MADISON, WISC. - The top seed in the Region 4 Division II District B Tournament left little doubt during Wednesday's quarterfinal match against 15th-seeded Bryant & Stratton College, winning in a three-set sweep inside H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium. The WolfPack earned set wins of 25-17, 25-18, 25-10 over the Bobcats to advance to this weekend's semifinals. Sophomores Addyson McHugh and Courtney Gorum paced the Pack attack, while the home team also racked up ten aces as they improved to 10-1 all-time against BSC. This marked the second year in a row Madison College defeated Bryant & Stratton College in the quarterfinals.

The WolfPack held a lead of four or five points - thanks in part to back-to-back aces from freshman Tricia Klum -  for most of the first set until Gorum's kill to make it 12-7 ignited a 4-1 surge to build an eight-point advantage. They were able to coast from their to claim the opening set behind six kills from Gorum. McHugh closed out the set with consecutive kills as she built momentum towards the second set.

The Spring Grove, Minnesota, native dominated the early stages of the second set with three kills and a block before Bryant & Stratton College (9-17) took a timeout with the WolfPack leading 9-2. Madison College continued to shine from the service line with consecutive aces by second year players Faith Radecke and Brooke Anderson, the latter coming before and after another Bobcats timeout with the home team on top by a 19-11 differential. Down 23-13, Bryant & Stratton College made the region's second overall seed sweat, winning five of the next six points. Another McHugh kill, her sixth of the set, gave Madison College set point before a BSC attack error put the Pack ahead by two sets.

The third and final set featured a 7-4 Madison College lead when freshman Bella Vitaioli terminated an attack to start a 5-0 and force the Bobcats into another timeout. The advantage swelled to 15 when another four-point swing made it 22-7 after Sammy Johnson set up McHugh for another successful swing. Freshman libero Cora Webster served up the team's tenth ace to reach match point, and fittingly, McHugh crushed another kill to finish off the win.



The 5'10" outside and right side hitter finished with 13 kills - surpassing the 600 kills mark for her career - and a season-best .522 attack percentage.

Gorum was right behind with a dozen kills as the program's all-time leader in that category reached the 800-kills plateau. The native of Chesapeake, Virginia, hit .375 and registered her 14th double-double with ten digs.

Vitaioli and sophomore Amber Horn both added six kills, with Vitaioli, a former Janesville Craig HS athlete, matching Gorum with a ten digs to lead the team. 

Anderson finished with 24 assists and three aces, while Klum tallied 13 helpers and two aces. Radecke, a Stoughton, Wisconsin, native, tied Anderson with three aces.

Madison College racked up 42 kills and a .374 hitting percentage, led by 16 kills at a .441 clip in the first set. They also had four blocks and 48 digs.

Up Next:

Madison College (19-13) returns to the Region 4 Division II District B Tournament Semifinals for the second year in a row and will take on 7th-seeded Carl Sandburg College (33-10). The Chargers, who swept 10th-seeded Highland Community College in the quarterfinals, leads the brief all-time series by a 2-1 count; however, the Wolfpack earned a 3-0 win on October 11 during the Madison College Quad. The first-ever postseason matchup is slated to begin at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9. The winner will play Sunday, November 10 at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of the other semifinal between 3rd-seeded Moraine Valley Community College () and (6) Rock Valley College (). All matches will be played inside H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium and streamed live at MadisonCollege.TV.



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