LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The No. 6 Wisconsin volleyball team had three players with double-figure kills as they took down UCLA 20-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-15 on Saturday night.
UW hit .402 (59 kills – 8 errors – 127 attempts) as Sarah Franklin led the way with 19 kills. Anna Smrek added 16, while Julia Orzol finished with 11 kills.
UCLA’s Cheridyn Leverette notched a match-high 20 kills as the Bruins hit .192 (48 – 23 – 130) on the night.
Wisconsin’s Gulce Guctekin and Lola Schumacher were both out with injuries, Saige Damrow got the starting nod at libero and Maile Chan took over the DS position.
In set one, the teams went back and forth with eight ties, but it was at the 14-all mark that UCLA (12-13, 6-10 B1G) separated itself from UW (20-5, 14-2 B1G) with a 4-1 run, as the Badgers called a timeout trailing 15-18. Out of the break, middle blocker Anna Dodson tallied back-to-back solo blocks to force another quick Wisconsin timeout at 15-20. The Badgers brought it back within three as they trailed 19-22 and the Bruins called a timeout, but it was too little too late as UCLA took set one 25-20.
Wisconsin got back on track in set two. A 6-1 run from the Badgers boosted them to a 10-6 lead. UCLA called a timeout to regather as they trailed 6-10. Out of the break, the Bruins tied it up at 10-all but were unable to take the lead. Wisconsin didn’t let them stick around for long as Charlie Fuerbringer tallied two aces to give UW a 14-10 lead. Leverette scored back-to-back kills to the score at 14-12 in favor of Wisconsin. From there,…
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