The U.S. Men’s National team ended its year with a tremendous thud. The team that stole the heart of the nation with it’s resilient performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup walked away from their final game of 2014 taking it on the chin, 4-1 to Ireland.
Every player on the UW-Madison men’s hockey team comes with a particular set of battle wounds: constellations of bumps, bruises, black eyes, scrapes, sores and scars; concussions, sprains, cuts, broken bones and missing teeth that helmets and padding couldn’t prevent. If they’re not collected while the clock is running during a game, they can accumulate quickly when fistfights break out with rival teams.
Following a pair of convincing victories last weekend, No. 3 Wisconsin will get its toughest test of the young season when it welcomes in intrastate rival Green Bay and its star player, senior point guard Keifer Sykes.
The Badgers started their season off right as they beat Illinois State 71-60 in their first regular season game.
Whatever’s in the water in Milwaukee these days has certainly been working for the Bucks. After another exciting victory this past Sunday over the defending Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, they moved to 5-5, a record that might seem pedestrian to an average observer.
It was a good week to be a Badger fan. The football team dominated Nebraska to remain tied with Minnesota for first in the Big Ten West. Men’s basketball raised last season’s Final Four banner and dominated both of its opponents.
There’s no such thing as too much offense. The No. 3 Badgers wanted to come out firing against Minnesota State, and the points just kept coming.
The No. 4 Badgers (14-1, 24-2) extended their winning streak to 15 this week with a road win at Iowa. The match was never really close, as the Badgers beat the Hawkeyes in three straight sets: 25-21, 25-13, 25-18.
Thanks to a strong first half that saw four different players reach double digits in scoring, No. 3 Wisconsin cruised to an 89-45 victory over Chattanooga Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center.
A steady snow Saturday night in Madison led to an interesting night of soccer for the No. 9 Badgers. Even veteran head coach Paula Wilkins said she had never seen anything similar.
No. 22 Wisconsin thrashed No. 11 Nebraska, 59-24, by way of a record-setting rushing performance from Melvin Gordon Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Badgers (1-0) did exactly what they were supposed to on college basketball’s opening night: receive their Final Four rings and dominate a lesser opponent. Head coach Bo Ryan’s squad began their 2014-’15 campaign with a 62-31 dismantling of Northern Kentucky (0-1).
Nebraska week is finally here.
The Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee learned about strategies to fairly divide profits and attention throughout different sports on campus during a presentation from the UW Athletic Board Chair Thursday.
No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 4 Alabama
As we venture into Week 12 of the 2014 college football season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers find themselves atop the Big Ten West division standings posting an 8-1 record, with their only blemish being a road loss at Michigan State. Coming off of a bye week, the No. 13 Cornhuskers will travel to Camp Randall energized to play a game that may have Playoff implications for the team.
No. 4 Wisconsin (14-1 Big Ten, 23-2 overall) dispatched pesky Michigan (6-9, 11-14) in three sets Wednesday at the UW Fieldhouse by the scores of 25-19, 26-24 and 25-18.
Wisconsin will face one of its toughest tests all season in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday as the Badgers (18-2-2) take on DePaul (16-0-4) in Madison.
The Wisconsin-Minnesota State rivalry has been a one-sided affair for quite some time. The two teams faced each other seven times last season, and the Badgers won all but one of the games. Prior to that loss, the Badgers had won eight straight matchups between the teams, four of which were shutouts.
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