Earlier this year, Sarah Franklin was sidelined from volleyball due to blood clots that almost cost her her career.
In her first match back, Franklin helped lead the No. 2 Badgers (1-0) over the No. 15 Baylor Beats in four sets (25-20, 25-14, 20-25, 25-17) with a team-leading 13 kills on the day. So how did the Florida native feel about that first match?
“It was like the best day ever,” Franklin said directly postgame.
UW’s setters Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill fed Franklin early and often in the first set, with a mix of shots from the back row and her normal pin position.