Men's Golf: Strong third day give Badgers 11th place finish
By Josh Schur | Mar. 27, 2012It was a solid finish for the UW men’s golf team on the final day of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate tournament.
It was a solid finish for the UW men’s golf team on the final day of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate tournament.
The postseason accolades continue to pile up for Wisconsin men’s hockey junior defenseman Justin Schultz as CollegeHockeyNews.com named the West Kelowna, British Colombia native to its 2012 All-CHN First Team Tuesday.
Sunday, the mayor of Quebec City announced the construction of a $400 million, 18,000-seat, NHL-caliber arena will begin this September. This news was hardly more than a blip on the sports news radar, but it has the potential to have major ramifications for the National Hockey League in the coming months.
As the season changes from winter to spring the unseasonal sounds of football pads are beginning to fill the air.
The Wisconsin men’s golf team shot a 10-over par 298 in the second round of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay Golf Club Monday in Awendaw, S.C.
Timely hitting and a couple of good breaks put the University of Wisconsin softball team (2-1 Big Ten, 13-10 overall) on the winning side of a 2-1 split in this weekend’s Big Ten opening series against Iowa (1-2, 11-17).
The Wisconsin men’s golf team struggled on a windy first day at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, finishing in 15th place at 13-over par after the first 18 holes of play.
BOSTON—Jordan Taylor thought the shot felt good coming off his hand.
The Wisconsin softball team (11-9) kicks off its Big Ten Conference competition against Iowa (10-15) in a Saturday-Sunday series in Iowa City.
BOSTON—The NCAA has a parquet floor ready to go here at TD Garden, and Wisconsin and Syracuse are set to tip at 6:15 p.m. central time. Here are some notes on both teams in advance of the night’s first Sweet 16 matchup.
Forgive the average fan of Wisconsin men’s basketball if he or she isn’t overly excited about the Badgers being one of only 16 teams still alive for a national title. After all, Sweet 16 appearances are nothing new in Madison.
There’s something special about this year’s crop of Badgers under head coach Bo Ryan. The usually stoic and unassuming Wisconsin basketball team (26-9) have captured the hearts and minds of the Badger faithful everywhere with the right combination of hard work, determination and charm.
DULUTH, Minn.—The stage is set for what will be another chapter of one of the fiercest rivalries in college athletics. The Wisconsin women’s hockey team will take the ice Sunday against Minnesota looking for back-to-back national championships.
DULUTH, Minn.—In preparing for the NCAA Frozen Four national semifinal, Wisconsin women’s hockey head coach Mark Johnson stressed the importance of coming out strong in the first period. Less than a minute in to Friday’s game, however, Johnson’s team found itself trailing Boston College 1-0.
Around this time one year ago, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team found itself getting ready for a NCAA semifinal matchup against Boston College at the Frozen Four, where both teams knew that after stellar seasons they were just two wins away from a national championship.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Having gotten over the sting of Saturday’s loss to top-seeded Michigan State in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team is now set to begin the second season that is the NCAA Tournament.
With a national championship and the highest individual honor in collegiate women’s hockey up for grabs, this coming weekend has the potential to be the high-water mark for Brianna Decker’s career. As the junior forward gets ready to lead her team into the NCAA semifinal Friday afternoon against Boston College, she is also one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award given to the most outstanding player in the game.
Coming into the WCHA playoffs the Wisconsin men’s hockey team was riding a wave of momentum, but in the end that renewed confidence wasn’t enough to push the Badgers past No. 9 Denver on the road in their first-round WCHA match-up.
INDIANAPOLIS—There is an old adage in basketball about how difficult it is to beat a team three times in a season. No. 8 Michigan State made it clear that adage wasn’t going to apply to them as they rolled to a 65-52 defeat of No. 14 Wisconsin in Saturday’s Big Ten semifinals.
INDIANAPOLIS—Any time a college basketball player puts up 30 points in a game, he is going to command attention. When that player enters the game averaging 3.1 points per game, attention becomes an understatement.