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2013 Wisconsin Badgers LAURENLAUREN CARLINICARLINI CLAIRE RADDATZ COURTNEY THOMAS ANNEMARIE TAYLOR FRICANO TAYLOR MOREY 1 6-2 • Fr. • S 2 5-10 • So. • DS 3 6-0 • Jr. • RS 4 HICKEY 5 6-3 • Fr. • OH/RS 6 5-5 • So. • DS Aurora, Ill. Mequon, Wis. DeKalb, Ill. 5-8 • Sr. • L Palatine, Ill. Muncie, Ind. Oswego, Ill. DEME MORALES VICTORIA ITO TORI BLAKE KT KVAS JULIE MIKAELSEN 7 5-7 • Jr. • OH 8 5-5 • So. • DS 10 6-3 • Fr. • MB 11 5-9 • Jr. • DS 12 6-3 • Sr. • RS Amherst, Ohio Buffalo Grove, Ill. Midland, Mich. Eagan, Minn. Askim, Norway HALEIGH NELSON DOMINIQUE CRYSTAL GRAFF CAROLINE ELLEN CHAPMAN 6-3 • Fr. • MB 14 THOMPSON 6-3 • Jr. • OH WORKMAN 6-5 • Jr. • OH 13 5-11 • Sr./Jr. • MB 15 16 20 Cary, N.C. Madison, Wis. 5-5 • Jr. • DS Glenview, Ill. Plymouth, Minn. Los Angeles, Calif. KELLY SHEFFIELD BRITTANY DILDINE GARY WHITE JAKE BARREAU JESSICA YANZ UW Record: 27-9 Assistant Coach (1st year) Assistant Coach (1st year) Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Operations Career Record: 300-121 (13th yr) (1st year) (1st year) WISCONSIN VOLLEYBALL Contact: Diane Nordstrom, Associate Director Dec. 16, 2013 Offi ce: (608) 262-9024 • Cell: (608) 658-3644 • [email protected] • The season for the 12th-seeded 2013 SCHEDULE Badgers (27-9) continues as they NEXT EVENT advance to the NCAA national at NCAA Championship Overall: 27-9 (Home: 10-5, Away 9-4, Neutral 8-0) championship semifinals. Thursday National Semifinals Big Ten: 12-8/T4th (Home: 6-4, Away 6-4) Wisconsin takes on top-seeded #13 Wisconsin vs. #1 Texas 6:30 p.m. #2 Penn State vs. #5 Washington 8:30 p.m. Texas (27-2) on Thursday at 6:30 Date Opponent Time Saturday National Championship 8:30 p.m. at Pepperdine Classic, Malibu, Calif. p.m. at KeyArena in Seattle. Aug. 30 vs. Iona W, 3-0 No. 2 Penn State (32-2) takes Location: KeyArena, Seattle, Wash. Aug. 31 vs. Delaware W, 3-0 on No. 3 Washington (30-2) in the Live Stats: Gametracker vs. Pepperdine W, 3-1 other national semifinal at 8:30 Live Video: ESPN2/WatchESPN p.m. Radio: The Mic 92.1 (WXXM-FM) with Jon at North Dakota State Classic, Fargo, N.D. Semifinal winners advance to Arias and Diane Nordstrom Sept. 6 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-2 the national championship match Sept. 7 vs. North Dakota State W, 3-1 on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. vs. #17 Louisville W, 3-0 • All three matches at the national championship will air live on ESPN2 or online INNTOWNER INVITATIONAL on WatchESPN.com. Beth Mowins and Karch Kiraly will call the matches. Sept. 13 vs. Kansas L, 2-3 Sept. 14 vs. Milwaukee W, 3-1 • Wisconsin is one of the lowest seeds to qualify for the NCAA championship. vs. Bowling Green W, 3-0 Unseeded Michigan advanced to the semifinals in 2012 while Florida State was a 12th seed in 2011. at N.C. State Invitational, Raleigh, N.C. Sept. 20 vs. N.C. State W, 3-1 • The Badgers advance to their second NCAA national championship and their first Sept. 21 vs. Virginia Commonwealth W, 3-2 since 2000. Wisconsin defeated No. 16 Florida State and No. 19 Purdue by 3-1 vs. Colgate W, 3-0 scores to win the Champaign Regional. SEPT. 27 #20 PURDUE W, 3-0 • Freshman Lauren Carlini was named the regional MVP while juniors Ellen SEPT. 28 INDIANA W, 3-1 Chapman, Deme Morales and Dominique Thompson were named to the region- Oct. 2 at Iowa W, 3-1 al all-tournament team. Oct. 5 at #10 Nebraska L, 2-3 • UW improved to 33-16 (.673) in 17 NCAA tournament appearances with two wins Oct. 11 at #14 Ohio State W, 3-2 last weekend. Oct. 12 at #4 Penn State L. 0-3 OCT. 18 #16 MICHIGAN L, 0-3 • Kelly Sheffield won his 300th career match against Purdue on Saturday. The OCT. 20 #5 MICHIGAN STATE W, 3-1 first-year Badger leader is 300-121 (.711) in his 13th season as a head coach. OCT. 23 #7 MINNESOTA W, 3-1 OCT. 27 ILLINOIS L, 1-3 • UW is 8-0 on neutral courts this season, including a 2-0 mark in NCAA play. Nov. 1 at Indiana W, 3-0 • Wisconsin is playing its best volleyball of the season in NCAA play. UW is hitting Nov. 2 at #16 Purdue L, 2-3 .323 in the tournament and averaging 16.50 kills per set. The Badgers are also NOV. 8 #11 NEBRASKA L, 1-3 averaging 16.36 digs and 