Volleyball Today: Wisconsin blasts Penn State; Nebraska, Oregon, Stanford win

Wisconsin reinserted itself into the Big Ten race, not only dealing Penn State its first conference loss, but acing the “eye test.”

In front of a boisterous capacity crowd of 7,229 at Wisconsin Field House and a national television audience on NBC, the No. 7 Badgers (18-5, 12-2 Big Ten) could not have looked more dominant in blowing out the No. 3 Nittany Lions (23-2, 13-1) 25-23, 25-12, 25-13 on Saturday afternoon.

The statistical disparity was startling. Wisconsin recorded 19 blocks to zero for Penn State. The Badgers hit an eye-popping .465 (with two errors) to the Nittany Lions’ .117 (with 22 miscues).

Their performance while knocking off one of the two Big Ten unbeatens (Nebraska is the other) was a 180-degree turn from the Badgers’ stinging three-set loss in Madison last weekend…