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Badger women’s hockey sweeps UMD, remain unbeaten

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Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach Mark Johnson (Photo by David Stluka)

After giving up an early goal to 4th-ranked Minnesota Duluth, the 2nd-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team bounced back, scoring three unanswered goals to take down the Bulldogs, 3-1, on Sunday at LaBahn Arena on Sunday afternoon.  Wisconsin swept the two game series.

Sophomore Natalie Buchbinder, junior Alexis Mauermann and sophomore Brette Pettet all scored for the Badgers (6-0-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA) and helped UW head coach Mark Johnson become the all-time winningest coach in NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey history with 465 wins.

Johnson passed Mercyhurst head coach Michael Sisti and Harvard head coach Katey Stone for the top spot in NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey history with his 465th career win.

Wisconsin’s offense was relentless on UMD goalie Maddie Rooney, outshooting the Bulldogs 11-3 in the second period.  Rooney, the 2018 Olympic gold medalist for the U.S., held her own for most of the second until a quick-strike goal off a face-off from junior Alexis Mauermann with 6:04 left in the frame to put UW up 2-1.

The Badgers also earned their 100th win at LaBahn Arena and the Badgers are now undefeated in their last 33 games on home ice.

The Badgers outshot the Bulldogs 43-12 for the game and 87-28 in the series.

 

Badger hockey team sweeps #12 Boston College

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Linus Weissbach

Sophomore forward Linus Weissbach broke a 4-4 tie 6:32 into the third period and the Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (2-0-0) knocked off 12th ranked Boston College (0-2-0) on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers swept the Eagles after pulling out a 3-0 win on Friday night.

The Badgers scored just 38-seconds into the game on a Sean Dhooghe tally, only to see Boston College tie the game at 1:20 of the first.

The Badgers never trailed in the contest, going on to build a 4-1 lead at one point in the second period before the Eagles rebounded to the game.

Sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk led the Badgers with two goals and an assist, while sophomore forward Tarek Baker had a goal and two helpers.

Junior goaltender Jack Berry stopped 28 shots for the victory.

Wisconsin will take its first road trip of the season on Friday at Clarkson and Saturday at St. Lawrence in upstate New York.

Football Badgers blown out by Michigan, Hornibrook struggles

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Alex Hornibrook

Wisconsin’s beat up defense held its own for a while on Saturday night, but the offense played one of its worst games in recent memory as the Badgers fell to the Michigan Wolverines 38-13 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Wisconsin defense started the game without starting defensive end Isaiahh Loudermilk (ankle injury).  Starting safety couldn’t go after testing his injured leg in pregame warm-ups.  The other starting safety, Scott Nelson, had to sit the first half after an ejection in the second half last week for targeting.  He returned but quickly left in the third quarter with a left leg injury.  Starting corner Faion Hicks was declared out early with a leg injury.

Despite all of those defensive injury issues, the Badgers played tough against the Wolverines, keeping the game close before eventually wearing down late in the game.

The Badgers got an early touchdown when Kendric Pryor scored on a 33-yard jet sweep early in the second quarter.

The Badgers ground game was good early.  Jonathan Taylor had 79 yards on 11 carries in the first half, but he would get just 22 more yards on the ground in the second half, finishing with 101 yards on 17 carries.

Quarterback Alex Hornibrook finished 7 of 20 for 100 yards and two interceptions.  His first completion of the second half came with five minutes left in the game.  The Badgers finally added a second touchdown when Hornibrook found A.J. Taylor on a three-yard touchdown connection with 3:47 to play.

The Badgers lost the time of possession statistic 37:01 to 22:59 and finished just 2 of 11 on third downs.

Wisconsin dropped to 4-2 overall, 2-1 in the Big Ten.  They’ll return to Madison to host Illinois this Saturday at Camp Randall.

Badgers drop in AP Poll

With Saturday’s loss, the Badgers dropped eight spots from 15th to 23rd in the A.P. Top 25 College Football Poll.  The Badgers started the season ranked number-4.

Michigan secured its best ranking of the season, climbing to sixth.

Big Ten Announces Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors

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Ethan Happ

Purdue junior guard Carsen Edwards has been chosen as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year heading into the 2018-19 basketball season as voted on by a panel of conference media.  The media also selected a 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team with eight conference programs represented.

Edwards was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big Ten team along with Wisconsin senior forward Ethan Happ.

Indiana freshman guard Romeo Langford and senior forward Juwan Morgan, Maryland junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr., Michigan senior guard Charles Matthews, Michigan State junior forward Nick Ward and junior guard Cassius Winston, Minnesota senior forward Jordan Murphy and Nebraska senior forward James Palmer Jr. earned preseason accolades.

 

Freshmen shine in Badgers hockey exhibition

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Badger coach Tony Granato

Six freshmen tallied points as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team routed the University of Victoria, 8-2, in an exhibition game Sunday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers jumped in front early in the first period on power-play goals from sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk and junior forward Max Zimmer.

