Wisconsin
Mimi Colyer, Grace Egan among Wisconsin volleyball’s standouts in sweep over Ohio State
Ohio State transfer Grace Egan hits .667 in return to Columbus
Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield comments on getting swept by Nebraska
Wisconsin volleyball became the 12th consecutive team to be swept by top-ranked Nebraska. Here’s what Kelly Sheffield said after the loss.
Two days after getting dominated by the best team in the Big Ten, No. 11 Wisconsin volleyball was on the more enjoyable side of a rout against the worst team in the Big Ten.
The Badgers eased past Ohio State in three sets, 25-14, 25-12, 25-14, while hitting above .400 for the first time against a Big Ten foe this season on Sunday, Nov. 2 in Columbus, Ohio.
Wisconsin is now 9-3 in Big Ten play while Ohio State is 0-12. Here are three takeaways from the match:
Mimi Colyer has dominant start
UW coach Kelly Sheffield, with star outside hitter (and postseason award candidate) Mimi Colyer two seats away, said that Nebraska’s Bergen Reilly is “probably the best player in the conference” after the Huskers’ sweep over the Badgers.
Colyer responded two days later with a dominant performance in the Badgers’ next match.
Wisconsin’s first four points were on Colyer’s four kills. Her first eight attempted attacks all ended in kills, and her first attack error did not come until early in the second set. Her ninth kill prompted a “goodness gracious” from the Big Ten Network play-by-play commentator.
As usual, Colyer was a threat in both the front and back rows. She had other attacks that put Ohio State in challenging positions, such as when her attack led to an Ohio State overpass and a joust won by UW teammate Carter Booth in the second set.
Colyer finished the match with 17 kills while hitting .441. She has recorded 10-plus kills in all but one match this season and now is averaging 5.2 kills per set, which trails only Penn State’s Kennedy Martin in the Big Ten.
Grace Egan stands out in multiple ways in her homecoming
Ohio State transfer Grace Egan expressed excitement during a media availability last week to be playing at a “home away from home” for the Badgers’ Nov. 2 match at Ohio State.
She played like she was at a home away from home, too, recording seven kills at an exceptionally efficient .667 clip. She also had two service aces, which were tied for the team lead, and was second on the team with eight digs.
Colyer and Egan were two of the five Badgers who finished the match with a hitting percentage above .400. The others were Carter Booth at .500, Una Vajagic at .444 and Addy Horner at .667.
Badgers thrive again on defense
One match after allowing a season-high .349 hitting percentage against No. 1 Nebraska, Wisconsin’s defense looked the part in its win over Ohio State.
The Badgers held Ohio State to a .078 hitting percentage in the uneventful three-set sweep. The Buckeyes became UW’s seventh opponent to hit below .100, joining Marquette, Rutgers, Iowa, then-No. 23 UCLA, UW-Milwaukee and Chicago State.
Wisconsin “set the tone defensively,” Sheffield said in the postgame radio interview.
“Our backcourt was flying around without hesitation,” Sheffield said. “And it starts with that. I think sometimes when you’re overthinking, you can start hesitating. … I thought we were settled and reading the game and then pursuing aggressively.”
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Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
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Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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How Aleksas Bieliauskas has grown in first season with Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard has high praise for Aleksas Bieliauskas about a month into the Lithuania native’s freshman season.
MADISON – One of Wisconsin men’s basketball’s departing transfers is headed to an SEC program with some connections to the Badgers.
Ex-UW forward Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to South Carolina, he announced on April 17.
Bieliauskas left the Badgers after appearing in all 35 games as a freshman and making 28 starts. He averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 points in 20.2 minutes, and highlights of his freshman year included his five 3-pointers in UW’s upset over eventual national champion Michigan.
He’ll join a program with plenty of Wisconsin ties. South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2010-17 on Bo Ryan and Greg Gard’s staffs. South Carolina assistant coach Tanner Bronson and director of video services Roman DiPasquale also are UW alumni.
Bieliauskas is the second of UW’s four departing transfers to commit to a new school. Reserve forward Jack Robison committed to North Dakota State on April 15. Starting guard John Blackwell and reserve forward Riccardo Greppi have not announced their next schools yet.
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