In the last week of the Wisconsin Badgers’ foreign tour, UW played three matches against top European competition before heading back to Madison later this week.
The Badgers took down Slovenian opponents Nova KBM Branik in straight sets (25-21, 25-16, 25-23) in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Friday. Graduate transfer Temi Thomas-Ailara had a team-leading 12 kills in the match, while former Gopher transfer Carter Booth posted an impressive eight-kill and five-block scoreline on the day.
After a few days of travel to Italy, the Badgers faced off twice against the Italian National Team (B) in Milan — with former and Milanese Badger Gio Civita in attendance, losing both matches in what was widely expected to be the toughest competition that UW would face.