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Pankowski named WCHA Player of the Week

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Annie Pankowski (Photo by David Stluka).

For the second time this season, Wisconsin women’s hockey standout Annie Pankowski has earned WCHA Forward of the Week honors.

The Laguna Hills, California, native scored three goals to lead the top-ranked Badgers to a sweep of St. Cloud State on the road last weekend.

Pankowski scored a pair of goals in the second period in Wisconsin’s 8-2 win over the Huskies on Friday before adding an empty net power-play goal in the final seconds of UW’s 3-1 win on Saturday to put the game out of reach.

Pankowski now leads the WCHA in goals with 14 despite missing two games due to the Four Nations Cup.

The top-ranked Badgers are in the midst of their holiday break and will return to action Jan. 11-12 with a showdown at No. 8 Ohio State.

 

Badger basketball adds Ohio State transfer

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team will be adding former Ohio State forward Micah Potter to their squad.  The 6’9, 240-pound forward from Mentor, Ohio, is transferring to the University of Wisconsin.  He will join the Badgers at semester break and be eligible to play beginning in December of 2019.

Potter comes to Madison after two seasons at Ohio State where he appeared in 59 games, including 16 starts.  The first true freshman to start a season opener for the Buckeyes since Jared Sullinger, Potter averaged 4.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 12.0 minutes a game with a career high of 17 points against Texas Southern in 2017.

“It’s a perfect fit,” said head coach Greg Gard.  “In terms of our system, how he plays, how we play with our bigs and what he can bring to the table as a player.  When you look at transfers, you have to do your due diligence from a cultural standpoint and make sure they’re going to be about the right things.  There’s no doubt Micah is about the team first and he wants to be part of something bigger than himself.  He understands the big picture.”

The addition of Potter will be welcomed next season with Ethan Happ graduating at the end of this season.

Wisconsin’s Taylor wins Doak Walker Award

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Jonathan Taylor

Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor is the best running back in the Big Ten Conference and Thursday night in Atlanta, he added to his resume.

Taylor was named the best running back in all of college football, winning the Doak Walker Award.  He is the fourth Wisconsin player to capture the honor, joining Ron Dayne (1999, Montee Ball (2012) and Melvin Gordon (2014).

The sophomore from Salem, New Jersey will enter the December 27 Pinstripe Bowl against Miami ranked first in the nation in rushing yards per game (165.8).  Taylor has rushed for 100 yards in 11 of 12 games this season.  He has rushed for at least 150 yards in six games, and he’s gone over 200 yards four times.

Taylor and senior right guard Ben Benzschawel were first-team picks on the Walter Camp All-American team.  Senior left guard Michael Deiter was a second-team pick.

 

Strong second half lifts Badgers past Rutgers

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D’Mitrik Trice File Photo by David Stluka)

For the third straight game, the Wisconsin Badgers needed a strong second half to win and that’s what happened again Monday night.

Wisconsin trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half and five points at halftime before rebounding for a 69-64 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Big Ten action at the Kohl Center.  The Badgers improved to 8-1 on the season, their best start since starting 15-1 to begin the 2014-15 season.

Ethan Happ scored 20 points, D’Mitrik Trice added 14 and Nate Reuvers added 10 as the Badgers shot 58.6% in the second half.  Wisconsin committed just six turnovers, just one after halftime.  The Badgers outscored Rutgers (5-3, 0-2 Big Ten) 55-45 in the second half.

After a good first half, the Badgers clamped down defensively in the second, holding Rutgers to 40.6% shooting from the field.

The Badgers get a day off on Tuesday.  Their next game is Saturday against the rival Marquette at Fiserv Forum.

Badgers headed for Pinstripe Bowl, nine Big Ten teams going bowling overall

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The Wisconsin Badger football team will face Miami in a postseason bowl game for the second straight year.  The two programs this year, will hook up in the 2018 New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York City.  The game will take place Thursday, Dec. 27 and kick off at 4:15 p.m. and televised on ESPN.

Extending the longest current streak in the Big Ten, the Badgers will play in a bowl game for the 17th straight season.  That is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the country.

The Pinstripe Bowl is in its ninth year, and fifth of its affiliation with the Big Ten.  Big Ten schools are 3-1 in the Pinstripe Bowl with Penn State, Northwestern and Iowa all earning victories.  Wisconsin will play just its second game in the state of New York, having played to a 20-20 tie at Syracuse on Sept. 18, 1971.

Both the Badgers and Hurricanes finished disappointing regular seasons with 7-5 records.

