MADISON, WISC. - While the Madison College women's volleyball team picked up their 12th consecutive win, including ten sweeps in a row, Wednesday's 3-0 win over Elgin Community College in the Region 4 Division II District B Tournament Quarterfinals was not lacking for some drama. The #2-seeded WolfPack overcame a slow start to win the match 28-26, 25-13, 25-10 over the #15-seeded Spartans and advance to the semifinal round. Madison College, who also swept ECC on October 23, is 8-1 all-time in the head-to-head series, including a 2019 win in the Region 4 Quarterfinals. Prior to first serve, sophomores
Allie Andrews and
Ella Vosberg were recognized for their recent accomplishments of breaking the school records in assists and kills, respectively.
The opening set saw the home team take a quick 3-1 lead on kills by
Sam Schultz, Andrews, and
Braelee Kiepert; however, Elgin Community College (16-21) responded with a 5-1 run. An 8-2 surge midway through the set put the WolfPack ahead 17-12 as
Makayla Dallas and Schultz each had aces and forced a timeout call. The Spartans returned from the TO with renewed focus and claimed seven of the next eight points to go ahead 20-18. After some sideout volleyball, Elgin owned set point at 24-22 when Schultz terminated a kill and an attack error by the visitors evened the score. Madison College went on to twice have set point at 25-24 and 26-25, but failed to secure the win. A service error by the Spartans brought up set point #3 for the Pack at 27-28 and a Dallas kill completed the rally in extra points.
Sets two and three provided much less intensity and drama as Madison College, the #12-ranked team in the NJCAA Division II Poll, flexed their muscle. Down 4-2 early in the second, the WolfPack went surged ahead with a 21-6 run in which ECC failed to score back-to-back points until late in the set. Dallas again came through with a set-clinching kill after Schultz delivered to make it set point. In the third, Madison College went ahead 5-0, and later put together scoring runs of 7-0 and 4-0 to pull away. The match ended on a Spartans attack error.
Offensively, Madison College posted 40 kills and a .315 attack percentage, marking their seventh match this season hitting .300 or better. The home team opened with 17 kills in the first set, followed by 12 and 11 in the subsequent sets, while their attack percentages rose throughout the match from .239 to .370 to .421. They also had a dozen aces, 6.0 blocks, and 47 digs.
Schultz, a versatile outside hitter/libero from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was tops with 13 kills, followed by 11 kills and a .450 efficiency from Dallas, a product of Valders, Wisconsin.
Andrews, a setter from Darlington, Wisconsin, racked up 30 assists, to go along with six kills, a team-high four aces, and six digs.
Freshman libero
Amara Jahner had 17 digs for her 22nd match with double-figures in that category. The former Fox Valley Lutheran HS athlete has amassed ten or more digs in 17 of her last 20 matches.
Up Next:
Madison College (29-6) will square off with #7-seeded Oakton College (21-11) in the Region 4 Tournament Semifinals on Saturday, November 7. The WolfPack is a perfect 12-0 all-time against the Owls, whom they have never played in the postseason. First serve inside H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium will be at approximately 4:00 p.m. and will be streamed live at
MadisonCollege.tv. The winner will play Sunday, November 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the Region 4 Division II Midwest District B Championship against the winner of the semifinal between #3-seeded Sauk Valley Community College (21-15) and #2-seeded Morton College (22-10), with the champion earning an automatic spot in the NJCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championships from November 18-21 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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