.
Despite a close start to the second, Minnesota made a big push mid set and didn't look back. The Badgers weren't able to make a comeback falling 25-11 in the second matchup.
The Badgers were able to regroup in the third set, starting things off with 5-1 lead. Wisconsin upped its lead to 9-5 with kills from Allison Wack, Thompson and Walch.
A Minnesota timeout sparked a 5-0 run from the Gophers to knot the set at 13. Eight more tie scores ended at 21-21 until Minnesota went on a 3-0 run to serve for match point at 24-21. The Badgers held off one match point with a kill from Walch, but Minnesota answered back as Gibbemeyer ended the set, 25-22, for the sweep.
Wisconsin returns home tomorrow night playing host to Iowa. The Badgers will honor their three seniors prior to the match in their final home match of the season. First serve is at 7 p.m.
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Julie McKay
UW Athletic Communications
