MADISON – For the first time in couple of years, fans of the Wisconsin volleyball team really needed their roster.

This is a new-look Badgers squad. Ten of the 13 players on the roster are either new to the team or played sparingly last season. Two of them graduated high school early in order to enroll at UW in January and take part in spring semester workouts.

Wednesday the team made its UW Field House debut by scoring a spring sweep of Marquette in a match that took 86 minutes to complete.

Senior outside hitter Mimi Colyer finished with 14 kills and a .219 hitting percentage in the 25-13, 25-19, 25-21 victory. DSHA graduate Madison Quest, one of the team’s early enrollees, finished with 12 kills and a .400 hitting percentage. Setter Charlie Fuerbringer finished with 35 assists and four aces.

Here are five takeaways from the match.

Madison Quest acquitted herself nicely at right-side hitter

Miami transfer Grace Lopez, who was set to play right-side hitter before suffering a season-ending knee injury last month, will be missed.

Quest, however, is showing her versatility by moving from outside hitter to help fill the void. She started the match on fire, hitting 1.000 with six kills in the first set, and had eight kills and a .533 hitting percentage after the second set.

She played the backrow and made seven digs while having a reliable night of attacking from the backrow.

“She’s a mature player,” Badgers coach Kelly Sheffield said. “She’s serious. She wants to learn. She wants to get better. I enjoy coaching Mad Dog. It doesn’t matter that she is playing out of position. If I told her to go play middle or go set, she wouldn’t even blink.”

Oregon transfer Mimi Colyer brings heat

Colyer’s hitting percentage for the match dipped because of a rough third set, but it’s clear she has that it factor that distinguishes All-American players from the rest. The ball comes off her swings differently.

Her night would have looked better, but she hit -.167 in the final set. She had 11 kills and a .450 hitting percentage through two sets and for the match was a solid passer from the backrow.

“What’s not to like, right?” Sheffield said when asked about Colyer’s play. “She’s an aircraft carrier and is able to take an awfully big load. … She approaches the game in a way that others want to be around her. They want to play with her. They want to compete with here and you see her getting more comfortable each week we’ve gone.”

Marquette’s Hattie Bray was on the mark

The Golden Eagles, who are about six weeks into Tom Mendoza’s tenure as head coach, finished the night with a .048 hitting percentage. Bray, a senior middle blocker, had the cleanest night, posting eight kills and a .316 hitting percentage.

She along with junior outside hitter Natalie Ring (six kills, -.111) are the Golden Eagles’ top returning hitters and Wednesday they were their team’s most active swingers.

Maile Chan gets some work at libero

The Badgers have an all-Big Ten freshman libero returning in Lola Schumacher. But there is plenty of other help needed in the back row.

Chan, a rising sophomore, wore the libero jersey and handled a team-high 22 serves, posted a team-high 10 digs and had six assists. The Portland native had a couple of collisions in the back row, but it was a solid night for a player trying to have a larger role in 2025.

Sheffield said she did a pretty good job with a lot of room to get better.

“When you play that position you’ve got to command that position, you’ve got to command the court,”: Sheffield said. “There were some times where she was a little bit passive waiting for someone else to go get some balls. But she’s still in her freshman year. She didn’t play  a lot in the fall.”

Golden Eagles breaking in freshman setter

As a two-time All-American Yadhira Anchante left big shoes to fill at setter. The role was filled Wednesday by Isabella Haggard, who finished with 17 assists in a match when the Badgers’ serving made it touch on the Golden Eagles’ passers.