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Michigan State University
17-6,7-6Big Ten
Wisconsin
17-6,11-2Big Ten
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. | 26 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 3 |
11/5/2026 10:52:00 PM | Volleyball
MADISON, Wis. - Michigan State volleyball fell to seventh-ranked Wisconsin in four sets (24-26, 25-21, 27-25, 25-20) Thursday evening inside Wisconsin's UW Field House.Â
MSU drops to 17-6 overall and 7-6 in the conference with the result, while Wisconsin improves to 17-6 and 11-2 in the Big Ten.Â
The Spartans led the Badgers in total kills (58-55), total blocks (12-10) and digs (58-56), while Wisconsin held an 8-2 advantage in service aces.Â
MSU was led in kills by senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston, who posted a career-high 22. Senior middle blocker Zora Hardison posted 13 kills on .500 hitting, while freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews recorded 12 kills and 14 digs for her first-career double-double and added a team-best two service aces.Â
Junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck posted a team and season-high seven blocks, including three solo blocks. Redshirt sophomore Malayah Long recorded a team-high 42 assists with seven digs and senior libero Lia Schneider posted a team-best 17 digs.Â
After a back-and-forth start to the first set, MSU used a pair of Wisconsin attack errors and kills from Hayley Ogden and Andrews to take a 10-7 lead before increasing its lead to four at 12-8 with a Hardison kill and block from Andrews and Hardison. The Badgers followed with a 7-1 run to take a one-point, 15-14 lead at the media timeout. MSU tied the set back up at 17-17 with a 3-1 run from kills from Long, Bankston and Ogden and again at 18-18 after a Wisconsin attack error. MSU took a timeout after a Badger kill put Wisconsin back up by a point at 21-20 before the Spartans forced Wisconsin into a timeout of their own following back-to-back points from a Bankston kill and Wisconsin error at 23-22. Back-to-back Wisconsin points out of the timeout got the Badgers to set point at 24-23 to force an MSU timeout, but a Bankston kill out of the timeout followed by a solo stuff from Scheck helped the Spartans to their own set point at 25-24. After a Wisconsin timeout, MSU finished off the set and a 3-0 run with a block from Scheck and Ogden to take the first, 26-24.Â
MSU took a timeout after Wisconsin fired off five-straight points to take a 7-4 lead in the second. An Andrews kill at 8-5 got MSU back within three after a Wisconsin service ace extended the Badger lead to four, but Wisconsin followed with a 7-3 run to take a 15-8 advantage at the media timeout. A Hardison solo block, pair of kills from Bankston and Ogden kill then helped MSU to a 4-2 run out of the timeout to cut the Badger lead to five before a block from Scheck and Ogden and Wisconsin attack error trimmed the advantage to four at 18-14. Wisconsin responded with a kill to take back a five-point lead at 19-14 and force an MSU timeout. The Badgers took a six-point lead at 21-15 with a kill before MSU fired off three-straight points with a Long kill, block from Long and Hardison and Wisconsin attack error to force a Badger timeout at 21-18. MSU put down another kill from Bankston out of the timeout to get within two at 21-19. The Spartans got within a pair two more times, but Wisconsin finished off the set with back-to-back points to win the second, 25-21.Â
Neither team was able to take more than a one-point advantage in the early points of the third set until Wisconsin took a two-point lead at 12-10. MSU responded with kills from Andrews and Bankston to tie the set back up at 12-12Â and used a 3-0 run with kills from Scheck and Andrews and a Hardison and Ogden block to take a two-point 15-13 lead at the media timeout. Wisconsin took a timeout after an Andrews kill and Badger attack error extended MSU's advantage to three at 17-14. The Badgers put down back-to-back kills out of the timeout to get within one at 17-16, but a Hardison kill and Andrews service ace extended MSU's lead back to three at 19-16. MSU forced another Wisconsin timeout after taking a 21-18 lead following a Hardison kill and Wisconsin attack error. The Spartans called a timeout after Wisconsin got within two at 23-21 and again at 24-23. Wisconsin used a 4-1 run to take the third, 27-25.Â
MSU took a timeout after Wisconsin used a 3-0 run to take a three-point, 9-6 lead in the fourth. Back-to-back Badger errors got the Spartans within five after the Badgers took a 14-7 lead before a Wisconsin kill gave the Badgers a 15-9 lead at the media timeout. Wisconsin called a timeout after MSU got within six at 22-16 with an Andrews kill and Badger service error. MSU used kills from Andrews and Hardison and a Badger attack error to make it a 5-0 run to cut the Wisconsin lead to three at 22-19, but Wisconsin finished the set with a 3-1 run to end the set and match, 25-20.Â
Up next, MSU returns to the Breslin Center to host Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. on B1G+.Â
