MADISON, Wis. -- Badger volleyball is less than 10 days away from a return to the court. Bucky opens the season ranked eighth in the country, with a whole lot of new faces.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield has instilled winning culture in the team since taking over in 2013, including seven consecutive trips to an NCAA regional final or better. But keeping your culture after rebuilding your roster in the transfer portal is the challenge of college sports today.

Luckily, Sheffield has a familiar face -- an Olympian -- to help him out. Lauren Carlini was promoted to be a full-time assistant coach for the team last month.

"I t's about how do we maintain that base culture of what Badger Volleyball is. And a lot of that is that bring-it mentality, and healthy conflict and rising to the occasion

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