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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 5, 2021 13:15:54 GMT -5
 | |  | | #4 Wisconsin | vs | RV Illinois | | (12-1, 4-1) | | (11-5, 3-2) |
Saturday, October 9, 2021
7:00 PM Central
UW Field House - Madison, Wisconsin
WE MEET AGAIN! In a weird twist of scheduling, Illinois and Wisconsin face off twice in the space of six days. Both teams last played on Wednesday. Wisconsin is coming off of a narrow sweep of Iowa, and Illinois dropped a tight five-setter to Purdue. In PersonTickets: Sold out - some available on StubHubFollow AlongVideo: BTNAudio: U 100.9 FM (WI) | Watch Illini (IL) Stats: SidearmBackgroundPreviews: Wisconsin | Illinois Schedules: Wisconsin | IllinoisRosters: Wisconsin | IllinoisLikely StartersWisconsin| Pos | # | Name | | S | 2 | Hilley | | OH | 23 | Loberg | | OH | 22 | Orzoł | | MB | 16 | Rettke | | MB | 10 | Robinson | | RS | 15 | Demps | | L | 1 | Barnes | | DS | 5 | Boyer | | DS | 11 | Ashburn | | SS | 3 | MacDonald |
| Pos | # | Name | | S | 5 | Brown | | OH | 12 | Terry | | OH | 14 | Nunge | | MB | 1 | Collins | | MB | 6 | Swanson | | RS | 15 | Cooney | | L | 3 | Kuper | | DS | 10 | Barnes
| | SS | 4 | Bruder |
Illinois leads the series 49-43-1. The Badgers appear to have a slight home court advantage, as they lead in Madison 22-17-1. Wisconsin has won the last four matches: Last week in Champaign, the back-to-back in Huff in January 2021 (2020-21 season), and the sole meeting of the 2019 season, which was in Madison. Did you know...?The singular of Illini is not, as I thought, Illinus.[/div] |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 7, 2021 12:25:17 GMT -5
Bumping this thread since this is officially the next match on both teams' schedules.
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Oct 7, 2021 12:33:19 GMT -5
If the Badgers forget how to block and produce as many hitting errors as they did last night, my 3-1 prediction victory prediction will be sadly wrong.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 7, 2021 12:41:24 GMT -5
If the Badgers forget how to block and produce as many hitting errors as they did last night, my 3-1 prediction victory prediction will be sadly wrong. I mean, it'll be a 3-1 victory.... for the visitors. |
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 7, 2021 13:35:30 GMT -5
And you are assuming 1 game win.
This is some of the worst blocking I have seen. I guess it's been all Hart the last three years?
(and PS it's never been Rettke. Hilley always is the one touching. Maybe because hitters think they can hit over her?)
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Oct 7, 2021 14:03:52 GMT -5
And you are assuming 1 game win. This is some of the worst blocking I have seen. I guess it's been all Hart the last three years? (and PS it's never been Rettke. Hilley always is the one touching. Maybe because hitters think they can hit over her?) Demps. If she wants to start, she needs to get blocking down now. She came in to start the 3rd Set last night, and the very first thing they did was allow Iowa to hit through the block and get the first point of the set. It was not a good sign...unless you were a Hawkeye on the other side of the net.
We need to get in a Rainelle Jones-state-of-mind quickly.
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Post by taxidea on Oct 7, 2021 14:16:12 GMT -5
Dani Hart’s injury is really hurting the Badgers more than I ever imagined. And I agree about the block lately.
So I’m hoping that Smrek is ready to contribute on Saturday. I just think it’ll change the dynamic if she can help the Badgers - primarily to seal the pins with more effective blocking, and especially now on the right side with the lineup shuffle (Robinson).
Otherwise...whew. I’m still really optimistic about this team.
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Post by northwoods on Oct 7, 2021 14:58:59 GMT -5
The last couple stalwarts at RS were Kriskova & Duello who had a couple similarities. Neither were dynamic athletes, both hit a heavy ball and most notably both sat on that right pin and let very little pass down the line!
Both Jardine & Demps stray frequently for unknown reasons. Smrek is right out of central casting for the job at hand, so looking forward to her getting her shot!
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Post by taxidea on Oct 7, 2021 15:06:58 GMT -5
Wow! How cool would a Duello-like block be for the Badgers right now?!!
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 7, 2021 18:07:17 GMT -5
The last couple stalwarts at RS were Kriskova & Duello who had a couple similarities. Neither were dynamic athletes, both hit a heavy ball and most notably both sat on that right pin and let very little pass down the line! Both Jardine & Demps stray frequently for unknown reasons. Smrek is right out of central casting for the job at hand, so looking forward to her getting her shot! Unknown reasons? Freshman reasons! |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 8, 2021 8:50:36 GMT -5
Added the link to the Illini audio stream. Still waiting on their match preview.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 9:54:28 GMT -5
Worry not Illinois fans. I will not be in attendance therefore they will not be afflicted by the curse that my presence brings them.
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Post by vbkahuna on Oct 8, 2021 11:26:10 GMT -5
Worry not, madden55. Illinois may not have the pollsters' respect but they seem to play their away games against higher-ranked teams as if they were "Honey Badgers" (they don't give a...).
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 8, 2021 15:35:00 GMT -5
Madden, is there a way to transfer your curse to another team? A traveling curse perhaps, that moves from team to team?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 16:10:15 GMT -5
Madden, is there a way to transfer your curse to another team? A traveling curse perhaps, that moves from team to team? I wish! |
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