#2 Wisconsin @ #15 Penn State: Sat 11/11/23, 7 PM CT (BTN)
Nov 10, 2023 20:57:36 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Nov 10, 2023 20:57:36 GMT -5
| #2 Wisconsin vs. #15 Penn State |
| Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT |
| Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania |
The Badgers travel to Happy Valley for their only meeting of the season with the Nittany Lions. Wisconsin has only ever won four times in Rec Hall. Can they make it five in 2023? Will Penn State avenge last year's loss? Let's find out.
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| 23-1, 14-1 B1G | 16-8, 10-5 B1G | |
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Players to Watch
Wisconsin
| #13 - OH Sarah Franklin 6-4 R-JR | #9 - MB Caroline Crawford 6-3 SR | #22 - OH Julia Orzoɫ 6-0 JR | ||
| #12 - OH Temi Thomas-Ailara 6-2 GR | #52 - MB Carter Booth 6-7 SO | #10 - MB/RS Devyn Robinson 6-2 SR |
Penn State
| #9 - OH Jess Mruzik 6-1 SR | #1 - MB Taylor Trammell 6-2 SR | #5 - S Mac Podraza 6-2 GR | ||
| #3 - L Gillian Grimes 5-6 SO | #20 - MB Allie Holland 6-3 SR | #8 - RS Camryn Hannah 6-2 SR |
History
The Series: Penn State leads 49-16.
In Madison: Penn State leads 19-12.
In University Park: Penn State leads 26-4.
Neutral: Penn State leads 4-0.
The Streak: Wisconsin has won six in a row.
Last Meeting: Wisconsin won a five-set match in the Sweet 16 in Madison on 12/8/22.
Did you know…?
On this day 105 years ago, the Allies of the First World War signed an armistice with Germany at Compiègne, France. The cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I was to take effect at eleven in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. The war had begun four years earlier when a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. It stretched across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. By the time of the Armistice, casualties were estimated 9 million soldiers dead and 23 million wounded, plus another 5-10 million civilian deaths from various causes, including the Armenian Genocide and the 1918 influenza pandemic.
The red poppy is an enduring symbol of WWI, representing the blood shed during battle.
November 11 also marks the 105th anniversary of Poland's National Independence Day - Narodowe Święto Niepodległości in Polish. The day commemorates the anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic, independent from the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian Empires. The holiday was constituted in 1937 and was celebrated only twice before World War II. After the war, the Communist authorities of the People's Republic removed Independence Day from the calendar, though the holiday continued to be celebrated informally. In the 1980s, as the outlawed Solidarity Movement gathered momentum, November 11 became a customary date of demonstrations and marches by opponents of the Communist regime. Typically these marches were brutally dispersed by the communist militarized police forces, with many participants arrested by the security police. As Poland emerged from Communism in 1989, the original holiday was restored.
The Polish national anthem, "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego," performed by the Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Łódź
