Wisconsin News and Sports
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will host Boston College in the 7th annual Big
Bobbie Kelsey
Ten/ACC Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 5 in the Kohl Center.
The Badgers are 3-3 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and face the Eagles for the second time. Wisconsin downed the Eagles 58-50 in the Kohl Center on Nov. 11, 2011, during coach Bobbie Kelsey’s first season.
The Badgers are 1-1 all-time against the Eagles with BC winning the first meeting 76-70 in Boston in 2003.
The Big Ten Conference released the conference portion of its 2014 football schedule and the Badgers two games against East Division opponents will have them playing a road game against Rutgers (Nov 1) and a home game against Maryland (Oct. 25).
Wisconsin’s 2014 Big Ten opener is Oct. 4 at Northwestern, followed by an Oct. 11th home game against Illinois.
Following is Wisconsin’s Big Ten Schedule!
Sept. 27 – bye
Oct. 4 – at Northwestern
Oct. 11 – Illinois
Oct. 18 – bye
Oct. 25 – Maryland
Nov. 1 – at Rutgers
Nov. 8 – at Purdue
Nov. 15 – Nebraska
Nov. 22 – at Iowa
Nov 29 – Minnesota
Dec. 6 – Big Ten Championship
Wisconsin is expected to host South Florida on Sept. 27, but the remainder of the non-conference schedule is to be determined.
Arrowhead football standout Billy Hirschfeld has verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin for 2014.
The 6’5, 270 pound defensive end took a little while to get comfortable with Gary Anderson and his new defensive coaching staff at Wisconsin. Once he got there, Hirschfeld chose the Badgers over a number of Big Ten schools, including Nebraska and Michigan State.
Hirschfeld becomes the fifth commitment for UW’s 2014 recruiting class. His commitment means he’ll continue playing with one of this teammates, George Panos who played guard for Arrowhead.
The Wisconsin women’s softball team captured the Big Ten women’s tournament
Cassandra Darrah
championship, knocking off Minnesota 9-3.
The Badgers improved to 42-11 on the season and get the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Junior pitcher Cassandra Darrah went the distance for the Badgers, recording a complete game 2-hitter and earned tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. Darrah finished the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record, working all 21 innings for Wisconsin and recording a 1.67 ERA.
Darrah, together with Stefanni LaJeunesse and Maria Van Abel, was named to the 2013 Big Ten All-Tournament team.
The Badgers are making their 4th trip to the tournament but their first since 2005. They’ll open play Thursday against North Carolina in Oregon. The Badgers beat the Tarheels 4-2 earlier this season.
The Wisconsin Badger women’s softball team knocked off No. 6 Michigan, 9-3, to advance to the title game of the Big Ten Tournament. It’s the first appearance in the championship game in program history.
Wisconsin (41-11) used a big first inning to knock off the No. 1-seeded Wolverines (45-10) at Bowling Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., earning a win over a top-10 opponent for the first time since the 2002 season.
Wisconsin returns to Bowlin Stadium on Sunday at noon for the Big Ten Championship game. The Badgers will play the winner of the semifinal game between Nebraska and Minnesota, airing live on BTN.
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