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Mimi Colyer, a transfer from Oregon, has embraced the high level of competition and expectations at Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's passionate volleyball fan base was among the things that appealed to Colyer when she chose the Badgers.

Colyer will face her former coach Matt Ulmer, now at Kansas, in the Badgers' season opener.

MADISON — When Mimi Colyer plays in her first official match in a Wisconsin uniform, she will have plenty of familiarity with the Badgers ’ opponent — or at least the coaching staff on the Kansas sideline.

Since January, it has taken the form of happy birthday messages or just “checking in.” Before that, Matt Ulmer was her coach at Oregon for her first three seasons of college volleyball until he took the Kansas job in the offseason.

“I spent a lo

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