The University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team had a tough start to their brutal road trip on Wednesday night. No. 6 Minnesota took care of No. 5 Wisconsin in consecutive sets, downing the Badgers, 25–17, 25–21, 25–15. The Gophers got out to an early lead in the first set and never looked back as they controlled the tempo throughout the duration of the game.
By the third set the Badgers seemed to run out of all answers and they suffered a season low hitting percentage of .232. What truly came back to haunt the Badgers was their lack of fundamentals.