Badgers’ season comes to a close after loss to Hoosiers
Wisconsin hung in to the bitter end, but ultimately couldn’t generate enough offense to keep its hopes of a Big Ten tournament alive.
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Wisconsin hung in to the bitter end, but ultimately couldn’t generate enough offense to keep its hopes of a Big Ten tournament alive.
The Badgers entered Saturday’s road contest with recent success away from home, going 4-1-1 in their last six road games, but were unable to get anything going in a 1-0 loss to Indiana (3-3-1 Big Ten, 10-4-2).
Despite what appeared to be a lost year at the beginning of the season, the Badgers enter their final two contests with a considerable amount still on the line. Coming off a 2-2 draw against Penn State, Wisconsin (1-2-3 Big Ten, 4-9-3 overall) remains in last place in the conference, but is within striking distance of nabbing home-field advantage in the Big Ten tournament, and sits just six points behind first-place Rutgers.
Although Wisconsin started a three-game road trip Wednesday night, one Badger felt right at home. Early into the second overtime period, sophomore forward and St. Louis native Tom Barlow sent in the game-winner for Wisconsin (1-1-2 Big Ten, 3-8-2 overall) against the St. Louis Bilikens (0-1-2 Atlantic 10, 4-5-2 overall).
Having finally earned their first point at home thanks to a 0-0 draw against Michigan St., the Badgers (1-1-2 Big Ten, 2-8-2 overall) will now head back out on a three-game road trip starting in St. Louis. The Badgers have done most of their damage on the road this season, boasting a 2-2-1 record away from Madison.
Coming off a strong performance in a road conference battle, the Badgers (1-1-1 Big Ten, 2-8-1 overall) came back home to once again struggle to find the back of the net. The Badgers were shut out Wednesday for the fourth time in six home games, as they fell to in-state rival Marquette (0-1-1 Big East 4-4-2) 1-0.
With a big crowd expected to be on hand with free admission for students on “Colony Night” in the student section, the Badgers (1-1-1 Big Ten, 2-7-1 overall) return home to host in-state rival Marquette (0-1-1 Big East, 3-4-2) Wednesday night.
For the second consecutive contest, the offense put on an impressive showing, though once again it was not enough to get the win. This time though, the Badgers (2-7-1 overall, 1-1-1 Big Ten) were at least able to play to a 3-3 draw.
The Badgers (1-1-0 Big Ten, 2-6-0 overall) will close out their three-game homestand Wednesday still searching for their first win in Madison this season.
Riding high on a two-game winning streak, the Badgers looked to keep the positive momentum going to start a three-game home stand. But it was the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars (0-0-0, Missouri Valley Conference, 4-2-1 overall) who came out with more energy for most of the night, as they defeated Wisconsin (1-0-0 Big Ten, 2-5-0 overall) 2-0.
Following a thrilling double-overtime victory in the Big Ten opener against Rutgers, the Badgers (1-4-0 overall, 1-0-0 Big Ten) will look to keep the momentum going Saturday against St. John’s (1-5-0) in the fourth and final game of a road trip before returning home for their next three contests.
In dramatic fashion, Wisconsin came away with as close at it gets to a soccer buzzer beater.
Through two games, the Badgers (0-2-0 overall) have yet to find the back of the net this season. As they embark on the first match of a four-game road trip, they’ll look to both get on the board and get in the win column Friday against a Santa Clara (0-2-0) squad that is also scoreless in two games.
After losing their star player and head coach from last season’s Outback Bowl champion squad, the Badgers will trot out a different looking team to open the 2015 season when they take on Alabama Sept. 5. But before that, there figures to be plenty of intrigue entering Paul Chryst’s first spring game as Wisconsin’s head coach.
Now one of the best runners in the conference, his career started by being told he couldn’t even compete at the Division I level. Three years later, senior Michael Van Voorhis finished second in the Big Ten championship behind only a fellow Badger.
For a team coming into the season with aspirations simply to be bowl eligible, consistently picked fifth in the West Division in the preseason, Minnesota has a chance to head to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship with a win Saturday.
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With their season on the line, Wisconsin was unable to record its first win in Big Ten play all year. In the first round of the Big Ten tournament, the Badgers (0-8-1 Big Ten, 3-12-3 overall) fell to Rutgers (2-6-1, 6-11-1) by a score of 5-2.
The regular season came to a close for the Badgers in what became an all too familiar trend this year—with a loss. Wisconsin (0-7-1 Big Ten, 3-11-3 overall) dropped its final game 2-0 at No. 16 Northwestern (4-1-3, 9-3-5).
Wisconsin (0-6-0 Big Ten, 3-10-2 overall) was five minutes away from recording its first point of the season in Big Ten play. But after a heartbreaking double overtime loss at No. 12 Penn State Sunday, UW will have to try again against No. 2 Indiana (3-2-1, 11-2-3).