Badgers extend win streak to 15 matches

Friday, November 18

Jersey Mike's Arena, Piscataway, NJ

6 p.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

22-3,16-1Big Ten

Rutgers

8-21,2-15Big Ten

Wisconsin

Rutgers

Photo by: Tom Lynn

Badgers extend win streak to 15 matches

November 18, 2022 | Volleyball

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Wisconsin sweeps Rutgers, 3-0

By: Olivia Bozich

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – A dominant hitting performance led the third-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team to a 25-13, 26-24, 25-10 sweep over Rutgers on Friday night.

Wisconsin (22-3, 16-1 B1G) hit .323 (40-10-93) while holding Rutgers (8-21, 2-15 B1G) to .065 (25-19-93).

The Badgers' domination continued on offense as julia Orzoł and junior Devyn Robinson combined for 23 of UW's 40 kills in the match. Orzoł led all hitters with 13 kills followed by Robinson putting away 10 kills. The Scarlet Knights were led by Taylor Humphrey and Alissa Kinkela with seven kills apiece.

Wisconsin outscored the Scarlet Knights 7-5 from the service line behind two aces from Izzy Ashburn. Jade Demps, Orzoł, Gulce Guctekin, Sarah Franklin and Joslyn Boyer all contributed one service ace apiece.

Ashburn led Wisconsin in assists, recording 24 helpers while maintaining a perfect hitting percentage with one kill, one attempt and no hitting errors.

The Badgers out-blocked Rutgers 9.0-6.0 with Anna Smrek and Orzoł leading the Badgers with five stuffs each followed by Danielle Hart with four blocks.

UW also finished with a plus-12 advantage in digs (45-33) with Guctekin leading all players with 11 digs followed by Ashburn with 10.

Straight from the Court
Associate Head Coach Gary White
"Rutgers is a good serving team, they will put a lot of pressure on you and they will be able to put some balls up on your shoulders. Early on, they had a couple of super solid aces in the first set."

"The Penn State team we are about to see tomorrow is a very different team than the one we saw at our place and we are excited for what comes our way."

Notes to know

Senior Izzy Ashburn picked up the fourth double-double of the season with 24 assists and 10 digs.
Wisconsin won its 15th straight match which ties for the fourth longest match winning streak in program history.
For the third-straight match, grad student Danielle Hart was error free in her hitting. The 6-foot-4 was 5-0-7 in her attack for .714 percent.
The Badgers held Rutgers to a .065 (25-19-93) team hitting percentage, the seventh opponent this season to hit below .100.

Up Next
The Badgers head to University Park, Penn. to face No. 14 Penn State on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT. The match will be broadcasted on the Big Ten Network and can be heard on U100.9.