MADISON – Lola Schumacher is moving across the country, but she is staying in the Big Ten.
The 5-foot-5 libero, who was an all-Big Ten freshman selection last season with Wisconsin, announced her transfer to UCLA on social media on May 15. She played 30 of 33 matches and had 23 starts. She missed three matches due to injury.
At UCLA Schumacher will be in the hunt for a starting role. One of the players the Bruins lost to graduation was their three-year starter at libero, Peyton Dueck.Schumacher led the Badgers with 3.64 digs per set. She entered the program after receiving All-American distinction from Under Armour as a high school senior in Indiana.
UCLA plays Wisconsin at the Field House this upcoming season. The date of the match, along with the complete Badgers schedule, has not been announced.Schumacher’s replacement in the starting lineup at UW may not have arrived on campus yet. Two highly regarded freshmen, Aniya Warren and Kristen Simon, are set to arrive next month.
Warren, a native of Lockport, Illinois, is one of 19 players selected to prepare for the FIVB Girls U19 World Championship. Simon, who is from Louisville, was the Gatorade state player of the year in Kentucky. Both players were MaxPreps first-team All-Americans.
The Badgers also return sophomore Maile Chan, who worked at the position during spring matches.
