No. 21 Arkansas Hosts No. 1 Wisconsin for Pair of Midweek Matches
The No. 1 volleyball team in the country will come back to Barnhill Arena for the first time in nearly 13 years this week.
In Monday’s AVCA Coaches Poll, Arkansas checked in at No. 21 and Wisconsin at No. 1, setting up for a historic couple of days in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks take on the Badgers at 7 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday from Barnhill Arena, with Wednesday’s match broadcast on SEC Network and Thursday’s on ESPNU.
Wednesday’s match is a red out and Thursday’s is a white out. Arkansas had an excellent opening weekend in terms of attendance, with 2,745 fans at Barnhill Arena over the two matches, which checks in at 24th-best in the country. The average attendance of 1,373 falls within the top 20 at No. 16. Friday’s match against Michigan State was the highest-attended home opener ever and fourth highest-attended match in program history with 1,717 fans.
The all-time series between the Badgers and the Hogs is tied at 2-2, and the teams last played each other in 2017, a win for Wisconsin. This week’s matches will be the first time that Arkansas and Wisconsin haven’t played at a neutral site. Each team is currently 2-0, Wisconsin opened the season with victories over No. 16 Baylor (3-1) and TCU (3-0) in the Big 10/Big 12 Challenge.
The last, and only, time the top-ranked team in the country came to Barnhill was Florida in 2010, a 3-1 loss for the Hogs. Arkansas has played a No. 1 three times, the last being Nebraska in 2016.
Tickets for both matches are on sale via the Razorback Ticket Center, online, in person or by phone.
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