Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Archives for Badgers

Taylor, Cruickshank earn weekly Big Ten honors

By

Wisconsin Badger running back Jonathan Taylor and WR/KR Aron Cruickshank received Big Ten Conference weekly awards on Monday.

Taylor was named the Big Ten’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week after carrying the ball 25 times for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the Badgers 37-21 win over Nebraska on Saturday.  Taylor increased his career rushing total to 5,634 yards, passing Georgia’s Herschel Walker for the most every by an FBS player through his junior season, and also eclipsing two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin from Ohio State for second place on the Big Ten’s all-time rushing list.

Taylor has now rushed for at least 200 yards for the 11th time in his [Read more…]

Badger women’s soccer heads to Los Angeles

By

The Wisconsin women’s soccer team will head to Los Angeles for the second and third rounds of the 2019 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship.

Wisconsin is the 3-seed and will take on Duke on Friday in a 7 p.m. CT game at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.  The winner of the UW/Duke will take on the winner of the No. 2 UCLA/Clemson on Sunday in a 6 p.m. CT contest.

The Badgers beat UW-Milwaukee 1-0 in Friday’s NCAA opening round.

 

Badgers lock up Howard and pull away to beat rival Marquette

By

 

Kohl Center – Courtesy of University of Wisconsin

Marquette’s All-American senior guard Markus Howard poured in 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting in the first half, but the Wisconsin Badgers made life much tougher on Howard in the second half and pulled out a 77-61 win over the Golden Eagles at the Kohl Center.

Howard missed all nine of his shots in the second half, making only a pair of free throws.

“Honestly, it was a team effort,” Badger guard D’Mitrik Trice said.  “We know he’s a great, great scorer.  He’s one of the best in college basketball, so we knew it was going to take all of us to lock him up on defense.  We knew it would lead to offense.”

Trice finished with 10 points, one of six Badgers scoring in double figures.  Brevin Pritzl led the way with 15 points and 13 rebounds.  Brad Davison also had 15 points in the win.  Aleem Ford added 12 points. [Read more…]

Badger volleyball team grabs sole possession of first place

By

Molly Haggerty

The 7th-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team grabbed sole possession of first place in the Big Ten with a four set (25-22, 23-25, 30-28, 29-27) win over the Minnesota Gophers on Thursday night.

The Badgers (18-5, 14-1) won their second straight Border Battle match and notched their first win in the Maturi Pavillion since 2014.

The Badgers were led by Molly Haggerty with a season-high 24 kills.  Dana Rettke followed with 21 kills and Grace Loberg pitched in with 19 as Wisconsin hit .313 (82 kills – 21 errors – 195 attempts) while holding Minnesota to .284 (64 – 16 – 169).

The lone blemish on the match for Wisconsin was a 13-4 tally in service errors, but the impressive offensive attack was enough to push the Badgers past the Gophers into sole possession of the Big Ten’s top spot.

The Badgers swept the Gophers for the first time since 2014, when UW won its last Big Ten Championship.

Wisconsin will look to maintain the Big Ten’s top spot as Michigan State comes to the UW Field House on Saturday (7 p.m.).

 

Badgers wake up in second half to pull away to victory

By

The Wisconsin Badgers had to dig a little deeper on their bench on Wednesday night but eventually pulled away to beat McNeese State 83-63 at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers were short-handed to start, playing with old Kobe King who injured his ankle in practice on Monday.  Then they had to deal with Nate Reuvers foul trouble for much of the game.

With the Badgers off to a slow start, coach Greg Gard went to his bench and called on the likes of Tyler Wahl and Walt McGrory.  McGrory is a walk-on and one of his biggest roles is testing the starters in practice as a member of the scout team.

McGrory had combined for just 11 points in 22 games in his first two seasons, hadn’t played in the Badgers first two games.  But he set a personal best with 24 minutes and a career high 9 points last night.

It was McGrory and Brad Davison who supplied most of the first half firepower.  Davison finished with a season high 24-points, making 3 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 8 shots overall and a perfect 7 of 7 at the free throw line. [Read more…]

Wisconsin’s Turcotte named Big Ten’s second star

By

Wisconsin hockey freshman forward Alex Turcotte (Island Lake, IL) was named the Big Ten Conference’s Second Star after a four point weekend last weekend at Nebraska-Omaha.

