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Thursday, November 5
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11/4/2026 2:32:00 PM | Volleyball
EAST LANSING, Mich. -Â Michigan State volleyball begins the final stretch of the regular season this week, traveling to Madison to take on No. 7 Wisconsin on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. ET before returning to the Breslin Center to host Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m.
Both matches will stream on B1G+. Fans can tune into John Kreger's call of the action on MSUSpartans.com or via the Michigan State Athletics app for Saturday's match against the Buckeyes.
PROMOTIONS
Nov. 7 vs. Ohio State - Jr. Spartans Day: Spartan volleyball welcomes Jr. Spartan Members, all are invited to attend the match and be a part of the match day experience!
MSU is 17-5 (7-5 B1G) after dropping back-to-back contests for the first time this season against No. 19 Indiana and No. 1 Nebraska last week at home. The Spartans dropped out of the AVCA Coaches Poll this week but received 64 votes to sit as the first team outside of the top 25. MSU also saw its largest attendance of the season against the Huskers last weekend, welcoming 8,108 fans to the Breslin Center for the fourth-highest attendance total in program history.
The Spartans continued to prove themselves as one of the toughest serving teams in the conference last week, averaging 2.00 service aces per set as team across last week's matches to rank in a tie for second in the B1G. MSU also had a pair of players inside the top five - freshman Madi Andrews (second, 0.89 aces/set) and senior Ky Clayton (fifth, 0.67 aces/set) - in service aces per set in last week's conference matches.Â
Senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston combined for a team-best 21 kills over MSU's two matches, posting nine against Indiana and a team-high 12 against Nebraska. She leads the Spartans with 16 double-digit kill match this season.
Freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews led MSU in kills against Indiana with 12 and just missed a double-double with eight digs while adding a career-high five service aces alongside Ky Clayton. Andrews has put up double-digit kills in six of MSU's last seven matches.
Senior middle blocker Zora Hardison tallied 17 kills last week and added five total blocks, while junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck totaled 13 kills on .750 hitting and led the Spartans in blocks per set with 1.13. Scheck put up a season-high eight kills on nine swings against Indiana with a pair of blocks before posting five kills and a team and season-high seven total blocks against Nebraska.
Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long totaled 62Â assists last week and led MSU in digs per set with 2.11. She recorded her fourth double-double of the season against Nebraska with 26 assists and a team-best 10 digs. Senior libero Lia Schneider posted a team-high 10 digs against Indiana for her 14th double-digit dig match of the season.
About Wisconsin
Wisconsin is 16-6 overall and 10-2 in the conference after winning road contests at USC and UCLA last week. The Badgers have dropped only one match at home this season.
The Badgers lead the all-time series, 60-29, including a 31-8 record in Madison. Wisconsin has won the last 11 contests between the two teams, with the most recent match in the series coming in a 3-0 sweep in East Lansing last season. MSU's last win in the series came on Oct. 7, 2017 in four sets at home. The Spartans also won in Madison earlier that season in five sets on Sept. 22.
Head coach Kelly Sheffield is in his 14th season at Wisconsin.
About Ohio State
Ohio State is 10-12 overall and 3-9 in the conference this season. The Buckeyes dropped a home match against Oregon before falling at Penn State last week.
Ohio State leads the all-time series, 57-32, and holds a slight edge in East Lansing with a 25-20 record. MSU's last win in the series came in Columbus on Oct. 4, 2019, while its last home win in the series was during the prior season on Nov. 7, 2018. The Spartans fell in four sets in Columbus on Nov. 23 last season.
Head coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg is in her seventh season with the Buckeyes. MSU and Ohio State have a unique connection in the world of volleyball operations - current OSU Director of Volleyball Operations, Caitlin Knoll, worked as a student manager for current MSU Director of Volleyball Operations, Shane Wilkinson, while he served in the same role at OSU. She is one of two active DOVOs in the NCAA who served as a student manager under Wilkinson.
Up Next
MSU hosts Purdue inside the Breslin Center on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. on B1G+.
Both matches will stream on B1G+. Fans can tune into John Kreger's call of the action on MSUSpartans.com or via the Michigan State Athletics app for Saturday's match against the Buckeyes.
PROMOTIONS
Nov. 7 vs. Ohio State - Jr. Spartans Day: Spartan volleyball welcomes Jr. Spartan Members, all are invited to attend the match and be a part of the match day experience!
MSU is 17-5 (7-5 B1G) after dropping back-to-back contests for the first time this season against No. 19 Indiana and No. 1 Nebraska last week at home. The Spartans dropped out of the AVCA Coaches Poll this week but received 64 votes to sit as the first team outside of the top 25. MSU also saw its largest attendance of the season against the Huskers last weekend, welcoming 8,108 fans to the Breslin Center for the fourth-highest attendance total in program history.
The Spartans continued to prove themselves as one of the toughest serving teams in the conference last week, averaging 2.00 service aces per set as team across last week's matches to rank in a tie for second in the B1G. MSU also had a pair of players inside the top five - freshman Madi Andrews (second, 0.89 aces/set) and senior Ky Clayton (fifth, 0.67 aces/set) - in service aces per set in last week's conference matches.Â
Senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston combined for a team-best 21 kills over MSU's two matches, posting nine against Indiana and a team-high 12 against Nebraska. She leads the Spartans with 16 double-digit kill match this season.
Freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews led MSU in kills against Indiana with 12 and just missed a double-double with eight digs while adding a career-high five service aces alongside Ky Clayton. Andrews has put up double-digit kills in six of MSU's last seven matches.
Senior middle blocker Zora Hardison tallied 17 kills last week and added five total blocks, while junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck totaled 13 kills on .750 hitting and led the Spartans in blocks per set with 1.13. Scheck put up a season-high eight kills on nine swings against Indiana with a pair of blocks before posting five kills and a team and season-high seven total blocks against Nebraska.
Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long totaled 62Â assists last week and led MSU in digs per set with 2.11. She recorded her fourth double-double of the season against Nebraska with 26 assists and a team-best 10 digs. Senior libero Lia Schneider posted a team-high 10 digs against Indiana for her 14th double-digit dig match of the season.
About Wisconsin
Wisconsin is 16-6 overall and 10-2 in the conference after winning road contests at USC and UCLA last week. The Badgers have dropped only one match at home this season.
The Badgers lead the all-time series, 60-29, including a 31-8 record in Madison. Wisconsin has won the last 11 contests between the two teams, with the most recent match in the series coming in a 3-0 sweep in East Lansing last season. MSU's last win in the series came on Oct. 7, 2017 in four sets at home. The Spartans also won in Madison earlier that season in five sets on Sept. 22.
Head coach Kelly Sheffield is in his 14th season at Wisconsin.
About Ohio State
Ohio State is 10-12 overall and 3-9 in the conference this season. The Buckeyes dropped a home match against Oregon before falling at Penn State last week.
Ohio State leads the all-time series, 57-32, and holds a slight edge in East Lansing with a 25-20 record. MSU's last win in the series came in Columbus on Oct. 4, 2019, while its last home win in the series was during the prior season on Nov. 7, 2018. The Spartans fell in four sets in Columbus on Nov. 23 last season.
Head coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg is in her seventh season with the Buckeyes. MSU and Ohio State have a unique connection in the world of volleyball operations - current OSU Director of Volleyball Operations, Caitlin Knoll, worked as a student manager for current MSU Director of Volleyball Operations, Shane Wilkinson, while he served in the same role at OSU. She is one of two active DOVOs in the NCAA who served as a student manager under Wilkinson.
Up Next
MSU hosts Purdue inside the Breslin Center on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. on B1G+.
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