2.50 blocks per set. NOV. 10 IOWA W, 3-0 NOV. 15 #2 PENN STATE L, 0-3 • Head coach Kelly Sheffield joins an elite group of first-year head coaches who NOV. 17 OHIO STATE W. 3-1 have led their teams to the NCAA championship. John Cook (Nebraska), John Nov. 22 at #17 Michigan State W, 3-1 Dunning (Pacific and Stanford), Cathy George (Texas-Arlington) and Don Shaw Nov. 23 at #18 Michigan W, 3-2 (Stanford) have all led teams to the national semifinals in their first seasons. Nov. 27 at #11 Minnesota L, 1-3 Nov. 30 at Northwestern W, 3-0 2013 Roster Dec. 6 NCAA FIRST ROUND Probable Starters vs. Milwaukee W, 3-0 Dec. 7 NCAA SECOND ROUND No. Name Pos. Yr. MP/MS KPS % APS SAPS DPS BPS Other vs. California W, 3-0 1 Lauren Carlini S Fr. 32/32 1.01 .221 11.15 0.23 2.85 0.79 UW best 21 double-doubles 3 Courtney Thomas RS Jr. 33/33 2.39 .174 1.66 0.21 2.71 0.72 Dec. 13 at NCAA Regional Semifinals, Champaign, Ill. 4 Annemarie Hickey L Sr. 30/6 0.23 .039 0.71 0.18 3.82 0.04 Double-figure digs in last 21 vs. #16 Florida State W, 3-1 7 Deme Morales OH Jr. 36/34 2.73 .188 0.30 0.17 2.76 0.27 Shortest hitter in Big Ten Dec. 14 at NCAA Regional Final, Champaign, Ill. 13 Haleigh Nelson MB Fr. 36/35 1.76 .323 0.03 0.00 0.13 1.09 Ranks 7th in B1G in blocks vs. #19 Purdue W, 3-1 14 Dominique Thompson MB Jr. 36/34 2.62 .327 0.04 0.06 0.28 0.99 Has hit over .300 in 21 mtchs 20 Ellen Chapman OH Jr. 36/28 3.55 .265 0.06 0.21 0.93 0.42 Double-figure kills in 30 Dec. 19 at NCAA Semifinals, Seattle, Wash. Wisconsin vs. Texas 6:30 p.m. Key Reserves Penn State vs. Washington 8:30 p.m. 6 Taylor Morey L/DS So. 36/8 0.07 .107 0.52 0.03 0.05 0.41 Back row for Chapman Dec. 21 at NCAA Championship, Seattle, Wash. 10 Tori Blake MB Fr. 14/1 0.23 .167 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.41 Winner #1 vs. Winner #2 8:30 p.m. 11 Kt Kvas DS Jr. 34/2 0.00 .000 0.06 0.15 0.70 0.00 Serves for Thompson Wisconsin 14.06 .239 13.12 1.17 15.68 2.29 All home matches, in CAPS, held at the UW Field House, Opponents 11.97 .171 11.33 0.69 15.29 2.27 1450 Monroe St. All times Central. Head Coach: Kelly Sheffield (UW Record: 27-9/1st year; Career Record: 300-121/13th year) Assistant Coaches: Brittany Dildine, Gary White Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jake Barreau # = AVCA rank at the time of the match Student Assistant Coach: Mary Ording Director of Operations: Jessica Yanz www.facebook.com/WisconsinVolleyball • @BadgerVBall LOW SEED ADVANCES CARLINI, CHAPMAN NAMED ALL-REGION AVCA TOP 25 COACHES Wisconsin is one of the lowest seeds to Head coach Kelly Sheffield joins an elite qualify for the NCAA championship. group of first-year head coaches who POLL, Dec. 2 Unseeded Michigan advanced to have led their teams to the NCAA cham- No. School (1st place) Points Record Last the semifinals in 2012, losing to even- pionship. 1 Texas (44) 1481 23-2 1 tual champion. Florida State was a 12th John Cook (Nebraska), John 2 Penn State (15) 1454 28-2 2 seed in 2011, falling in the semifinals to Dunning (Pacific and Stanford), Cathy 3 Stanford 1333 24-5 3 national champion UCLA. Hawai’i was George (Texas-Arlington) and Don Shaw 4 Missouri (1) 1314 34-0 4 also a 12th seed in 2009 when it com- (Stanford) have all lead teams to the 5 Washington 1300 26-2 5 peted in the national semifinals, losing national semifinals in their first seasons. to champion Penn State. In 2005, Santa 6 Florida 1171 27-3 6 Coach University Year Finish Clara was unseeded and lost to Nebraska 7 Southern California 1145 26-5 7 John Cook Nebraska 2000 1st in the semifinals. 8 San Diego 1081 24-3 8 John Dunning Pacific 1985 1st 9 Nebraska 999 23-6 10 SECOND NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Stanford 2001 1st 10 Minnesota 975 27-6 11 The Badgers advance to their second Don Shaw Stanford 1984 2nd 11 Hawai’i 902 24-4 12 NCAA national championship and their Cathy George Texas-Arlington 1989 T3rd 12 Colorado State 793 28-1 9 first since 2000. AGAINST THE 6-2 13 Wisconsin 736 23-9 13 In 2000, Wisconsin advanced to the 14 Duke 722 27-4 15 Texas runs a 6-2 offense and the Badgers championship match, losing to Nebraska have had a lot of success against teams 15 North Carolina 613 27-4 14 in five sets.