Through the first two weekends of the 2022 NCAA women’s volleyball season, the defending national champion Wisconsin Badgers are ranked sixth in the nation, down three spots from where they began the season.
This falloff primarily stems from a loss to Baylor, suffered in the second match of the year Aug. 27. The Badgers played well, taking the ranked Baylor team to five sets, before ultimately falling 15-12 in the deciding set.
This loss came a night after dominating a good Texas Christian University team 3-0.
Wisconsin won each set against TCU by at least seven points and flexed their collective muscle around the net, out-blocking the opponent 14-1.