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The Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team has many new players for the 2025 season as it replaces large percentage of last year's production.

Despite the roster turnover, the Badgers are ranked No. 8 in the preseason coaches poll and picked to finish third in the Big Ten.

Senior Carter Booth has emerged as a vocal leader as she guides an optimistic young group.

MADISON — Carter Booth and her Wisconsin volleyball roommates have earned the nickname of the “Elder Council” as the four seniors on the team.

“It’s a joke that one of the coaches said one-off, and we don’t actually call ourselves that,” Booth said. “It’s more ironic because we’re in our early 20s. We’re not elderly by any means.”

The “Elder Council” — Jada Cerniglia , Alicia Andrew , Mimi Colyer and

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