Taylor Landfair and Mckenna Wucherer led Minnesota with had 15 kills each while Carter Booth led the Gophers defensively with 10 blocks.
As a team, Minnesota (13-7, 8-4 Big Ten) hit .211 with 56 kills, 14 team blocks, 69 digs and one ace. Wisconsin (17-3, 11-1 Big Ten) hit .192 with 58 kills, 11 team blocks, 59 digs and seven aces.
Sarah Franklin led Wisconsin with 18 kills.
Set Breakdown:
Set 1: The two teams split the first four points with Carter Booth and Taylor Landfair each tallying a kill for Minnesota. Wisconsin went on a run to take the lead in the early part of the set, scoring eight of the next 11 points to take a 10-5 lead, forcing a Minnesota timeout. They had five kills and an ace in the spurt. Two kills from Mckenna Wucherer and an attacking error from the Badgers cut the lead to 10-8 after the break. The two teams exchanged points to make it 11-9 before UW went on a 4-1 spurt to take a five-point lead at 15-10. The 'U' would fight back, scoring four of the next five to make it 16-14. Naya Gross and Landfair tallied a block while Jenna Wenaas posted her third kill of the set. UW kept fighting off the Gophers runs, however, stretching the lead out to five again at 20-15 after a pair of Minnesota attacking errors. A kill from Wucherer and a block from Booth and Wucherer cut the lead to three before a pair of Badgers points stretched it out to 22-17 and forced coach McCutcheon to take his final timeout. The deficit would be no closer than four the rest of the way as UW closed out set one, 25-2. The Gophers, led by Wucherer with five kills, hit .132 for the set compared to .244 for the Badgers. Sarah Franklin had five kills to lead all Badgers.
Set 2: Wisconsin jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in set two before kills from Landfair and Wenaas cut the deficit to two at 6-4. The Badgers would extend their lead out to as many as five at 9-4. The Gophers would get back into it, however, cutting the lead to one at 10-9, 11-10, and 12-11 before tying the set up at 13, the first tie since the score was 0-0. A block from Arica Davis and Wenaas tied it up just after a trio of kills from Booth, Shaffmaster and Wucherer. UW would take a 15-14 lead into the media timeout. After the break, the Badgers scored three straight to take an 18-14 lead before two kills from Wenaas cut the deficit in half. A Gophers blocking error and a UW ace put the home team back up four at 20-16, forcing a timeout from coach McCutcheon. The 'U' cut the lead to two three separate times but couldn't get closer. UW extended their lead to four after an ace to go up 24-20, forcing coach McCutcheon into his last timeout of the set. A block by the Badgers sealed set two, 25-20.
Set 3: The Gophers went up 2-0 right away after a kill from Wucherer and an ace from CC McGraw before the Badgers registered the next three to take the lead. The 'U' would tie it up at 3-3 and 4-4 before UW scored three of the next four to go up 7-5. A UW service error followed by a block and a kill from Booth gave Minnesota back the lead at 8-7. The Badgers would tie it up at eight before the 'U' erupted on a 5-0 run, paced by an ace and a kill from Landfair. With Minnesota leading 13-8, Wisconsin called a timeout. A Wucherer kill put her team up 14-9 before three straight Badgers points cut the lead to 14-12, causing 'U' to take a timeout. The Gophers responded by scoring four of the next five, getting kills from Landfair, Wucherer and Davis to go up 18-13, forcing a Badgers timeout. The Gophers would accelerate after the break, scoring four of the next five to take a commanding 23-15 lead. Landfair had three kills in the run. The 'U' would close out set three with another kill from Landfair and a block by Booth and Landfair to win, 25-16.
Set 4: The Badgers came out of the gates hot in set four, working their way to a 9-4 lead before coach McCutcheon called timeout to slow the momentum. The Gophers cut into the deficit slightly with kills from Landfair, Booth and Davis to get it to four at 14-10, but UW scored three of the next four to go up 17-11 and take a set-high six-point lead. Minnesota called timeout No. 2 of the set after that. Another kill by Franklin after the timeout put the badgers up 18-11. The 'U' wasn't done fighting, however, as three kills from Davis and one from Landfair cut the lead to just three at 19-16, forcing a Badgers timeout. UW extended the lead to five again with a pair of kills from outside Julia Orzol to go up 22-17. A pair of kills from Booth, one from Wucherer and a pair of attacking errors from UW helped the Gophers climb back to within one at 24-23, with match point on the line. Minnesota had a couple opportunities to tie it up, but after a long rally, UW finished the set off with a kill, winning 25-23.
UP NEXT: Minnesota (13-7, 8-4 Big Ten) takes on Michigan (13-8, 4-7 Big Ten) on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. B1G+ will provide streaming coverage.
Notable:
-Minnesota is now 53-37 all-time against Wisconsin, including a 12-10 record under Hugh. The Gophers are 5-7 on the road at UW Fieldhouse under Hugh.
-CC McGraw (11) tallied her 95th career 10+ dig outing. She's now up to 1,779 for her career, just 91 behind Dalianliz Rosado for the No. 3 spot in Minnesota laurels.
-Jenna Wenaas tallied 1x digs, her fifth double digit dig match of the year.
-Taylor Landfair (15) totaled double digit kills for the 20th time this season and 38th time in her career. She's one of two players in the country to have double digit kills in every match.
-Carter Booth posted 10 blocks, her seventh 5+ block match of the year and second 10+ block match
-The Gophers posted 14 blocks Saturday night, the 13th time in 20 matches they've had 10+. Minnesota currently ranks No. 7 nationally in blocks per set.
-Saturday was the first time this season Minnesota outhit, outdug and outblocked its opponent and did not win.
-Arica Davis had her best match as a Gopher, tallying a season-best eight kills on .545 hitting.
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