Senior wide receiver Lee Evans announced at the Alamo Bowl that he will return to Madison to play football in 2003. Evans was declared a medical redshirt halfway through the season and still has one year of eligibility left in his college career.
Evans had surgery on his knee twice in 2002; once after injuring it in the spring game, and again in November after swelling reoccurred. His expected recovery time is six months.
The University of Wisconsin women's hockey team finished out its three game trip through New York and Canada 2-1. The Badgers (4-4-4 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 11-4-4 overall) beat No. 5 St. Lawrence 2-1 Jan. 7 and defeated McGill University 5-0 Jan. 8 before falling to the Brampton Thunder in overtime 4-3 Jan. 10. The final two games were exhibitions.
Senior goalie Jackie MacMillan was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season for her performance against St. Lawrence, in which she saved 17 shots.
The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team is still without a win in its last eight WCHA games.
Most recently, the Badgers tied Alaska Anchorage in consecutive games, 2-2 and 1-1 Jan. 10 and 11. A week earlier at the Kohl Center, UW lost its opening game Jan. 3 to the Minnesota State University-Mankato 2-3 before tying 4-4 a night later.
Prior to its conference games against Anchorage and Mankato, the Badgers hosted and won the 14th Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown Dec. 29 and 30 at the Bradley Center, beating Colgate 2-1 in the first round and Northern Michigan 3-1 in the championship.
The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team went winless in its five games over break, including three losses to start the Big Ten season.
The Badgers (0-3 Big Ten, 2-11 overall) began their slide by losing at home in overtime to San Francisco 67-70 Dec. 30. UW stayed at home for its next three games in losing to Penn State 55-86 Jan. 2, Marquette 54-72 Jan. 5 and Purdue 53-59 Jan. 9. Finally, the Badgers traveled to Illinois and fell 56-73 Jan. 12. UW faces Ohio State Thursday Jan. 16 at the Kohl Center.
The men's swimming team defeated both host Hawaii and New Hampshire Jan. 10 in Hawaii's invitational, winning by scores of 77-61 and 106-22. The No. 10-ranked UW men took nine out of the 16 events.
The women's swimming team also defeated Hawaii and New Hampshire, winning handily 96-34 and 113-18. The UW women, ranked No. 8, took 15 out of the 16 events. Both teams improved to 7-1 on the year.
