#7 Wisconsin v. Troy: Fri 9/20/24, 7 PM CT (BTN+)
Sept 19, 2024 9:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Sept 19, 2024 9:05:00 GMT -5
| Wisconsin vs. Troy |
| Fri., Sept. 20, 2024 - 7 PM Central |
| Field House - Madison, Wisconsin |
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The Teams
Players to Watch
Wisconsin
Troy
History
The teams have never met.
Did you know…?
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Players to Watch
Wisconsin
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| #13 - OH Sarah Franklin 6-4 GR | #14 - MB/RS Anna Smrek 6-9 SR | #10 - MB/RS Devyn Robinson 6-2 GR | #9 - MB Caroline Crawford 6-3 GR | #24 - S Charlie Fuerbringer 5-11 FR |
Troy
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| #10 - OH Tori Hester 5-9 SR | #1 - OH Amiah Butler 6-0 JR | #4 - MH Sydney Austin 6-3 SO | #6 - OH Olivia Kwiatkowski 6-0 FR | #2 - L Jaci Mesa 5-7 SO |
History
The teams have never met.
Did you know…?
Troy has three Wisconsin natives on their roster, so you can expect the Trojans to have a substantial cheering section. Janelle Stuempfig, a junior and one of the setters in Troy's 6-2 offense, hails from Sussex. She graduated from Hamilton High School and played club for Milwaukee Sting. Sophomore outside hitter Maleah Howe, from Ixonia, played volleyball for Oconomowoc High School alongside freshman outside hitter Olivia Kwiatkowski. The two were part of the Raccoons' WIAA D1 state championship volleyball team in 2021. Oconomowoc High School also produced Wisconsin volleyball alum Nicole Shanahan, who played for the Badgers from 2017-2020.
The Oconomowoc High School mascot is Rocky the Raccoon. He was originally named "Cooney," but the purple-clad procyonid changed his name in the mid-2000s due to it also being a racial slur. However, as recently as 2018, the school's sports booster club had a fundraiser selling "Cooney Cards," which offered discounts at area businesses, so clearly there are still some holdouts in the community.
Oconomowoc High School mascot Rocky Raccoon, like Bucky Badger, does not wear pants.
The word "raccoon" is derived from the Algonquian word aroughcoune, "he who scratches with his hands." Raccoons' sense of touch is more sensitive than any animal known. More than two-thirds of the raccoon's sensory processing power is dedicated to its tactile sense, and those tiny raccoon hands have nearly ten times the nerve endings of human hands. Their sensitive hands develop a thin protective layer, similar to a callus, over time. This protective layer over raccoons' discerning digits is the reason for their habit of "washing" their food. Rather than cleaning the food, raccoons are softening that protective layer to make the nerves more sensitive. When a raccoon dips its hands into water, it can feel with perfect acuity. What appears to be washing a piece of food is actually the racoon memorizing and savoring the item's texture, so they can better identify it and - in the case of especially tasty treats - locate it in the future. Some food items don't hold up to submersion, however, as one trash panda famously learned of cotton candy.
Fortunately these critters are smart and adapt quickly. While only the first part of this video went viral back in 2017, if you watch the full thing to the end, you can see this little guy finally figures it out. As one commenter put it:
First piece, "Oh no! Where'd my loot go? It was right here!"
Second piece, "All right, gonna hold on to it this time. No way I'm losing it... aaaand it's gone. Well, I still have a piece. And the water is... sweet... Hold on..."
Third piece, "Haha! I got it! No water this time! I am a genius king resting on my laurels! Life is amazing!"
