The No. 4 team in the country was too much for the IU women’s volleyball team Saturday night.
Despite building a quick 6-3 lead, IU (14-10, 5-7) fell to Wisconsin (20-2, 11-1) in three sets at University Gym.
Junior Amelia Anderson led the Hoosiers, recording nine kills, six digs and four blocks. Senior Morgan Leach had six kills in the match.
Leach was honored before the game for reaching 1,000 career kills in a game against Ohio State on ?Oct. 17.
After trailing to open the first set, the Badgers went on an 8-4 run to take control of the match, leading to the victory.
There were seven ties throughout the set, but IU couldn’t reclaim the lead in a 25-18 loss.
In the second set, Wisconsin took a 15-8 lead.
IU couldn’t withstand 9-4 and 5-1 runs and lost 25-15 in the set to further dig the hole.
Errors plagued the Hoosiers in a 25-18, third-set loss. Anderson led IU, connecting on five of six kill ?attempts.
Sophomore Megan Tallman had 16 assists in ?the match.
With nine digs, junior libero Courtney Harnish is now tied for 10th on the Hoosiers all-time single season dig list with 381 for her career.
IU has eight matches remaining this season.
The Hoosiers play next against Iowa at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Grace Palmieri
