A young Madison woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning, police said.
The woman told police she was walking home alone around 2:30 a.m. after going to bars in the downtown area. Authorities said the woman had been drinking.
The 20-year-old victim thought she was on Randall Avenue, near Vilas Avenue, when a man approached her from behind, police said.
""She remembers him saying something and then grabbing at her,"" Madison Police Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said.
The victim began to scream and the suspect ran away. After the suspect took off, the victim hurried home, falling and scraping her knees while she ran.
Police said when the woman arrived home she found her underwear had been ripped.
The suspect is allegedly a white man, police said.
