Rhode Island Starters
Wright, Paulette, Shilling, Pinell, Vente, Butler, Blaney
 
Wisconsin Starters
Crawford, Robinson, Ashburn, Franklin, Hart, Orzol, Guctekin
 
Set One – Wisconsin 25, Rhode Island 16
The fourth-ranked Badgers opened strong, serving seven aces in the first set and holding Rhode Island to just 10 kills. Rhody's last lead in the set was at 4-3 as a 6-0 run put Wisconsin on top for good. The Rams cut it to three at 12-9 but another 6-0 push by the Badgers effectively put things out of reach at 18-9. Six of URI's final seven points came on kills, but UW's lead was never truly threatened.

Set Two – Wisconsin 25, Rhode Island 10
The Badgers rolled through the second set and never let the Rams establish any sort of rhythm. Rhody managed back-to-back points just once – when a UW service error was followed by block assists from Mariah Paulette and Karlee Pinell to cut the Badgers' lead to 5-4. Overall for the set, the Rams had a -.036 hitting percentage as they recorded just five kills on 28 attacks with six errors. At the opposite end of the court, Wisconsin had 16 kills on 26 swings with only one attack error (.577).
 
Set Three – Wisconsin 25, Rhode Island 16
Wisconsin never trailed in the third set and did not give up a kill until Brynne Wright dropped one in to close the gap to 8-5. The Rams were unable to get any closer though, as the Badgers kept their foot on the gas. Emma Vente had a pair of aces for URI and Wright recorded kills for Rhody's final three points, but the Wisconsin completed the sweep with a 25-16 win.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Attendance for the match was 7,204 - the largest crowd Rhode Island has ever played in front of.
• Rhode Island was held to just 22 kills and an .066 attack percentage on the afternoon. Meanwhile, Wisconsin hit at a .459 clip and finished the match with 40 kills.
• Junior Brynne Wright recorded a team-high nine kills for the Rams. She also had five digs.
• Sophomore Katie Butler finished the match with 13 assists, two digs and one kill.
• Sophomore Hannah Blaney had eight digs and four assists.
• Redshirt freshman Emma Vente added two service aces.
• Grad student Mariah Paulette and freshman Karlee Pinell both had four kills, one block an one dig.

Up Next
The Rams return to Keaney Gymnasium to host Saint Louis on Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (4 p.m.)