Venue	UW Field House | Madison, Wis. Huff Hall | Champaign, Ill.
Parking	Fan Information
Match Notes	Wisconsin | Minnesota | Illinois
Statistics	Wisconsin | Minnesota | Illinois | Big Ten
TV / B1G+	vs. Minnesota  at Illinois
Radio	Listen Live on U100.9 FM
Live Stats	vs. Minnesota | at Illinois
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MADISON, Wis. -- Fifth-ranked Wisconsin (9-1, 1-1 B1G) opens its home Big Ten Conference season by hosting No. 7 Minnesota (7-3, 2-0) in the UW Field House on Friday. First serve is at 8 p.m. live on the Big Ten Network. The Badgers weekend series continues on Sunday, playing at Illinois (10-3, 2-0). UW faces off against the Fighting Illini at 12 p.m. from Huff Hall in Champaign, Illinois. The match streams live on B1G+. 

1. HONORING STEVE LOWE: Friday is the 31st-annual Steve Lowe Night in honor of the former Badger coach. Lowe was 108-65 in five years at Wisconsin from 1986-90, leading UW to its first Big Ten championship, first national ranking and first NCAA tournament appearance.  
 
2. SCHOOL RECORD ON THE LINE:  The Badgers put their school record 25-match home winning streak on the line on Friday. UW has won 25 straight at home, dating back to Sept. 19, 2019, when UW fell to Washington, 3-0. This year's team tied the record of 25 straight at home from Oct. 29, 1999-Sept. 8, 2001. Wisconsin has also won 18 straight home Big Ten matches.
 
3. SYDNEY THE SUPER SETTER: Setter Sydney Hilley leads the nation with 12.06 assists per set. The 6-foot graduate student set a UW five-set record under 25-point rally scoring with 66 assists at Maryland on Friday. Hilley went over 5,000 assists for her career on Friday, becoming just the fourth Badger and the 26th Big Ten setter to go over 5K helpers. 
 
4. LEADING THE NATION...STILL!: Despite hitting a season-low .196 at Maryland on Friday, Wisconsin continues to lead the nation with a .331 team hitting percentage. Fifth-year Dana Rettke leads the nation with a .554 (120K-12E-195TA) individual hitting percentage.  
 
5. SERVING STRUGGLES: The Badgers struggled with their serving last weekend, giving up 12 aces, nearly doubling their season total. Wisconsin also had a season-high 17 service errors at Maryland on Friday. On the year, UW outscores opponents 65-26 from the service line, averaging 1.91 aces per set while giving up 0.76 aces per set.

6. SCOUTING THE TEAMS: No. 9 Minnesota is currently 7-3 on the season with all of their losses coming from top-10 teams. The Golden Gophers have a win over No.14 Stanford and are undefeated in Big Ten play with wins over Michigan and Maryland last weekend. Fifth-year senior opposite hitter Stephanie Samedy leads the Gophers with 5.09 kills per set, followed by sophomore Jenna Wenaas with 3.32 kills per set. Ellie Husemann, a junior middle blocker, has a team-best 1.44 blocks per set while senior libero CC McGraw leads the team with 4.82 digs per set. 

Illinois is 10-3 on the season, with two of their losses coming from No.11 Washington and No.19 Creighton. The Fighting Illini are undefeated (2-0) in conference play with wins over Northwestern and Iowa last weekend. Sophomore outside hitter Raina Terry leads the team with 3.18 kills pet set, followed by Megan Cooney, a graduate student, with 2.96 kills per set. Kyla Swanson, a junior middle blocker, leads the team with 1.24 blocks per set while senior defensive specialist Taylor Kuper has a team-best 4.54 digs per set.