MADISON, Wis. — The No. 6 Wisconsin volleyball team travels to Lincoln this weekend to take on No. 2 Nebraska. The game starts Saturday evening at 7:00 PM and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.

Before the match starts, here are six things you need to know:

1. INSTANT CLASSIC: The Badgers pulled off a gritty win against No. 16 Minnesota on Wednesday night. After falling to them in five sets in the Big Ten opener earlier this season, Wisconsin hoped to tie the Border Battle series. After winning the first set 25-21, Minnesota convincingly tied the score in set two, winning it 25-12. The Gophers won set three and UW took set four. In the final set, Wisconsin’s last four points came from blocks and after five match points the Badgers won the match 20-18.

2. BLOCK COMES INTO COUPLING: The Badgers have defeated their opponent in all but three games: Louisville, Texas and Nebraska. Wisconsin has also posted double-digit block totals through 15 games so far this season. Heading into the final set of the Minnesota match, the Badgers had only tallied seven blocks, the team recorded six blocks in the fifth set.

3. WRITE HER NAME IN THE RECORD BOOK: With 48 assists in the game against Minnesota, freshman Charlie Fuerbringer passed Lizzy Fitzgerald for the fifth-most assists in a freshman campaign in program history. She now has 960 assists in the regular season. Laura Abbinante is in fourth place with 1,291 assists.



4. SAIGE STANDS UP: For the second game in a row Saige Damrow got the starting nod at libero vs minnesota with Lola Schumacher And Gulce Guctekin still out with injuries. The redshirt freshman recorded a career-high of 21 digs, which is better than her previous career-high she set the match earlier, at UCLA (15 digs).

5. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Badgers are known to be dominant in the UW Field House, but the Badgers have also done well on the road this year. On the road, Wisconsin has dropped just two games (Louisville and Minnesota) this season.

6. SCOUTING THE HUSKERS: On November 1, No. 2 Nebraska came to the UW Field House and defeated the Badgers 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 for their first home loss since the 2022 season. Nebraska leads the overall series 21-13-1, with the most recent match in Lincoln resulting in a five-set heartbreaker for UW last season. The Huskers are the only remaining undefeated team in the Big Ten, with a 27-1 overall record and a 17-0 record in the Big Ten. Setter Bergen Reilly leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth in the NCAA with 11.17 assists per set. They are coming off a 3-0 sweep of Iowa on Wednesday night.