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Michigan Downs Hoosiers, Pushes Win Streak to Three

The University of Michigan volleyball team won its third straight match and moved one step closer to the fifth postseason berth in seven seasons with a 3-0 (30-22, 30-18, 30-25) win over Indiana Friday night (Nov. 11) at Cliff Keen Arena. The match will air on Comcast SportsNet Chicago on Saturday (Nov. 12) at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Sophomore Katie Bruzdzinski led all players with 16 kills for her 10th double-digit outing in a row, while sophomore Lyndsay Miller had 15 kills on 23 swings while hitting a match-high .522. Junior Danielle Pflum also hit double figures with 11 kills on 23 swings, terminating seven balls in game three. Sophomore Stesha Selsky and sophomore/freshman Mara Martin reached double digits in digs, with Selsky tallying 16 for her 23rd double-digit outing in 25 matches and Martin recording 13.

Michigan improves to 13-12 overall and 7-9 in Big Ten play, while Indiana falls to 9-18 and 2-13. The win guarantees that Michigan will find itself in sixth place in the Big Ten standings with four matches remaining and leaves the Wolverines with a task of finishing the season 2-2 to qualify for NCAA postseason consideration.

Posted by Mark Slattery at 10:57 PM on November 13, 2005
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Wolverines Top Seventh-Ranked Badgers in Five Games

In the biggest upset in University of Michigan volleyball history, the Wolverines outlasted No. 7-ranked Wisconsin on Saturday (Oct. 22), winning 3-2 (30-24, 18-30, 30-28, 25-30, 16-14) and handing the Badgers just their third loss on the season. In the process the Wolverines snapped their four-match losing streak and earned their first victory over the Badgers in head coach Mark Rosen's tenure.

The win was Rosen's 13th over a top-25 program while with the Wolverines and his second over a seventh-ranked program. The No. 7 Badgers are the highest ranked opponent that the Wolverines have defeated in program history, tied with No. 7 BYU, which fell to Michigan in 1999 in Rosen's first match at the helm of the Wolverines. The win over Wisconsin also marked the 500th victory in program history.