Down the stretch, the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (14-3 Big Ten, 23-3 overall) didn’t do enough against the No. 16 Purdue Boilermakers (12-5, 18-8), dropping their second straight match on the road, this time in five sets (25-22, 19-25, 22-25, 25-23, 14-26).
Although middle blocker Anna Smrek was on the trip, the Canadian star did not play for the second consecutive match, leading to another improvised rotation with Julia Orzou0142 once again stepping into the front row and Gülce Güçtekin becoming libero.
For a second-straight match, that lineup change really seemed to affect the Badgers, who lacked a consistent option outside of outside hitter Sarah Franklin.