Michigan
10-13, 5-8B1G
Wisconsin
21-2, 12-1B1G
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 25 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| Michigan | 20 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 2 |
Valiant Effort Falls Just Short in Five-Set Loss to No. 4 Wisconsin
11/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Score: #4 Wisconsin 3, Michigan 2 (25-20, 24-26, 25-19, 21-25, 16-14)
Records: U-M (10-13, 5-8 Big Ten), WIS (21-2, 12-1 Big Ten)
Attendance: 1,700
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Nov. 8 -- vs. Minnesota (Cliff Keen Arena), 7 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan volleyball team battled to the limit against a top-10 ranked opponent for the second straight match but fell to No. 4 Wisconsin in an instant classic Friday night (Nov. 7) inside Cliff Keen Arena. Set scores were 25-20, 24-26, 25-19, 21-25 and 16-14.
Adeja Lambert
For the second time this season, the Maize and Blue had two players with 20-plus kill nights. Freshman Adeja Lambert led Michigan with 21 kills, while sophomore Abby Cole had 20 terminations and led U-M with four blocks. Freshman Caroline Knop added 15 kills for the Wolverines and made it a double-double with 11 digs. Senior Lexi Dannemiller had 61 assists, a season high, and had a double-double with 11 digs. Junior Tiffany Morales led Michigan with 14 digs, while classmate Lindsey Lerg added 12.
Wisconsin took the first set after hitting .346 to Michigan's .167 hitting percentage. Knop had six kills, and Dannemiller served up 11 assists in that set. There were nine ties and five lead changes as the Wolverines led as late as 11-10, but a pair of 3-0 runs gave the Badgers the distance they needed to win the set.
The Wolverines trailed 23-21 in the second set but came back to tie the match with a 26-24 win. Lambert's kill and a service ace from Cole tied the set at 23. Wisconsin's Courtney Thomas' kill gave the Badgers a set point. Lambert and freshman Katherine Mahlke had back-to-back terminations to set up a Michigan set point, which Lambert put away, her seventh kill of the set.
Wisconsin hit .476 to take the third set 25-19, but the Wolverines responded by hitting .432 in the fourth to send the match to the distance. Lambert's kill gave the Maize and Blue a 17-11 lead in set four. She then had kills at 19-13 and 20-14. Freshman Claire Kieffer-Wright put the Wolverines up 21-17 with a termination, and Cole had back-to-back kills to set up set point. Wisconsin fought off one set point, but Lambert ended it with a kill as the match went to the fifth set.
Michigan raced out to a 5-2 lead in set five after Dannemiller and Cole combined on a block. It was 8-5 after a Badger attack error, but UW battled back to tie it at nine on two straight Michigan errors. The Wolverines were up 13-11, before an Ellen Chapman kill and Lauren Carlini service ace tied it at 13. Chapman's kill gave Wisconsin match point. Knop then answered with a kill to tie it at 14, but an attack error and Kelli Bates kill ended the contest.
The Wolverines hit .223 for the match, compared to .268 for Wisconsin. The two teams combined for 11 service aces and 20 errors. Michigan had a 72-57 kill advantage, while UW had 14 team blocks.
Michigan wraps up its four-match homestand tomorrow night (Saturday, Nov. 8) against Minnesota. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
NOTES
• Michigan broke Wisconsin's 26-set winning streak with its set-two win.
• Michigan is now 1-6 in five-set matches this season.
• The Wolverines now trail in the all-time series with Wisconsin 50-20. Michigan also has lost consecutive five-set matches to the Badgers.
• The Maize and Blue played its ninth ranked team tonight in No. 4 Wisconsin. The Wolverines are 2-7 against ranked teams this season.
• Senior Lexi Dannemiller recorded her 5,000th career assist. Dannemiller now has 5,060 career assists and is third all-time on Michigan's career assist list.
• Dannemiller set a season high with 61 assists. Dannemiller now has three straight 50-plus assist matches.
• Dannemiller now has 45 career double-doubles after having 61 assists and 11 digs.
• Freshman Adeja Lambert set a career high with 21 kills. Her previous high was 16 on three occasions.
• Sophomore Abby Cole now has four 20-plus kill matches this season, which leads the team.
• This is the second time this season Michigan has had two 20-plus kill performers. In the 3-2 loss at Oregon State on Sept. 12, Ally Davis and Katherine Mahlke had 21 and 20 kills, respectively.
• Freshman Caroline Knop picked up her fifth career double-double by recording 15 kills and 11 digs.
• Freshman Claire Kieffer-Wright tied a career high with eight kills. She also had eight kills against Michigan State on Sept. 30.
