UW boils Purdue, fights the Illini
The Badger softball team kicked off its Big Ten season with a nearly perfect weekend, sweeping Purdue and splitting a doubleheader against Illinois at home.
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The Badger softball team kicked off its Big Ten season with a nearly perfect weekend, sweeping Purdue and splitting a doubleheader against Illinois at home.
The men's hockey team dropped its last puck of the season and UW Head Coach Jeff Sauer coached the final game of his career as the Badgers lost 3-2 in overtime to Colorado College at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
In honor of the Badgers' trip to the NCAA Tournament and Head Coach Jane Albright's eighth winning season, The Daily Cardinal takes a look at Badgerball's postseason runs throughout Albright's career.
The playoff futures of the men's and women's basketball teams were determined Sunday with the selection of the NCAA Tournament bracket on ESPN. Both Badger teams were seeded eighth in their respective regional tournaments, but the men's team is headed to Washington, D.C., where it will first face St. John's University in the Eastern regionals, while the women will travel south to Nashville, Tenn., to play Arizona State in the first round of the Midwest tournament.
INDIANAPOLIS'It all came down to a few shots.
INDIANAPOLIS'Fresh off the court after an 87-72 win over Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Thursday, Iowa Head Coach Steve Alford felt confident heading into today's match-up against No. 1 Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin women's hockey team should have a lot to brag about. It's ranked second in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and has a 17-6-1 WCHA record (21-10-2 overall). It's stopped teams once considered unstoppable'on the road no less'and it's gone 14-2-0 since Jan. 1.
The UW women's tennis team (3-0 Big Ten, 7-3 overall) celebrated two Big Ten victories this weekend after hosting No. 35 Ohio State (2-1 Big Ten, 9-2 overall) Saturday and No. 65 Penn State (1-2 Big Ten, 3-4 overall) Sunday.
The men's hockey team is stepping out of their normal schedule and will face the French Olympic team tonight at the Kohl Center. Why? There are several good reasons, both athletic and political, according to Head Coach Jeff Sauer.
When the women's basketball team leaves town for the University of Indiana and Penn State, it brings a 16-2 overall record, a chance to win in hostile territory and a team that's raring to go.
It's all about home court advantage. Talk to the players and the coach, and they'll agree that playing to a familiar crowd is more comforting than facing their foes on the road. When the men's basketball team last faced the University of Illinois, the Badgers stunned the then-No. 7 Fighting Illini in a 72-66 win. The victory Jan. 5 gave Wisconsin its first Big Ten win of the season and catapulted it to 8-7 overall.
After a sluggish beginning to the season, the No. 8 UW women's hockey team has exploded on the ice recently, earning four consecutive victories, the season high for the team.
After a five-game road trip, the men's basketball team tipped off Saturday in the home game opener, with a crowd of 15,671 cheering it on to victory. In the contest, the Badgers scored 70 points to UW-Green Bay's 57, bringing their record to 2-4.
The academic life of an athlete is often misunderstood. Some students think athletes take easier classes and choose easier majors because they are here solely to play sports.
The Badger men's hockey team hosted Michigan Tech Friday and Saturday nights in their Western Collegiate Hockey Association home opener to split the series. The Huskies controlled the game Friday and shut out the Badgers 1-0, ending their 10-game losing streak. However, UW bounced back from Friday's loss and dominated the ice Saturday, producing a score of 5-0.
Title IX, the piece of legislation that changed everything for young women everywhere. It gave them equality, it gave them dreams and it gave them opportunities. It taught them life lessons, it gave them more self-esteem and it gave them an education. That simple document gave millions of women across the country the chance to play sports.
COLUMBUS, Ohio'While the inspired second-half play of the Wisconsin defense drew most of the headlines, several other subplots surfaced during the UW-OSU game Saturday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio'After a tough loss to Indiana Oct. 6, Wisconsin found its confidence in Ohio Stadium.
When the Badger football team faces Ohio State this weekend, it will look into the eyes of a physically and mentally solid team similar to its own.
Relationships with friends and family can define how we act, what we say and even who we are.