Madison College Wolfpack

MADISON, WISC. - The Madison College women's volleyball team was unable to successfully defend their Region 4 Division II Championship from 2025 as they lost 3-1 to Sauk Valley Community College in the title match on Sunday inside H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium. The #2-seeded WolfPack dispensed of #7-seeded Oakton College in a 3-0 sweep during Saturday's semifinals before seeing their Region 4 Tournament run ended by the #6-seeded Skyhawks, who were the other Region 4 champions last fall.

Semifinal Match: (2) Madison College 3, (7) Oakton College 0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-11)

Madison College turned their game up a notch in Saturday's semifinal route of the Owls. An early 4-0 run started by an Ella Vosberg kill gave the WolfPack a 7-4 lead in the first set, but after Oakton College (21-12) battled back to even the score at 10-10, the home team had an answer. Sam Schultz served up a pair of aces during a 6-0 surge, and then consecutive kills by Vosberg and Makayla Dallas helped the Pack in another 5-0 burst to make it 22-13. 

The second set was all WolfPack, who scored the first nine points, four of which were the result of more aces by Schultz. Madison College continued to surge ahead with scoring runs of four and three points before closing out the 18-point set win with the final seven points, including another pair of aces from freshman Jaydon Golsteyn.

In the third set, it was once again Madison College to come out of the gates fast, taking an 8-0 lead with two Schultz aces and two Vosberg kills. Vosberg added four more kills as she led the Pack to a 18-4 lead. After Oakton College won seven of the next 11 points, the WolfPack closed out the match with a kill and back-to-back aces by Caylee Coggins.

Madison College posted a .204 attack percentage behind 33 kills, while also producing 13 aces, five blocks, and 47 digs. Oakton College tallied just a dozen kills and a -.060 hitting efficiency, to go along with one ace, two blocks, and 39 digs.

Vosberg, an outside hitter from Cuba City, Wisconsin, racked up 14 kills and hit at a .314 clip in her first game back after missing the quarterfinal match on Wednesday. She also added seven digs. Coggins finished with six kills, followed by five each for setter Allie Andrews and freshman middle blocker Katrina Meinholz. 

Andrews registered 21 assists and ten digs for her 15th double-double of the season. Schultz tallied a team-high eight aces and 11 digs. 

Madison College is now a perfect 13-0 all-time against the Owls, with Saturday's meeting marking the first in postseason play.

Championship Match: (6) Sauk Valley Community College 3, (2) Madison College 1 (25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22))

Sunday's Midwest District B championship pitted last year's two Region 4 champions in a head-to-head battle one month and a day after the WolfPack swept the Skyhawks during the Madison College Quad. Sauk Valley Community College, who reached the title match with a 3-2 reverse sweep over #3-seeded Morton College in the semifinals. 

Following an Allie Andrews kill to open the match with a 1-0 lead for Madison College, Sauk Valley Community College (23-15) went on a 10-1 run to take control of the first set. The differential grew to 14-4 before the WolfPack narrowed it back to within six at 19-13 following a quick 3-0 run with an ace by Caylee Coggins and a kill from Ella Vosberg. The Skyhawks, however, claimed six of the final eight points to win the opener.

Set two brought many of the same struggles early for Madison College, falling behind 5-0 out of the gates. The WolfPack later engineered a 6-1 surge thanks to an ace by freshman Braelee Kiepert and three attack errors from SVCC to tie the score at 11-11. Sauk Valley responded with four straight points to regain control. Another Vosberg kill later in the set closed the deficit to a single point at 21-20 and forced a SVCC timeout; but the Skyhawks won the next four points to go ahead two-sets-to-none.

With their backs against the wall, Madison College dug deep in the third despite again falling behind early by a 4-1 margin. They quickly tied it up before the teams traded small runs. Trailing 20-17, Makayla Dallas hammered home back-to-back kills, followed by three straight from Sam Schultz for a 5-1 burst that gave the home team a 22-21 lead. Following two Skyhawks points, the WolfPack took three straight to get a set victory and force a fourth set.

Feeding off the momentum of the third set win, Madison College opened with three consecutive points and led 4-1 in the fourth. A 4-0 surge later in the set opened up a 15-8 advantage for the home team thanks to two kills from Kiepert. Sauk Valley Community College rallied back with a 9-2 stretch to take an 18-17 lead. A Dallas kill and two Kiepert aces regained a 20-18 lead for the Pack; however, SVCC called a timeout and went on a 7-2 closing stretch to win the match.

Madison College finished with 41 kills and a .050 attack percentage after a season-high 33 attack errors, while Sauk Valley had 48 kills and a .188 efficiency. The WolfPack also produced eight aces, ten blocks, and 67 digs. The double-digit blocks ties for the most in a match this season.

Vosberg, the program's all-time leader in kills, had 14 kills, as well as 11 digs for her 11th double-double of 2026 and her 23rd match with ten or more kills. Dallas, a second year right side hitter from Valders, Wisconsin, was next with eight kills. Schultz and Kiepert each had six.

Andrews, the program's all-time leader in assists, posted 31 helpers, as well as nine digs.

Defensively, freshman libero Amara Jahner had a team-high 19 digs, while Schultz added 11. Caylee Coggins racked up 3.5 blocks.



Up Next: 

Madison College (30-7), ranked #12 in the last NJCAA Division II Poll, will await the Wednesday, November 11 bracket reveal to see if they receive one of four available at-large bids to the 2026 NJCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from November 18-21.

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