#2 Wisconsin @ Maryland: Fri 11/10/23, 7p ET / 6p CT (B1G+)
Nov 8, 2023 9:47:05 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Nov 8, 2023 9:47:05 GMT -5
| #2 Wisconsin vs. Maryland |
| Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT |
| XFINITY Center Pavilion College Park, MD |
The Wisconsin Badgers kick off a weekend out east with a stop in College Park, Maryland, to face the Terrapins. The last time the Badgers played in a sold-out XFINITY Center Pavilion, Maryland won in 5 sets. The Terps have sold the place out again. Will they be able to secure victory tonight?
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Players to Watch
Wisconsin
| #13 - OH Sarah Franklin 6-4 R-JR | #9 - MB Caroline Crawford 6-3 SR | #14 - MB/RS Anna Smrek 6-9 JR | ||
| #12 - OH Temi Thomas-Ailara 6-2 GR | #52 - MB Carter Booth 6-7 SO | #10 - MB/RS Devyn Robinson 6-2 SR |
Maryland
| #44 - OH Sam Csire 6-0 SR | #88 - MB Anastasia Russ 6-5 R-SR | #8 - S Sydney Dowler 6-0 SR | ||
| #2 - OH Laila Ivey 6-1 OH | #17 - MB Eva Rohrbach 6-2 FR | #4 - L Lilly Gunter 5-8 SR |
History
The Series: Wisconsin leads 11-1
In Madison: Wisconsin leads 7-0
In College Park: Wisconsin leads 4-1
The Streak: Wisconsin has won 2 in a row.
Last Meeting: Wisconsin swept Maryland on 10/15/23 in Madison.
Did you know…?
Marylanders are low-key obsessed with their state flag. It's based on the coat of arms of Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Baron Baltimore, who founded the Maryland colony. The gold and black bend dexter counterchanged are the arms of George Calvert, the 1st Baron Baltimore, Cecil's father. The red and white cross bottony counterchanged are the arms of his paternal grandmother, Alicia Crossland. It's one of the only flags of Union states* that contains a nod to the Confederacy. Throughout the Colonial period, only the gold-and-black Calvert family colors are mentioned in descriptions of the Maryland flag, and that fell out of use with American Independence. In 1854, the Maryland General Assembly re-introduced the Calvert arms in the design of a new state seal. This was followed by a reappearance at public events of banners in the Calvert family colors, which were called the "Maryland colors" or "Baltimore colors." In response, pro-secession Marylanders revived and co-opted the red-and-white cross bottony counterchanged Crossland flag in opposition to the pro-Union state government. Maryland, as border state that allowed enslavement, was deeply divided in the leadup to the Civil War. Culturally, geographically, and economically, Maryland was a unique blend of Southern agrarianism and Northern mercantilism. While there was little enthusiasm for secession, Maryland was equally unsympathetic towards the potentially abolitionist position of Abraham Lincoln. Following Lincoln's election in 1861, red and white "secession colors" appeared on everything from yarn stockings and cravats to children's clothing. Maryland soldiers fighting in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia flew the Crossland flag and often wore a metal bottany cross pinned to their uniform. Meanwhile, the Calvert flag was flown by the Maryland regiments of Union the Army of the Potomac.
The coat of arms granted to Baron Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore
By the end of the Civil War, therefore, both the gold-and-black Calvert arms and the red-and-white colors and bottony cross design of the Crossland arms were clearly identified with Maryland, although they represented opposing sides in the conflict. After the war, soliders who fought on both sides returned to their home state in need of reconciliation. The combined flag was brought to popularity in the late 1880s by the 5th Regiment of the Maryland National Guard, which was mainly composed of former Confederate soldiers and nicknamed the "rebel brigade." The flag grew in prominence at the peak of Jim Crow and white supremacist violence against Black Americans. When the two heralds combined became the official state flag in 1905, lawmakers claimed it was a symbol of reconciliation and unity, but like most of history, the true story is not nearly so tidy. The controversy hasn’t stopped the Maryland flag from gaining a reputation as one of the best state flags in the country. In a 2001 study, the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) ranked it the fourth best flag of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. And Marylanders do love their flag. You can get all sorts of flag swag - for a few years, the volleyball team had Maryland flag-style kneepads, with the Calvert arms on the right and Crossland on the left. Whatever your opinion of it may be, it is nothing if not memorable.
The Maryland seniors of 2014 sporting their Maryland flag kneepads.
*The other one is California. I am not making this up.
