No. 11 Badgers roll past Spartans

Friday, November 14

East Lansing, MI

6 PM

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Michigan State

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Photo by: Ashley Steltenpohl

No. 11 Badgers roll past Spartans

November 14, 2025 | Volleyball

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UW swings .398 in road contest

By: Maddox Durst

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The No. 11 Wisconsin volleyball team earned its fourth-straight win with a sweep over Michigan State (25-17, 25-21, 28-26) on Friday night at the Breslin Center.

The Badgers (19-4, 12-3) utilized their strong block in the first set, providing a physical presence at the front net. Senior Carter Booth led the way with five in the frame, as UW racked up seven in total.

Outside hitter Mimi Colyer tallied four kills down the stretch to seal a victory in set one, as the Badgers went on to win 25-17 while holding the Spartans to a hitting percentage of .000.

Michigan State (18-7, 8-7) held an advantage early in the second set, but Wisconsin was able to build momentum with the help of their block once again. The Badgers racked up two in their 6-1 run to take a lead at 14-12.

Wisconsin and the Spartans continued to trade points throughout the set before Colyer created a 4-0 run of her own—turning in four-straight kills to provide a 23-20 cushion for the Badgers. Booth secured a kill and UW capitalized on a Michigan State attack error to go up 2-0 in the match.

The Spartans came out strong once again to start set three, going up 15-11 at the midway point. Michigan State held a 20-15 lead before the Badgers were able to put together a 4-0 run behind middle blocker Natalie Wardlow's serve.

UW continued to battle, winning five-of-six points down the stretch to take a 24-23 advantage—completing that stretch with a resilient effort and a kill from outside hitter Una Vajagic.

Set three saw extra points, as Wisconsin was able to close out their 12th conference win of the year with a kill apiece from middle blocker Alicia Andrew and Colyer.

After a slow start, Colyer put together another quality showing on the offensive end for the Badgers, finishing with 21 kills on a .412 hitting percentage.

Vajagic followed closely by notching her career-best hitting percentage at .611 (12 - 1 - 18). The redshirt sophomore's 12 kills marks the 10th time this season she has eclipsed 10 or more in a match.

Booth nearly accumulated a double-double on the evening, leading the Badgers with 10 blocks while adding nine kills. The senior's 10 blocks were good for a season-best.

Setter Charlie Fuerbringer was the catalyst offensively, dishing out 43 assists and a pair of service aces to power UW to a .398 swing percentage (51 - 14 - 93). The Hermosa Beach, California, native chipped in four blocks and eight digs, too.

UW concluded the night with 13 blocks in comparison to Michigan State's six, holding the Spartans to a .189 hitting percentage (35 - 17 - 95).

Straight from the Court
Head Coach Kelly Sheffield (on the team's versatility, depth): We are as deep as we have been all year long. Happy as we were kind of moving through the match and trying different things and finding some different ways of succeeding. Our in-game was what was really good. We were really good in in-game situations in the second set and in the third set coming back and staying together ."

Setter Charlie Fuerbringer (on responding after trailing in set three): "He was just telling us to stick with it. There were a couple of details that were messy on our side, but towards the end we just kept battling and we were down 22-18 in that third and we just kept battling. We needed to play Badger volleyball, that was a big focus this week, and that's exactly what we did."

Notes:

The Badgers held its opponent under .200 hitting percentage for the 15th time this season, while the Badgers hit .300 or better for the 13th time this season.
Senior Carter Booth set a season-high 10.0 blocks against Michigan State.
Outside hitter Una Vajagic hit a season and career-best .611. She totaled 12 kills on 18 swings with just one error.
Setter Charlie Fuerbringer tied a season-best four blocks against the Spartans.
Senior Mimi Colyer totaled 21 kills for her seventh 20 or more kills match. Colyer paced the Badger offense with 21 kills on 34 swings while also hitting .412 (21-7-34). She has now reached double-digit kills in every match but one.
Freshman Aniya Warren saw time as the libero against MSU for her first time in the libero jersey this season.

Up Next: The Badgers will be back in action tomorrow night, as they are set to take on Illinois in Champaign at 8:00 p.m. CT. The match will be streamed on B1G+.