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.

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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 managed only a.167 average. However, Northwestern won in kills (63-60), digs (77-69) and aces (8-2). (6-4).


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Thursday night at 7 o'clock, the Gophers soccer team (5-5-1, 1-2 Big Ten) will host the Wolverines (5-4-2, 0-2-1). Minnesota Gophers graduate defender and Washington U. transfer Gabbie Cesarone has scored on a header in each of the team's last three games. Junior Sammi Wood leads the Wolverines with 11 goals this season, which is good for second most in the conference.


On Sunday afternoon, attention turns to Iowa.

Minneaplis — On Wednesday night at Maturi Pavilion, the No. 7 University of Minnesota volleyball team lost in five sets to the No. 10 Northwestern Wildcats, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17, 20-25, 13-15.


Minnesota was paced by Jenna Wenaas, who had a triple-double of 12 kills, 7 blocks (a personal best), and 18 digs (season-high). A combined 16 kills came from Taylor Landfair and Mckenna Wucherer.


The Minnesota Gophers are currently 6-5 overall and 1-2 in the Big Ten. 216, including 60 kills, 15 blocks, 69 assists, and 4 aces. Northwestern scored twelve times in a row. 67 kills, 12 blocks, 77 assists, 6 aces, and 167 total points.


As a team, Northwestern was led by Temi Thomas-Ailara who with 17 kills.


Details of the Set:

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Set 1:

Minnesota took an early 2-0 block lead and went on a 4-0 run, but Northwestern rallied to even the score at 6-6. Later, the Gophers went on a 4-1 tear to take a 10-7 advantage. The run was fueled by a block from Carter Booth and Melani Shaffmaster and kills from Jenna Wenaas and Mckenna Wucherer. The Gophers led 12-9, but a 4-1 surge by the Wildcats brought them within a point. With kills from Taylor Landfair and Booth, Minnesota would take a 15-14 lead into the TV break. After the half, the visitors went on a 4-1 run to take an 18-16 lead and force coach McCutcheon to call time. After bringing it within a point on a kill from Wucherer, the Gophers called timeout again, and the Wildcats responded by scoring three consecutive points to extend their lead to 21-17. The Wildcats had a five-point lead, 23-18, but a 4-1 run by the Gophers trimmed it to 24-22 and forced a timeout. Once back from the break, NU would finish out the set with a kill and take the victory, 25-22. Minnesota batted.278 against Northwestern's.312 average. The Gophers were led by Landfair and Wucherer, who each recorded four kills.


Set 2:

After Minnesota scored five of the game's first six points, the Wildcats went on a 7-0 run to take an 8-5 lead and force coach McCutcheon to call timeout. N.U. served two aces, while Minnesota committed two attacking errors and a setting fault in the run. The Wildcats maintained a two- to three-point advantage until the 11-8 mark, when a 4-0 run by the Gophers retook the lead and prompted a timeout from Northwestern. During the run, Wenaas had a kill and a block, while Landfair had a kill. After NU knotted it at 12, the Gophers scored three more points on a block by Husemann and Wenaas and kills by Landfair and Wenaas. With a 15-12 deficit, NU called timeout. Kills from Booth, Landfair, and Wucherer helped Minnesota stretch their lead to six at 20-14, but a 3-0 NU run helped the Gophers claw back to within one point. At 21-19, the Wildcats were within two points of the Gophers, and the visitors called their second timeout of the set. The rest of the game was a runaway for Minnesota, who eventually won 25-21. Elise McGhie served an ace to win the set 2-0. For the game, Minnesota hit.209, while Northwestern hit.102. Wenaas had six digs, three kills, and three blocks, and Landfair led the team with five kills.


Set 3:

After a short break, Minnesota came out strong in the second set, scoring six of the opening seven points to force a timeout from NU. Aside from Landfair's two kills, Husemann and Landfair each contributed one to the run's total. After the Wildcats had narrowed the lead to 9-5, a 5-3 run by the 'U pushed the advantage back to seven points, at 14-8, forcing the Wildcats to call their second timeout of the set. During the brief scoring surge, Wenaas was responsible for two kills, while Booth and Wucherer each contributed to one. U won the third set 25-17, as the Wildcats never got closer than five points the rest of the way. In the deciding set, Minnesota hit.400 while Northwestern hit.028. With four kills apiece, Wenaas and Wucherer were our most lethal hitters.


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