At the beginning of last year, the Wisconsin Badgers were a new look team in more ways than one.
Gone was the historic senior class that capped off its run in style with a thrilling national championship win in Columbus, Ohio. UW’s metronome of a setter Sydney Hilley — a four-year starter and three-time Big Ten Setter of the Year — graduated, leaving a question mark at setter for the first time since Lauren Carlini stepped on campus in 2013.
Head coach Kelly Sheffield had two setters on the bench in Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill.