Box Score

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The offensive juices were flowing for the seventh-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team during a sweep of Iowa, 25-17, 25-22, 25-17, at Carver Hawkeye Arena Friday night.
 
The Badgers (11-1 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) hit an impressive .402 (44 kills – 5 errors – 97 attempts) and held the Hawkeyes (12-4, 1-2) to .090 (31-22-100). Freshman setter Sydney Hilley collected 34 assists while running the offense. UW totaled 41 assists to Iowa's 30.
 
Freshman Dana Rettke led the team, hitting a match-high .600 (12 – 0 – 20). The middle blocker also added four blocks, two digs and a service ace. Senior Lauryn Gillis earned eight kills, sophomore Madison Duello had seven and senior Kelli Bates put down six kills to round out UW's balanced production.
 
Wisconsin also overwhelmed the Hawkeyes at the net, earning eight blocks while holding Iowa to one. Middle blockers Rettke and Tionna Williams each had four stuffs and Gillis added three.
 
Iowa out dug the Badgers 43-35. Libero Tiffany Clark led the team with 11 digs and Bates had eight.
 

Notables

• For the eighth match this season, freshman Dana Rettke had 10-or-more kills. The 6-8 middle blocker recorded a match-high 12 kills. She has led the Badgers in kills in six matches.
• Wisconsin defeated Iowa for the 15th straight time.
• The Hawkeyes hit just .090 (31-22-100), the sixth opponent to hit under .100 against Wisconsin this season.
• The Badgers outblocked Iowa, 8-1, the ninth time they have outblocked this season.
• Redshirt sophomore Madison Duello had seven kills to go over 100 putaways in her second season.
• Junior Tionna Williams had four kills to surpass 600 career kills.
• Sophomore Tiffany Clark recorded a team-high 11 digs, her second match this season in double-figure saves.

 

Quotable

"It's not too often that you hit .400 against a Big Ten team and say that I'm not sure we played very well tonight. I'm not sure that either team played particularly well but there's no bad wins in the Big Ten, especially on the road.
 
"I thought offensively we were balanced and did a pretty good job. We were just uneven a little bit, maybe due to not being on the road very much this year. I thought our net play was good. I thought our blocking was good, that's something we've worked awfully hard on."
 
- Head coach Kelly Sheffield 
 

It was over when

After going up 22-15 in the second set, the Badgers let the Hawkeyes go on a 5-0 scoring run, shrinking the UW advantage to 22-20. A kill by Dana Rettke was followed by a kill from Iowa's Taylor Louis as the Hawkeyes stayed within striking distance.
 
Kelli Bates tipped the ball to the floor, giving Wisconsin match point at 24-21. A kill by Iowa's Kelsey O'Neill kept the Hawkeyes in it, but a service error by Louis handed the Badgers a 25-22 set win.
 

Up Next

The Badgers finish up their weekend road trip with a top ten battle at No. 8 Nebraska tomorrow night. The match will begin at 7 p.m.