The Madison College women's volleyball team and Carthage College JV needed five sets to decide a winner at the annual Dig Pink match in Madison on Oct. 18. The WolfPack were victorious in the fifth and final set, defeating the visiting Lady Reds 23-25, 25-12, 25-6, 23-25, 15-9.

The Dig Pink match donated all admission proceeds to the Side-Out Foundation to help fight breast cancer, making everyone a winner along with the WolfPack in the match. It was their second-straight win as they finished 3-1 in a four-game homestand and their final regular season home game of the season.

After losing a tight opening set, the WolfPack rallied to definitively capture the next two sets. They went on to lose another close set in the fourth before using 10 kills to put away the lady Reds in the fifth set.

For the second-straight game the WolfPack played good defense, recording 77 digs against their NCAA Division III competitors. First-year players Ashley Biesterveld and Hannah Schwartzer shared a team-high 17 digs. Ali Waller and setter Kirsten Halma also contributed with 10 digs apiece.

Biesterveld and her effort defensively was matched by her offesnive numbers, recording 17 kills against the Lady Reds. Halma setup her teammate and the rest of the offense that killed the ball 52 times with 28 assists.

The WolfPack have won or been competitive in all of their last eight sets and won their previous two matches since a big 7-25 loss to Rock Valley College on Oct. 12. The aftermath of that set and match could've provided the team with the spark and momentum that they need heading into the postseason.

The WolfPack (21-7, 9-2) play a non-conference match against University of Wisconsin-Whitewater JV in Whitewater on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. and finish the regular season on the road in River Grove, Ill. against Triton College on Oct. 21.