The men's soccer team saw success this weekend in its final match at home. The men's soccer team (3-3-0 Big Ten, 9-8-0 overall) opened with a 1-0 shutout over Northwestern (0-5-0, 8-10-0). Freshman forward Phil Doeh notched the winning goal in the last minute; Doeh scored his goal off an assist from sophomore midfielder Noah Goerlitz with just four minutes left in the Badgers' home soccer finale. They will face Marquette on the road before the Big Ten Tournament Nov. 14-17.
The men played a tough Northwestern defense that held them scoreless for the first 85 minutes of play prior to Doeh's sixth goal of the season. The Badgers outshot Northwestern 21-7. Junior goaltender Eric Hanson tabbed five saves while Wildcat senior goaltender J.D. Martin got six.
The women's soccer team earned a win in its final regular-season game this weekend.
The Badgers (4-4-2 Big Ten,10-7-3 overall) easily defeated Illinois State (5-1-1 Missouri Valley Conference, 11-4-2 overall), 3-0 Friday night in Madison. Although the first half produced no goals, the team came out fired up in the second half, capitalizing on Meuer's second goal of the season, less than a minute into the second half. The Badgers dominated offensively, outshooting the Redbirds 31-5 throughout the game. Senior goaltender Kelly Conway, who played in her final game on Wisconsin territory, collected just two saves from the Redbirds.
Vermeulen scored her fifth goal this season with an assist from freshman midfielder Erin Dubina.
Within four minutes of Vermeulen's goal, Capel netted a goal of her own, with senior midfielder Lauren Schmidt earning the assist.
The University of Wisconsin men's cross country team won the Big Ten Championship for the fourth year in a row Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind. The women also competed, finishing fifth in the conference championship.
Sophomore all-American Matt Tegenkamp finished first in the 8,000-meter race with a time of 24:01.9. Besides Tegenkamp, five other Badgers placed in the top 10, including senior Isaiah Festa, who finished second. UW's final margin of victory was 54 points, the second-largest in Wisconsin's history.
For the women's team, the top finisher was junior Hilary Edmondson, who finished fourth in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:40.8.
The University of Wisconsin women's hockey team dropped two games to Minnesota last weekend at Ridder Arena. With the losses, the No. 5 Badgers slide to 0-3-1 in the Big Ten and 4-3-1 overall. Friday night, UW battled back from two goals down to pull within one in the third period, but the Gophers scored minutes later to put the game out of reach.
Saturday, UW again played the Gophers tough behind a 40-save performance by senior goaltender Jackie MacMillan, but fell 2-1. Minnesota scored a goal in the first and second periods before Wisconsin answered through freshman forward Nikki Burish's second goal of the season in the second period. UW, however, was unable to score an equalizer and lost a close one to UM for the second time in as many nights.
