The Wisconsin Badgers had fewer kills, more errors, a lower hitting percentage, fewer assists, fewer aces, fewer digs and fewer blocks than the Florida Gators on Monday night in the Elite 8. The Wisconsin Badgers were down 9-7 in the fifth set — the first match all season UW was pushed to a fifth set.
None of that mattered in the end, as Wisconsin’s spectacular senior class willed the Badgers and dragged the team over the line to gut out an instant classic, five-set-thriller (30-28, 18-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-12) to advance to their second straight final four.