MADISON -- Another night, another sweep for the Badgers, as the No. 1 Wisconsin volleyball team beat Miami in straight sets, 25-11, 25-23, 25-15, on Friday night at the UW Field House. 

Wisconsin took control right off the bat and never looked back in set one. The team put down 10 kills in the first frame, with three apiece from Sarah Franklin and Temi Thomas-Ailara. CC Crawford put together a 5-0 service run to go up 12-6. Miami got one side out and then Wisconsin came right back with a 5-0 serving run from Izzy Ashburn, paired with two blocks from the Badgers. Miami couldn't recover from the large deficit and Wisconsin took the first set 25-11. 

Miami adjusted at the break and set two was much tighter. It was highlighted with 18 ties and six lead changes. Throughout the back-and-forth battle, Thomas-Ailara put away six kills and Franklin had five of her own. After a kill from Devyn Robinson, they were all tied up at 20. Wisconsin had two kills in a row to go up two (22-20). From there, the Badgers held off Miami to win the set 25-23. 

In the final frame, the teams were neck and neck as they were knotted up at eight-all. However, a 6-0 serving run from MJ Hammill put it out of reach for the Canes, and took the set, 25-15. 

Wisconsin hit .341 on the night (39 kills - 8 errors - 91 attempts) as Thomas-Ailara had the match-high with 12 kills. Franklin added nine kills, while Smrek and Robinson both tallied seven. Miami hit .076 (31 - 23 - 105). Grace Lopez led the Canes with nine kills. 

Wisconsin doubled Miami in blocks with 8.0 putdowns, while holding them to only 4.0. Hammill led the team with 22 assists, and Ashburn added 13 helpers. Franklin had 15 digs, and Libero Julia Orzol finished with 12.

Straight off the court

Head coach Kelly Sheffield
On minimal errors made by the team: "We were clean tonight. There's not a lot of errors across the board. That's a clean match and that's a team that has been in the NCAA tournament, probably will be there again this year, held under 100 and we're hitting over 300 with not a lot of errors across the board. That's what you like to see." 
On the difference between playing Arizona and Miami: "The tempo of the team we played last night was a lot higher, the sets were a lot higher. And tonight they were a lot flatter and a lot faster, which is very, very different for the blockers and for the defense. I thought one thing with their speed, we neutralized their speed with our serve. We had their setters."

Setter MJ Hammill
On playing against Miami: "As Kelly mentioned, they're a great team, coached really well and we knew, a team's gonna respond well. They have some really great hitters and they just responded really well. Our job is to kind of be able to adjust and then just come back right back out."

Outside Temi Thomas-Ailara
On developing thus far: "These past few nights were great, like being at home, working with the team, just working through some things together. I feel like I'm integrating more with the team as well over these past couple of matches early in the season and I'm kind of learning as we go along from Frank and from all the other hitters, learning the tempo of the sets and trying to connect more with MJ as we keep going through the season."

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