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Lauren Carlini wipes tears from her eyes as she says goodbye to a standing ovation from the Wisconsin faithful. 
VOLLEYBALL

Stunner in Madison: Stanford rallies back from two-set deficit to upset Wisconsin in Elite Eight

As the Badgers trotted off the court and into the locker room at the end of the second set of the regional final match Saturday night, the fans who filled the seats in the Field House roared with excitement, feeling the dream of a Final Four berth slowing becoming a reality. Three sets later, the raucous atmosphere inside the Field House had been replaced with sobering silence, as the thousands of fans who once seemed so confident in their team struggled to come to grips with what they just witnessed.


Minnesota
HOCKEY

Big Ten hockey preview: The rest of the conference

Penn State Come early April, Penn State fans may be calling Happy Valley, Hockey Valley. The Nittany Lions are unbeaten in their last 13 games and have only suffered one loss in their 15 games on the ice this season. Penn State’s success is, in large part, due to sophomore forward Andrew Sturtz.


VOLLEYBALL

Sweet 16 preview: In effort to rally fans, Sheffield donates 1,000 tickets to UW students

After putting together one of the most successful regular seasons in program history, the 2016 Wisconsin Badgers is a team well-versed in the art of record-breaking. While this group of Wisconsin players is hailed for achievements like earning the highest postseason seed ever, the Wisconsin fanbase has made some history in its own right, shattering the average attendance for home matches this year. But now, much like he does with his own team, head coach Kelly Sheffield is trying to give Badgers’ fans some extra motivation to make the proverbial postseason push. During his weekly press conference Monday afternoon, Sheffield made the announcement that he and his wife would donate up to 1,000 tickets to Wisconsin students for the upcoming regional final match against Ohio State at the Field House.


SPORTS

Idaho State outplays Wisconsin in second half as Badgers fall

Badgers drop game one of home stand to Idaho State In what ended up being a sloppy, low scoring night for both teams, the Bengals of Idaho State came out on top Tuesday night in Wisconsin’s return to the Kohl Center. Wisconsin (3-7) dropped game one of a three game home stand Tuesday night by a score of 42-35 to Idaho State (3-5). The Badgers had the advantage when the buzzer sounded at the end of the first quarter, outscoring the Bengals 13-10, which would be the only quarter they had the scoring advantage. Redshirt senior Kendall Shaw, who has started all but two games this season, saw a total of three minutes in Tuesday’s contest.


Cierra Runge
SPORTS

Runge breaks four school records at Texas Invitational

As snow was falling in Madison, school records were falling in Texas. Sophomore Cierra Runge demolished three individual marks and was part of a record-breaking relay en route to a strong showing for the Badger women at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational. On Wednesday night in Austin, Texas, in the first event of the meet, the ‘A’ relay of sophomore Jess Unicomb, redshirt sophomore Abby Jagdfeld, sophomore Emmy Sehmann and Runge shattered the four-year-old 800-yard freestyle relay record by over a second and a half.


Koenig scored nine points in his return and keyed a Badger run in the second half. 
SPORTS

Koenig remains skeptical after announcement halting Dakota Access Pipeline

Despite the Department of the Army’s announcement Sunday that the Dakota Access pipeline, initially planned to be built a half-mile from the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, will not be drilled, Wisconsin guard Bronson Koenig, a member of the Ho-Chunk nation and outspoken advocate against its construction, remains skeptical that Sunday’s announcement will better the situation that has become a global flashpoint in recent months. “I was really happy when I first saw it,” Koenig said.


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