The Badgers are one of nine Big Ten teams that will play in a bowl game.  Among the other eight are Ohio State and Michigan, who will both play on New Years Day. [Read more…]

Volleyball Badgers to face San Diego in NCAA Regional Semifinals

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For the sixth-straight year, Wisconsin has advanced to regional play of the NCAA tournament.  The sixth-seeded Badgers (24-6) will take on San Diego (18-12 in the regional semifinals on Friday at 1:30 p.m. from Huff Hall in Champaign, Illinois.

No. 3-seed Illinois (30-3) and No. 14 Marquette (28-6) open regional play on Friday at 11 a.m.

Semifinal winners face off on Saturday at 3 p.m. for the right to advance to the 2018 NCAA Championship at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Wisconsin is one of only five programs that have advanced to the Sweet 16 the last six years in a row.  UW joins BYU, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas on this elite list.

The Badgers are 8-7 all time in the Sweet 16, including falling at No. 3 Stanford in four sets in 2017.  Wisconsin is 2-6 in the Elite Eight, advancing to the NCAA championship match in 2000 and 2013.

Hockey Badgers skate to third straight tie

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Freshman forward Brock Caufield had his first career multi-goal game and rookie goaltender Daniel Lebedeff made 37 saves as the Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team skated to a 3-3 draw with 6th ranked Penn State on Friday night at the Kohl Center.

The final gave the Badgers their third straight tie after drawing even twice last weekend at Michigan.

After a pair of scoreless overtime sessions, Penn State won the sudden-death shootout to earn the extra point in the Big Ten standings.

The last time Wisconsin had three consecutive ties was during the 2002-03 season when the Badgers drew even against Minnesota State, followed by a pair of ties against Alaska Anchorage.

The Badgers are 13-for-13 on the penalty kill across the last three games.  UW has not allowed a power-play goal since Nov. 17 when it went 5-for-7 in a 3-1 loss to Ohio State.

The two teams wrap up the series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

Badgers tip off Big Ten with win at Iowa

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D’Mitrik Trice File Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badgers stayed with the Iowa Hawkeyes in their Big Ten opener in Iowa City and in the end, pulled out a 72-66 victory.

Ethan Happ fouled out with 45.8 seconds left, but the Badgers still got a big three-pointer from D’Mitrik Trice with 20 seconds left.  Then it was Brad Davison and Trice hitting some key free throws to maintain a two possession lead to give the Badgers (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) the win.

The Hawkeyes led for much of the second half.  Their biggest lead was eight early on, but the Badgers made several small runs to keep the game within striking distance.

Trice had 20 points to lead the Badgers, hitting 4 of 8 three-pointers.  Happ left with 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists.  Brevin Pritzl came up big off the bench with 12 points and four rebounds.

The Badgers had to deal with foul trouble throughout as Nate Reuvers, Aleem Ford, Khalil Iverson and Davison all spent extra time on the sidelines.

Iowa was led by Tyler Cook with 19 points and 15 rebounds.

Badger volleyball team advances to NCAA Sweet 16

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For the sixth-straight season, the 8th ranked Wisconsin women’s volleyball team has advanced to NCAA Regional play.  The sixth-seeded Badgers advanced by knocking off Pepperdine 25-16, 25-12, 15-25, 25-13 on Friday night at the UW Fieldhouse.

Sophomore Sydney Hilley recorded her seventh double-double in the last eight matches with 48 assists and 19 digs, which ties her career best.

Senior Tionna Williams led all players with a season-high 14 kills while hitting .458 (14 kills – 3 errors – 24 attempts).

Wisconsin advances to regional play on Dec. 7-8 at a location to be determined.  The highest remaining seed will host the regional tournament.

 

Badgers land six first-team All-Big Ten honorees

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The Wisconsin Badgers saw 11 players earn All-Big Ten recognition as the conference announced its postseason awards winners this week.

Sophomore running back Jonathan Taylor, the nation’s leading rusher, was named Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year, while one of his primary blockers, senior guard Michael Deiter, was tabbed as Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year.

Taylor and Deiter were among four consensus first-team All-Big Ten selections for the Badgers, along with senior guard Beau Benzschawel and sophomore center Tyler Biadasz.  Junior tackle David Edwards and senior linebacker T.J. Edwards, selected by a panel of league media, gave UW a total of six first-team All-Big Ten picks overall.

A Doak Walker Award finalist for the second straight season, Taylor leads the nation in rushing with 1,989 yards and an [Read more…]