Northwestern defeats Minnesota in five sets.
Minnesota lost in five sets to the Wildcats at Maturi Pavilion, despite 16 kills apiece from Taylor Landfair and Mckenna Wucherer. Junior outside hitter Jenna Wenaas (shown above diving against Florida earlier this season) led the Gophers with 12 kills and 18 digs in Wednesday's five-set loss to Northwestern. Source Northwestern volleyball defeated a top-10 ranked team for the first match ever on the road on Wednesday night. At Maturi Pavilion, the Wildcats beat the seventh-ranked Gophers in five games (25-21, 21-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-13). Ever since Hugh McCutcheon took over as head coach, Minnesota was undefeated in their 16 meetings against Northwestern. The Golden Gophers (6-5, 1-2 Big Ten) were led by redshirt sophomore Taylor Landfair's 16 kills and freshman Mckenna Wucherer's 16, as well as junior Jenna Wenaas' 12 kills and 18 digs. Temi Thomas-Ailara had 17 kills to lead Northwestern (12-3, 1-2) in that category. Minnesota had a.216 batting average while Kentucky...