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Badger women’s hockey team looking to fill the bowl again

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The last time the Wisconsin women’s hockey team played at the Kohl Center, they drew 15,359 fans in a 2-0 win over St. Cloud State in 2017.  That turned out to be the largest crowd to watch an NCAA women’s hockey game.

The Badgers will try to equal that record performance when they host the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, Feb. 16 (2pm) at the Kohl Center.

It’s the final game of the 2019-20 regular season and it’ll be the sixth Fill the Bowl game as the Badgers raise money for local charity.

The Badgers made the Kohl Center their home from 1999 until they moved into LaBahn Arena in 2012.

No beneficiary has yet been announced.  Tickets for the game are expected to go on sale in October.

Badgers land another to 2020 freshman class

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The Wisconsin Badgers have added 6’10 center, Steven Crowl to their 2020 freshman recruiting class.

Crowl, who is from Eastview Senior High School in Minnesota, averaged 19.3 points a game as a junior last season.  He received an offer from the Badgers after taking part in the Badgers’ team camp earlier this summer.

Crowl passed on offers from Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado and Northern Iowa.  His commitment gives Wisconsin a total of five players in the 2020 class.

Badgers prepare for Big Ten opener against Michigan

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After an early season week off, the Wisconsin Badgers are getting ready for their Big Ten opener against the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

The Wolverines stayed at No. 10 in the Amway Coaches Poll, after also having the week off.  The Badgers stayed put at No. 14 in the Coaches Top 25.

In this weeks Associated Press top 25, Michigan dropped to 11th, while the Badgers moved up one spot from last week to 13th.

The Wolverines lead the all-time series 51-15-1 and won last years match-up 38-13 in Ann Arbor.

This week’s game in Madison will kick off at 11 a.m. and will be televised on Fox.

 

Wisconsin’s Neuville is calling it a career

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Zander Neuville (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin tight end Zander Neuville was attempting to make yet another comeback.  The sixth-year senior was attempting to make it back after gaining another season from the NCAA after suffering season-ending knee injuries in 2017 and 2018.

Neuville had spent the last month getting back into football shape and was just about ready to return to the field when he suffered another season ending injury.

Badger coaches were hoping Neuville would be able to join them on the field soon after the position’s depth had been challenged by injuries.  He had put his plans of attending medical school on hold for a year, while attempting his comeback.

Now, Neuville is ending his football playing days and will watch his team from the sidelines.  He’ll begin medical school next fall.

Badgers pegged as WCHA preseason favorites

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Abby Roque

Fresh off winning its fifth NCAA title, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team has been picked to win its eight WCHA regular-season title, according to the league’s annual preseason coaches’ poll that was announced Wednesday.

The Badgers earned 36 points and six first-place votes, while Minnesota earned 31 points and the other first place vote.  The two Border Battle rivals will rekindle their rivalry with a series on Nov. 2-3 in Minnesota and a series Jan. 24-25 in Madison.

Abby Roque was named the Preseason WCHA Player of the Year along with Ohio State forward Emma Maltais.  Roque, who was the league’s forward of the year in 2016-17, was second on the Badgers last year with a career-high 43 points.

The Badger forward was one of four Badgers named to the Preseason All-WCHA Preseason Team along [Read more…]

Pankowski named top-30 finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year

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Annie Pankowski (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin women’s hockey standout Annie Pankowski has been named a top-30 honoree for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Pankowski captained the Badger women last season to their fifth NCAA title.  She was named All-American three times, was a three-time finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, a Hockey Humanitarian Award finalist and was named the 2019 WCHA Player of the Year.

The Laguna Hills, California native is the second UW student-athlete to be named a top-30 finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year as former women’s hockey player Sara Bauer was an honoree in 2007.

Pankowski ranks sixth in school history in points with 206 while her 95 goals rank fifth in the UW record books.  She also set the school record for most short-handed goals with nine, while her plus/minus rating [Read more…]

Badgers pitch back-to-back shutouts

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Jack Coan

For the second straight week, the Wisconsin Badgers pitched a shutout at their opponent, blanking Central Michigan 61-0 on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

Jonathan Taylor, who scored four touchdowns in week one at South Florida, scored four more touchdowns in the week two romp over the Chippewas.  Taylor finished with 102 yards and three touchdowns on 19 rushes and added three receptions for 17 yards and a receiving touchdown.

But this game belonged to junior quarterback Jack Coan.  After a solid performance last week at South Florida, Coan was outstanding in the Badgers home opener.  He set career highs in completions, attempts, yards and touchdowns, going 26-for-33 for 363 yards with three touchdown passes and no interceptions (201.2 pass efficiency rating) in his first start at Camp Randall Stadium.

Coan’s 363 yards are the 5th-highest single-game total in school history and the most by a Badgers quarterback since Tyler Donovan threw for 392 yards against Illinois on Oct. 6, 2007.  Coan became the [Read more…]

Twelve to be inducted into UW Athletics Hall of Fame

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The Wisconsin athletic department will hold its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on Friday night (Sept. 6).  The UW Athletics Hall of Fame will grow by twelve new members.  They include:

Donovan Bergstrom (XC, Track & Field)
Pat Christenson (Wrestling)
Elzie Higginbottom (Track & Field)
Bill Howard (Men’s hockey)
Trent Jackson (Men’s basketball)
Gwen Jorgensen (XC, Track & Field, Swimming)
Jim Kalscheur (Special Service)
Kelly Kennedy Saurer (Volleyball)
Otto Puls (Special Service)
Joe Thomas (Football)
Jessie Vetter McConnell (Women’s Hockey)
Ben Walter (Golf)

 

4th ranked Wisconsin falls to Marquette in women’s volleyball

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Wisconsin Volleyball – File Photo

The fourth-ranked Wisconsin women’s volleyball team dropped a thriller to in-state rival and 11th-ranked Marquette on Thursday night.

It’s the first time in program history that Marquette has defeated Wisconsin, snapping a 20-match Badger win streak.

Marquette dropped the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-22 before rebounding to win the next three, 29-27, 32-30 and 15-9 in the opening round of the HotelRED Invitational.

A season-high 17 blocks was the difference in opening up a 2-0 lead for the Badgers, but it wasn’t enough as Marquette hit .400-or-better in the last three sets.

The Badgers wrap up the HotelRED Invitational on Friday night when they take on No. 17 Baylor at 8 p.m. (Big Ten Network).

The Golden Eagles return to Milwaukee to host Syracuse on Saturday (12:30 p.m.)

 

Taylor named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week

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Jonathan Taylor

Wisconsin Badger running back was awarded the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Taylor tallied 183 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in the Badgers 49-0 win at South Florida last Friday, becoming the first Big Ten player to record at least two rushing and two receiving touchdowns in the same game since Illinois’ Mikel Leshoure in 2010.

Taylor rushed 16 times for 135 yards and a pair of touchdowns, topping the 100-yard rushing mark for the 23rd time in his career.  He also caught two passes for 48 yards and two more touchdowns, the first two receiving touchdowns of his career.

It’s the fifth career Offensive Player of the Week award and the first of the season.  He last captured the honor on Nov. 19, 2018.

The Badgers play their home opener this Saturday against Central Michigan at Camp Randall.