Year-By-Year Results 1997
Record: 34-2 • Big Ten: 19-1 NCAA Runners-Up Big Ten Co-Champions Head Coach: Russ Rose
The 1997 squad finished second in the nation and captured the Big Ten title.
1995
1996
Record: 27-8 • Big Ten: 14-6 Head Coach: Russ Rose
Record: 31-3 • Big Ten: 18-2 Big Ten Co-Champions Head Coach: Russ Rose
Aug. 25-26 - at NACWAA Classic (Lincoln, Neb.) (!) !A25 at Nebraska 4-15, 3-15, 6-15 L !A26 Cal St. Northridge 15-5, 15-9, 15-1 W Sept. 1-2 - at Penn State Classic (#) #S1 Louisiana State 15-10, 15-2, 15-9 W #S2 West Virginia 15-1, 15-7, 15-1 W #S2 Washington 15-9, 15-9, 15-9 W Sept. 8-9 - at Lobo Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) ($) $S8 Iowa State 15-5, 15-7, 15-6 W $S9 Oregon State 15-6, 15-4, 15-13 W $S9 at New Mexico 15-8, 15-5, 15-12 W Sept. 15-16 - at Penn State Invitational (*) *S15 Lehigh 15-2, 15-4, 15-3 W *S16 St. Bonaventure 15-2, 15-1, 15-8 W *S16 Connecticut 15-0, 15-0, 15-9 W S22 at Indiana 15-0, 15-8, 15-10 W S23 at Illinois 15-10, 13-15, 12-15, 15-11, 15-13 W S29 Minnesota 15-8, 15-5, 15-5 W S30 Wisconsin 15-11, 15-6, 16-14 W O4 at Ohio State 8-12, 7-11, 21-18 L O6 George Mason 11-15, 15-4, 15-8, 15-2 W O7 Iowa 16-18, 15-12, 15-4, 15-6 W O13 at Purdue 17-15, 18-16, 15-10 W O14 at Northwestern 15-7, 15-4, 15-13 W O17 Duke 15-9, 15-5, 15-9 W O20 Michigan 15-4, 15-5, 15-2 W O21 Michigan St. 6-14, 6-15, 10-15, 15-13, 14-16 L O27 at Wisconsin 21-8, 21-9, 15-11 W O28 at Minnesota 15-11, 15-7, 15-12 W N1 Ohio State 5-15, 14-16, 13-15 L N3 at Iowa 15-9, 15-4, 15-9 W N10 Northwestern 15-7, 15-1, 15-3 W N11 Purdue 15-5, 15-2, 15-6 W N17 at Michigan State 14-16, 8-15, 7-15 L N18 at Mich. 12-15, 15-10, 15-13, 5-15, 13-15 L N24 Illinois 15-17, 13-15, 15-9, 15-3, 11-15 L N25 Indiana 17-15, 15-6, 15-7 W NCAA Sub-Regional (University Park, Pa.) D3 Georgia Tech 15-8, 15-5, 15-5 W NCAA Mideast Regional (Lincoln, Neb.) 7-15, 6-15, 16-14, 2-15
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Sept. 1 - Louisiana State Classic (!) !S1 Memphis 15-6, 15-3, 15-1 W !S1 at LSU 15-3, 15-7, 15-6 W S2 at New Orleans 15-7, 15-5, 15-5 W Sept. 6-7 - Penn State Invitational (#) #S6 Connecticut 15-2, 15-12, 15-4 W #S7 St. Bonaventure 15-3, 15-6, 15-3 W #S7 Massachusetts 15-8, 15-9, 15-4 W Sept. 13-14 - Mizuno USA Cup (Chicago, Ill.) ($) $S13 Notre Dame 10-15, 15-6, 16-14, 16-14 W $S14 Washington State 15-6, 15-8, 15-11 W Sept. 20-21 - Penn State Classic (*) S20 Baylor 15-5, 15-5, 15-11 W S21 William & Mary 15-6, 15-6, 15-3 W S21 Alabama 15-2, 15-2, 15-5 W S27 at Minnesota 15-11, 15-3, 15-12 W S28 at Wisconsin 15-13, 17-15, 15-9 W O4 Purdue 15-7, 15-8, 15-8 W O5 Indiana 15-2, 15-11, 