Big games are when teams discover a lot about themselves. Unfortunately for the Badgers, they were on the losing end of two of them this weekend. No. 1 Wisconsin (4-2-0 WCHA, 6-2-0 overall) fell to No. 2 Minnesota (3-0-1, 5-0-1) both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, UW’s first two losses of the season.
While Badger players and coaches came into a home and away tilt with Minnesota (3-5 Big Ten, 13-6 overall) unsure how they would feel about the process, the matches could not have worked better for them.
His team was up three scores, his opponent was desperate and his shirt was ripped to pieces.
Wisconsin (0-4-0) continued its rough start this weekend, getting swept by Northern Michigan (2-0-0) in a showdown in Green Bay. The Wildcats took the first game 2-0 and the second 4-1.
Saturday night, the Badgers (2-9-2, 0-5-0 Big Ten) were defeated by Ohio State (5-5-3, 3-2-0 Big Ten) by a score of 2-0 to continue Wisconsin’s rough season. Wisconsin was only able to put the ball in the back of the net on one of their 12 shots.
The Badgers (7-1-1 Big Ten, 13-2-1 overall) picked up a huge road win Saturday night in Minneapolis, defeating Minnesota (5-4-1, 8-7-1) by a score of 4-1 to remain in the Big Ten title hunt.
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Coming off a pair of losses in Alaska, the No. 18 Badgers (0-2-0 overall) look to bounce back with a pair of games this weekend against Northern Michigan (0-0-0 overall) in a neutral site series at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
Ranked No. 1 for the first time since the 2011-’12 season, Wisconsin has turned its focus to this weekend’s monumental series against the very team it supplanted at the top of the polls: Minnesota.
After a brief slump where the Badgers fell to Penn State and tied Iowa, Wisconsin (6-2-1 Big Ten, 12-2-1 overall) heads to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota (5-3-1, 8-6-1) this Saturday.
Let’s clear something up: Joel Stave is a better passer than Tanner McEvoy by a chasmic margin. There seems to be a false equivalency in the minds of some Wisconsin fans that McEvoy and Stave are both bad passers, but at least McEvoy can run. Stop it.
We’re back.
The No. 5 Badgers (6-1 Big Ten, 15-2 overall) defeated the No. 23 Golden Gophers (3-4, 13-5) Wednesday in three competitive sets of 25-16, 25-19 and 30-28, in the first of two matches this week between the border rivals.
A game after scoring a goal in the opening two minutes, it was the Badgers (2-8-2) who found themselves down an early goal Wednesday against Loyola (4-4-3). Wisconsin rebounded to force overtime, their fourth of the season, and walk away with a 1-1 tie.
Unlike in usual seasons, all 40 volleyball points for the 2014-’15 Border Battle, an all-sport contest between the athletic departments of Wisconsin and Minnesota, are on the line this week when the No. 5 Badgers (14-1, 5-2) take on No. 23 Minnesota (13-4, 3-3) in a home and away tilt.
The Badgers (0-4-0 Big Ten, 2-8-1 overall) return home for their next three games, starting with their first one Wednesday night. They’ll take on Loyola-Chicago (1-1-0 Missouri Valley, 4-4-2) for the sixth time in school history, with the Badgers having won all five previous matches in the all-time series.
When Oklahoma City Thunder “point guard” Russell Westbrook woke up to the news that his superstar teammate and reigning MVP Kevin Durant had a Jones fracture in his foot that could sideline him for approximately two months, the tune of LMFAO’s “Shots!” rang through Westbrook’s head, except the shots he was dreaming of were a little different than what is being referenced in the song.
Upon hearing the name Darien Moran, Kayla Gross smiles and says, “my kiddo.”
It’s time to start mentally preparing for next week’s World Series, because my God, that is going to be one physically frustrating and stressful final week of baseball.
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