Turcotte led all players in the series with four points, as the Badgers split the weekend series.  He scored the go-ahead goal in Friday’s 5-2 win, breaking a 1-1 second-period tie before adding the primary assist on Wisconsin’s fourth goal.

Turcotte then recorded both Wisconsin goals on Saturday in a 5-2 loss.

It’s the first career weekly award for Turcotte, who is tied for the team lead in scoring with fellow freshman Cole Caufield.

The Badgers are on  home ice this weekend, playing host to unbeaten Notre Dame at the Kohl Center.

 

Badger women’s soccer to open NCAA tournament at home

By

The Wisconsin women’s soccer team earned a No. 3 seed in the 2019 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament and will host in-state rival Milwaukee in a Friday-night clash at the McClimon Soccer Complex.

The Badgers (14-3-2) and Panthers (17-1-1) will meet in a 5 p.m. battle in Madison as the winner will advance to play the winner of Duke and Utah in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The 2019 Big Ten Regular Season Champions, UW went unbeaten in conference play.  The Badgers are led by Big Ten Forward of the Year Dani Rhodes, who paces the team with 11 goals, while Big Ten Defender of the Year Camryn Biegalski and Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Jordyn Bloomer lead the defense that has allowed only 10 goals in 19 games this year.

The Badgers are making their fourth-straight trip to the big dance and the program’s 22nd appearance in the NCAA tournament.  UW has won its last three first-round games and made it to the NCAA Sweet 16 last year.

 

Reuvers named Big Ten Player of the Week

By

Wisconsin Badger forward Nate Reuvers had a career week to open the season and was rewarded by being named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.

It marked the first career Big Ten Player of the Week honor for the junior forward, who averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 6.5 blocks in two games for the Badgers last week.

Last Friday in UW’s home opener against Eastern Illinois, Reuvers recorded his second career double-double and finished just one block shy of a triple-double.  The Lakeville, Minnesota, native racked up 14 points, a career high 14 rebounds and tied the school record with 9 blocks.

In the season opener against No. 20 Saint Mary’s last Tuesday, Reuvers scored a career high 22 points, while also tallying 6 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Among players who have played in multiple games, Reuvers leads the NCAA averaging 6.5 blocks per game.  He’s the first Badger to be named Big Ten Player of the Week since Ethan Happ last season (Dec. 10, 2018).

The Badgers (1-1) return to action Wednesday night against McNeese State at the Kohl Center.

Caufield named National Rookie of the Month

By

Wisconsin freshman forward Cole Caufield is the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National (HCA) Rookie of the Month for October.

The Stevens Point, Wisconsin native finished the month with a nation’s-best eight goals, helping the Badgers to a 4-3-0 record against three preseason conference favorites and in contests against six ranked foes.

Caufield opened the month with a two-goal performance at Boston College, a three-point night at Merrimack with two goals and an assist, and a pair of goals in a victory against two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth.  He closed out the month with goals in back-to-back games, including a win against Clarkson on Oct. 26.

Caufield’s eight goals and 10 points for the month led the nation’s rookies.  He also shared the national lead for power-play goals by a freshman with three, tied with fellow Badger Alex Turcotte.  He was named the Big Ten Second Star of the Week following his four-goal and five-point opening weekend of the season.

The 12th ranked Badgers (4-4-0, 0-2-0 Big Ten) visits No. 20 Omaha (4-1-1, 0-0-0 NCHC) for a Friday-Saturday series this weekend.

UW to pay tribute to Howard Moore before tonight’s game

By

The Wisconsin Badgers (0-1) play their home opener against Eastern Illinois (0-1) at the Kohl Center on Friday night.  Fans are being asked to be in their seats by 6:45 p.m. to they can be a part of a tribute to assistant coach Howard Moore and his family.

Moore lost his wife (Jennifer) and daughter (Jaidyn) in an auto accident last May in Michigan.  He suffered severe burns in the accident and then suffered a heart attack in June and is now in a long-term care facility.

Moore’s parents and his son Jerell, who survived the accident, are scheduled to be in attendance.

Badger players will have T-shirts and wristbands to honor Moore.  Both will include the words: ‘Do Moore. Be Moore. 4 Moore.’

The Badgers lost their opener on Tuesday night to St. Mary’s of California, 65-63 in overtime.  They’ll be looking to rebound tonight.