MADISON, WISC. - Friday and Saturday's
Madison College Volleyball Tournament featured six teams and 11 matches inside H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium. The #12-ranked Madison College women's volleyball team swept its way through four of those matches, including three against Region 4 opponents, as they defeated Elgin Community College, Highland Community College, Danville Area Community College, and Waubonsee Community College. The victories extend the WolfPack's current win streak to eight straight matches heading into the final week of the regular season.
Match #1: #12 Madison College 3, Elgin Community College 0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-23)
Madison College scored the first three points of the match and hardly looked back as they swept the Spartans in the tournament opener. The WolfPack opened up a lopsided 20-6 lead with sophomore
Sam Schultz serving up an early ace and adding four kills, while fellow second year
Makayla Dallas posted six aces in eight-point span. Schultz tacked on another kill to end the first set with a 15-point win. Schultz opened the second set with a successful attack as the home team led 5-1 early. Despite Elgin Community College (16-18) closing to within one, Madison College rattled off four quick points, with two kills from Dallas, and slowly pulled away to win the set by ten.
The third set proved to be the most competitive one of the weekend. Trailing 13-7, freshman
Braelee Kiepert came up with a block to ignite a WolfPack resurgence as they eventually tied the set at 17-17. Still even at 23-23, Schultz terminated a
Gretchen Kammerer assist for match point before the duo flipped roles to end a long rally with Kammerer picking up the kill on a Schultz assist to win 25-23 and improve the Pack's all-time lead in the series to 7-1.
Madison College finished with 37 kills, 11 aces, 5.0 blocks, and 67 digs. Schultz, a native of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, had 11 kills with a .212 attack percentage, to go along with 15 digs, four assists, and two aces. The double-double is her fifth of the season.
Caylee Coggins, a sophomore middle blocker added eight kills, while
Ella Vosberg finished with seven kills.
Setter
Allie Andrews registered 17 assists, as well as four kills, one assist, and three digs. Kammerer, a freshman from Brodhead, Wisconsin, had nine assists, two kills, and five digs.
Dallas, a native of Valders, Wisconsin, matched a career-best and set a season-high with six aces. Freshman libero
Amara Jahner led the team with 20 digs.
Match #2: #12 Madison College 3, Highland Community College 0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-20)
The WolfPack also got out to a fast start against Highland Community College (14-25), taking a 6-0 lead in the opening set as setter
Allie Andrews had an assist, a block, and a kill. Madison College led by 13 midway through the set and closed out a 14-point set victory with a block from freshman outside hitter
Braelee Kiepert. The home team trailed 9-7 in the early stages of the second set before stringing together a 6-0 surge to break a 13-13 tie en route to an easy eight-point win. In the final set, Madison College scored eight of the first ten points and eventually led by as much as 12 before the Cougars rallied to closed to within 21-20 and force a WolfPack timeout. A pair of HCC hitting errors and back-to-back aces by freshman libero/defensive specialist
Jaydon Golsteyn finished off the sweep.
Madison College tallied 34 kills, ten aces, and 65 digs to trim the WolfPack's deficit in the all-time series to 20-27-1. They also racked up a season-high 10.0 blocks.
Sophomore and Columbia, Missouri, native,
Caylee Coggins led the way on both sides of the net with nine kills and 3.5 blocks. Fellow second years
Ella Vosberg and
Makayla Dallas were right behind with seven kills each. Vosberg also added a season-high 2.5 blocks.
Allie Andrews, a native of Darlington, Wisconsin, posted 28 assists and was one of four players with multiple aces.
Amara Jahner was tops with 22 digs, followed by ten from Vosberg.
Match #3: #12 Madison College 3, Danville Area Community College 0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-12)
In the only non-region match of the weekend, Madison College rolled through all three sets with the Jaguars. An
Ella Vosberg kill ignited an 8-0 early in the first set as they eventually went on to win by 14. Tied at 9-9 in the second set, the WolfPack closed on a 16-7 stretch with
Makayla Dallas terminating the set win with a kill. The home team then scored seven points before Danville Area Community College (21-13) got on the board in the third set, which included a 5-0 surge midway through, and finished with a 13-point decision to even the all-time series at 1-1.
The WolfPack racked up 39 kills and a tournament-high .302 attack percentage, 14 aces, 3.0 blocks, and 48 digs.
Former Cuba City HS athlete
Ella Vosberg led the way with 14 kills and hit at a .478 clip. She also added five digs.
Makayla Dallas added seven kills, while
Braelee Kiepert and
Sam Schultz had six each.
Allie Andrews totaled 27 assists and 12 digs for her 13th double-double of the season.
Jahner, a native of Appleton, Wisconsin, had 13 digs, to go along with four aces and five assists. Kiepert, who also hails from Appleton, matched her with four aces.
Match #4: #12 Madison College 3, Waubonsee Community College 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-15)
The final match of the weekend saw the WolfPack trailing 8-6 in the first set when a block by
Allie Andrews kickstarted a 7-0 run to give the home team control of a set they would go on to win by double-digits. The second set was a back-and-forth battle that was tied at 15-15 when a Waubonsee Community College (16-11) service error began a quick 6-0 surge for the Pack, who held off the Chiefs to win 25-20. Madison College flexed their muscle again in the third to win by ten and narrow the all-time series to 8-12 in favor of WCC.
For the match, the WolfPack amassed 37 kills, ten aces, 4.0 blocks, and 63 digs. It marks the team's 17th match with double-digit aces this season.
Just like the weekend began, sophomore
Sam Schultz was tops offensively with nine kills, followed by eight from
Allie Andrews and six each by
Ella Vosberg and
Makayla Dallas. Vosberg now sits 21 kills away from the program's all-time kills record of 817 set by Courtney Gorum from 2023-24.
Andrews also tallied 26 assists, while Dallas was the leader in aces with four.
Amara Jahner had 18 digs for her 19th match with double-digits in that category. Vosberg added ten digs, followed by nine from Schultz.
Up Next:
Madison College (25-6) takes an eight-match win streak into the final week of the regular season, which features three matches on the schedule. The WolfPack will welcome the University of St. Francis JV on Wednesday, October 28, for the first meeting between the two programs. First serve inside
H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium is set for 6:00 p.m. and will be streamed live at
MadisonCollege.tv.
Prior to the start, Madison College Athletics will recognize five second year players for Sophomore Night.
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