COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2014 The \u00a0No. 6\u00a0Wisconsin volleyball team battled back to victory over the No. 19 Texas A&M Aggies in five sets (18-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 15-11) on Friday night in College Station.<\/p>\n
Setter Charlie Fuerbringer<\/a> completed her 21st career double-double with 43 assists and 19 digs while chipping in a career-high eight kills. Outside hitter Eva Travis<\/a> led Wisconsin with 15 kills as Audrey Flanagan<\/a> added 12. Middle blocker Natalie Wardlow<\/a> added a career-high nine blocks, while\u00a0freshman Decelise Champion<\/a> added eight kills and eight blocks in her collegiate debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Aggies jumped out to a quick start over the Badgers with a 10-3 advantage in the first set.\u00a0Wisconsin answered with a 3-0 run sparked by a block, before continuing to chip away and grab a 15-14 lead heading out of the technical\u00a0timeout.\u00a0<\/p>\n The two teams continued to trade points as Travis kept the Badgers within striking distance with four kills in the frame, but Texas A&M utilized a 4-0 run to take the set, 25-18.<\/p>\n Wisconsin jumped out to a quick 5-1 start in the second frame. Flanagan provided a back-row kill while Grace Lopez<\/a> added two kills of her own early in the set, before an ace from Isabelle Hoppe<\/a> put the Badgers ahead, 10-9.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Badger Block found its spark in the second set, capping off a long rally to hold the lead at 11-10. Wisconsin continued to find success at the net late, recording two back-to-back blocks to seal the 25-23 set victory. The Badgers out-blocked the Aggies 5-0 in the second frame alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n The back-and-forth affair continued in the third set, with the frame seeing 13 tied scores. Trailing 16-15 out of the media timeout, Wisconsin provided a strong presence at the net as Travis reached double-figure kills before Champion tallied her first-collegiate kill to tie the score at 22-22. The Aggies sealed the 25-23 set victory, however, despite the Badgers posting a match-high .333 hitting percentage in the frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n The fourth set remained back-and-fourth before Wisconsin sparked a 4-0 run in the middle of the fourth set to build separation. Fuerbringer tallied three kills early in the frame, setting a new career high to help the Badgers to a 15-10 advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Aggies answered with a 4-0 spark of their own, but a late 3-0 run off a pair of Champion kills helped Wisconsin seal the set win and tie the match, 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n In set five, the Aggies charged to an early lead. Consecutive kills from Travis and an ace from Anna Bardaro<\/a> helped lift Wisconsin to a late lead 12-11, before rattling off three more consecutive points to seal the five-set victory.<\/p>\n Wisconsin earned its fourth win of the season, as they defeated the Aggies for the second time in College Station. Defensively, the Badgers tallied a season-high 17 blocks, marking the first double-digit block total this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Notes:<\/p>\n
Up Next: Wisconsin heads to Austin to take on the No. 9 Texas Longhorns on Sunday, Sept. 13. First serve is slated for 2 p.m., with the match airing on ESPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2014 The \u00a0No. 6\u00a0Wisconsin volleyball team battled back to victory over the No. 19 Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-433563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tWith the win over the No. 19 Aggies, Wisconsin moves to 9-3 all-time and evens the series when playing in College Station.
\n\tThe Badgers move to 2-0 in five-set matches.
\n\tWisconsin totaled 17.0 blocks against Texas A&M for a new season-high. This also marks the first time this season where Wisconsin achieved double-figure blocks.
\n\tDefensive specialist Kristen Simon<\/a> totaled 24 digs, a match-high and career-high. Simon totaled 23 digs against Kansas on August 23, 2025 in her freshman debut.
\n\tSophomore middle blocker Natalie Wardlow<\/a> had a career-best nine blocks for a match-high.
\n\tSetter Charlie Fuerbringer<\/a> neared her first-career triple double with a career-best eight kills on 15 swings, 43 assists and a\u00a0season-best 19 digs.
\n\tFreshman Decelise Champion<\/a> made her collegiate debut and contributed with eight kills and eight blocks.
\n\tSenior outside hitter Eva Travis<\/a> tallied a season-high 15 kills on 45 swings.
\n\tA total of 9,211 fans filled Reed Arena for the top-25 match up.
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