Victoria answered with a pair of quick goals midway through the first period, but freshman forward Dominick Mersch buried the puck at the 15-minute mark of the period to start a six-goal outburst.

Three other freshmen scored goals for the Badgers, Roman Ahcan, Brock Caufield and Mick Messner.

Wisconsin outshot Victoria 72-15, with the Badgers holding the Vikings to single-digit shots in each of the three periods.

 

Badger women improve to 3-0

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The 2nd-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team hit the road for the first time this season and knocked off Mercyhurst 6-1 on Friday  night in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Reigning WCHA Forward of the Year, Abby Roque scored a pair of power-play goals in the first period, then completed the hat trick in the second period to become the 29th player in school history to record a hat trick.

Sophia Shaver, Annie Pankowski and Britta Curl also scored for the Badgers, who improved to 3-0 on the season.

With the victory, head coach Mark Johnson is now tied with Mercyhurst head coach Michael Sisti for second in NCAA history in career wins with 462.

The Badgers outshot Mercyhurst 35-21, including a 17-4 margin in the second period.

Wisconsin falls to Minnesota in Big Ten Volleyball

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The fifth-ranked Wisconsin volleyball dropped its first Big Ten match of the season, falling to sixth-ranked Minnesota on Wednesday night in three sets, 25-17, 25-21, 25-15.

Wisconsin (9-2 overall, 2-1 BIG) hit .221 (39-14-11) for the match but could not slow Minnesota (9-2, 3-0), who hit .386 (46-7-101).

Sophomore Dana Rettke earned a team-best 12 kills while adding three digs, an ace and a block.  Grace Loberg and Tionna Williams combined for three blocks as the Badgers earned a slight 4-3 advantage at the net.

Libero Tiffany Clark earned a match-high 16 digs in tonight’s effort.  Minnesota out dug UW, 50-41.

The Badgers are back on the road this weekend, traveling to West Lafayette, Indiana, on Saturday for a 6 p.m. match against Purdue.

Badgers picked to finish sixth in Big Ten Men’s Hockey

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Ohio State was tabbed the favorite in the 2018-19 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll.

Last season, Ohio State finished second in the regular-season standings with 45 points and a conference record of 14-8-2-1 (26-10-5 overall).  The Buckeyes’ record-breaking campaign cumulated with the program’s second Frozen Four berth and first since 1998.

Michigan was picked to finish second in the preseason poll, with defending Big Ten Champion Notre Dame capturing third, Minnesota fourth, Penn State placing fifth, Wisconsin earning sixth and Michigan State rounding out the poll in seventh.

The Badgers went 14-19-4 last season and finished sixth in the Big Ten.

Wisconsin will open the season with an exhibition game against the University of Victoria, Sunday, October 7 at 5 p.m. at the Kohl Center.  The regular season starts October 12 and 13 when Boston College comes to Madison.

Badger women’s hockey team picked to win WCHA

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Badger women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team is picked to win the WCHA for the fourth-straight year.

The Badgers earned 33 points and four first-place votes in a vote by the league’s coaches.  Minnesota also received 33 points and three first-place votes,  The two rivals battle it out on two separate occasions this season with a two-game series in Madison on Oct. 27-28 and another two-game series in Minneapolis on Jan. 18-19.

Senior forwards Emily Clark and Annie Pankowski were named to the Preseason All-WCHA Team in addition to senior defenseman Mikaela Gardner.

The WCHA poll and preseason honors announcement comes a day after UW checked in at No. 2 in the preseason USCHO.Com National Poll.

Badgers must regroup from stunning loss to BYU

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It is back to the drawing board for the 16th ranked Wisconsin Badgers today, following their shocking 24-21 loss to the BYU Cougars on Saturday.

BYU was a three touchdown underdog, yet outplayed Wisconsin, handing the Badgers their first non-conference home loss at Camp Randall Stadium dating back to 2003.

To make matters worse, the Badgers lost outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel and tight end Zander Neuville with leg injuries in the first half.

The Cougars attacked the Badger defense with a number of jet sweeps, which opened up the running game for BYU tailback Squally Canada.  He rushed for 118 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns.

BYU freshman Skyler Southam booted the game winning field goal from 45-yards out with 9:58 left to play.  The Badgers had a chance to tie but Rafael Gaglianone missed from 42-yards out with :36 left to play.

Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor came in averaging 7.8 yards a carry and 199.0 yards per game rushing.  He finished with 117 yards on 26 carries and a 4.5 yards per carry average.  His longest carry went for 15 yards.

The Badgers three touchdowns all came on short runs.  Taiwan Deal scored twice, from two yards and five yards out.  Fullback Alec Ingold scored from two yards out.

The loss dropped the Badgers in both Top 25 polls, from 6th to 16th in the coaches poll and from 6th to 18th in the writers poll.

Wisconsin must now regroup quickly.  The Badgers open Big Ten play this Saturday night in Iowa City against the Hawkeyes.