Investigative journalism by yours truly has discovered that “The Big Ten” has 14 teams! But when it comes to Women’s Volleyball, it makes more sense to talk about “The Big Six” (especially given that the conference itself seems casual about math). These nationally-ranked teams include #1-ranked Wisconsin, #4-ranked Nebraska, #5-ranked Minnesota, #10-ranked Penn State, #11-ranked Purdue and #19-ranked Ohio State.
In the Big Ten (or 14), our Gophers are in third place:
W L
Ohio State 11 0
Wisconsin 10 0
Minnesota 9 1
Nebraska 7 1
Purdue 8 4
Penn State 4 3
But I thought it might be interesting to look at how these teams are doing in the theoretical Big Six (really, no more theoretical than the Big Ten), where the Gophers are, arguably, in first place:
W L
Minnesota 5 1
Wisconsin 2 0
Ohio State 1 0
Nebraska 1 1
Penn State 0 3
Purdue 0 4
- The Gophers swept Penn State & Purdue, and split with Nebraska.
- The Badgers swept Purdue (the first weekend of the season, with Purdue’s best player out of the line-up.)
- Penn State lost, in 5 sets, in Columbus, on Feb 17. The rematch is scheduled for March 3, in State College.
- Last weekend’s matches featuring the Huskers at Madison were postponed due to Covid.
UP NEXT
Gophers vs First Place (in the Big 10) Ohio State at Ohio State, 5:00 Friday and Saturday, both matches on BTN+
Next week’s matches, at home vs Illinois, should be on Channel 9.