15-8 W O11 at Michigan St. 15-9, 7-15, 7-15, 15-9, 12-15 L O12 at Northwestern 15-8, 15-7, 15-11 W O16 at Ohio State 15-8, 15-10, 10-14, 10-17, 15-17 L O19 Michigan 15-5, 15-1, 15-9 W O25 Iowa 15-4, 15-2, 15-5 W O26 Illinois 15-11, 15-7, 15-13 W N1 at Indiana 15-6, 15-10, 15-13 W N2 at Purdue 15-12, 15-5, 15-10 W N8 Northwestern 15-3, 15-2, 15-0 W N9 Michigan St. 19-9, 10-14, 18-10, 17-14 W N13 Ohio State 6-15, 15-4, 15-12, 15-5 W N15 at Michigan 15-6, 15-4, 15-11 W N22 at Illinois 15-7, 11-9, 10-14, 17-8 W N23 at Iowa 11-15, 15-6, 15-9, 15-4 W N29 Wisconsin 15-9, 15-11, 7-15, 15-8 W N30 Minnesota 11-15, 15-7, 15-10, 15-13 W NCAA Sub-Regional (University Park, Pa.) D8 Georgia Tech 15-7, 15-10, 15-13 W NCAA East Regional (Lincoln, Neb.) D13 Wisconsin 15-11, 15-5, 15-5 W D14 at Nebraska 12-15, 15-8, 13-15, 15-9, 18-20 L
Aug. 22-23 - NACWAA Classic (Palo Alto, Calif.) (!) !A22 Brigham Young 15-8, 15-5, 12-15, 15-13 W !A23 at Stanford 15-8, 15-13, 15-9 W A29 Duquesne 15-3, 15-2, 15-0 W Sept. 5-6 - Connecticut Invitational (#) #S5 at Connecticut 15-5, 15-2, 15-4 W #S6 Missouri 15-3, 15-7, 15-6 W #S6 Stanford 14-16, 15-6, 15-12, 15-7 W Sept. 12-13 - Penn State Classic ($) $S12 West Virginia 15-0, 15-2, 15-2 W $S13 UNC-Asheville 15-1, 15-0, 15-6 W $S13 Massachusetts 15-3, 15-0, 15-9 W Sept. 19-20 - Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge (Madison, Wis) (*) *S19 Nebraska 16-14, 15-12, 16-14 W *S20 Texas 15-3, 15-7, 7-15, 15-4 W S26 at Ohio State 15-1, 15-8, 15-6 W S27 at Purdue 15-3, 12-15, 15-7, 15-2 W O3 Illinois 15-9, 15-5, 15-2 W O4 Wisconsin 15-11, 15-9, 15-11 W O6 Team USA (Exh.) 15-8, 15-13, 13-15, 15-12 W O10 Iowa 15-9, 15-7, 15-7 W O11 Minnesota 15-3, 15-3, 11-15, 15-1 W O17 at Michigan 15-5, 15-7, 15-7 W O19 at N’western 15-3, 15-11, 7-15, 13-15, 16-14 W O22 at Indiana 15-3, 15-4, 12-15, 15-6 W O25 Michigan State 15-9, 15-6, 15-9 W O31 at Wisconsin 11-15, 7-15, 15-6, 5-15 L N1 at Illinois 13-15, 15-7, 18-16, 15-13 W N7 at Minnesota 15-6, 15-6, 15-13 W N8 at Iowa 15-6, 15-6, 15-10 W N14 Purdue 15-10, 15-8, 15-6 W N15 Ohio State 15-7, 15-4, 15-13 W N21 Northwestern 15-9, 15-0, 15-3 W N22 Michigan 15-6, 15-8, 15-8 W N26 Indiana 15-9, 15-5, 15-7 W N28 at Michigan State 15-5, 15-4, 15-5 W NCAA Sub-Regional (University Park, Pa.) D6 Northern Illinois 15-8, 15-7, 15-4 W NCAA East Regional (University Park, Pa.) D12 Ohio State 15-4, 15-4, 15-10 W D13 Brigham Young 15-0, 15-12, 15-10 W NCAA National Semifinal (Spokane, Wash.) D18 Florida 15-11, 15-12, 15-13 W NCAA National Final (Spokane, Wash.) D20 Stanford 10-15, 6-15, 15-2, 17-15, 9-15 L
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