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Wisconsin avenges loss to Penn State with bounce back win (AUDIO)

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Freshman Jonathan Davis scored a career-high 17 points to lead the 19th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers knocked off the Penn State Nittany Lions 72-56 on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center.

Penn State had ended Wisconsin’s 13-game win streak in the series on Saturday with a 81-71 win over the Badgers.  UW got some payback on Tuesday night in the back-to-back series.

The Badgers (14-5, 8-4 Big Ten) have not lost to Penn State at home since 1995 and has won 27 of the last 30 meetings overall.

Brad Davison gave the Badgers a two-point halftime lead (33-31) with a three-pointer at the halftime horn.  It was part of an 18-2 Badger run that included two other three’s from Davison, who finished with 13 points for the game. [Read more…]

Hockey Badgers grab series opener at Penn State

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The 12th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team ran its win streak to three games, pulling out a 4-1 win at Penn State in Big Ten action on Thursday.  It’s the third straight win over the Nittany Lions this season.

Ty Pelton-Byce and Cole Caufield tallied power play goals for the Badgers.  Mathieu De St. Phalle also scored his first collegiate goal in the first period and Dominick Mersch added an empty net tally in the third period to account for the Badgers offense.

Freshman Cameron Rowe got the start in goal for the Badgers, stopping 45 of 46 shots on goal for his fourth win of the season (4-0).

Caufield extended his point streak to seven games (5 goals, 6 assists) as the Badgers have won five of their last six.

The 9-6 Badgers shoot for the sweep at 5 p.m. Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena.

Caufield scores hat trick, leads Badgers to sweep of Penn State

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Cole Caufield

After going without a goal in the first four games of the season, sophomore forward Cole Caufield lit the lamp four times to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team sweep Penn State at LaBahn Arena.

Caufield scored a hat trick on Tuesday night to lead the Badgers to a 7-3 win over the Nittany Lions in the series finale.

Caufield was the Big Ten freshman of the year last season, scoring 19 goals to lead the Big Ten.

Tarek Baker’s shorthanded goal late in the second period proved to be the game winner and Robbie Beydoun made 35 saves in goal as both he and the Badgers improved to 4-2.

Wisconsin’s power play improved to 6-20 (30%), scoring a power play goal for the sixth straight game.

The Badgers next, face Arizona State on Saturday (7pm) and Sunday (4pm) at LaBahn Arena.

Caufield named Big Ten’s #1 Star

Badger forward Cole Caufield was named the Big Ten’s first star, leading the nation with six points last week.  He recorded his second career hat trick in Tuesday’s 7-3 win over Penn State.

It’s Caufield’s second career weekly award and first since Oct. 15, 2019.

 

Badgers make their shots count

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The 14th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team was outshot 52-20 but they made those 20 shots count, knocking off the Penn State Nittany Lions 6-3 in their Big Ten series opener at LaBahn Arena on Monday night.

Freshman Sam Stange notched his first two collegiate goals for the Badgers (3-2-0, 3-2-0-0-1-0 Big Ten).  Jack Gorniak, Linus Weissbach and Brock and Cole Caufield also scored goals for the Badgers.

Wisconsin’s power play improved to 5-for-17 (29.4%) for the season after the Badgers scored a power-play goal for the fifth straight game.

Goaltender Robbie Beydoun earned his third win in goal, collecting a career high 49 saves in goal.

Penn State (0-3-0, 0-3-0-0-0-0 Big Ten) remains winless on the season.

The two teams wrap up their two-game series at LaBahn Arena on Tuesday night (5 p.m. – BTN).

 

Badgers rank #12 in A.P. Top 25 College Football Preseason Poll

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Despite the Big Ten Conference not playing football this fall, six of the conference’s teams showed up today in the Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll.

Paul Chryst’s Wisconsin Badgers showed up at number-12, third among the six Big Ten teams in the poll.  It’s the fourth straight season the Badgers have been ranked in the preseason.

Ohio State checks in at number-2, behind preseason number-1 Clemson.  Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma round out the top five.

Penn State checks in at number-7.  Michigan is 16th, Minnesota 19th and Iowa is ranked 24th.

All Division-1 teams were considered for the preseason poll, regardless of whether or not they’re set to play games this fall.  Both the Big Ten and Pac 12 are among the conferences that have postponed their fall seasons.

Once games begin this fall, voters in the A.P. Poll will only consider the teams currently playing.  As of Monday, 67 of the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams are playing this fall.

 

Hockey Badgers drop Big Ten opener

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The 7th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (4-3-0, 0-1-0 Big Ten) dropped its Big Ten-opening matchup on Thursday night, falling at 12th ranked Penn State (5-1-0, 1-0-0 Big Ten) 6-1 on Thursday night.

Freshman Cole Caufield scored the Badgers only goal, his national-leading eighth goal of the season with only seven seconds left in the first period.

Penn State, which was picked in the preseason to win the Big Ten title, scored four power play goals against the Badgers.

Wisconsin has now dropped two of their three series openers so far this season, but in all three series, the Badgers have come back stronger in game two and prevailed.  They’ll be looking to do the same Friday night when the two teams wrap up their 2-game series in University Parik.

The Badgers won’t have forward Roman Ahcan for tonight’s game.  He was ejected from last nights game and has drawn a one-game suspension from the Big Ten Conference for tonight.  Ahcan received a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct in Thursday night’s series opener.

 

Marquette looking for a new women’s basketball coach

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Carolyn Kieger – Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics.

After five seasons at Marquette, Carolyn Kieger is leaving the school to take the head coaching job at Penn State.

Kieger was 99-64 in her five seasons at the school, helping the Golden Eagles win the Big East regular season title this past season.  Kieger was the 2018 Big East co-coach of the year.

Marquette won the Big East tournament title in the 2016′-17 season, shared the league title in 2017-’18.

The 35-year-old Kieger played point guard for Marquette from 2002-’06 and remains the school’s all-time leader in assists. [Read more…]

Hockey Badgers sweep Wolverines, face Penn State in Big Ten Tournament

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Linus Weissbach

With Penn State winning at Notre Dame on Saturday, Wisconsin’s chances of securing a home series in the opening round of the Big Ten Conference post-season playoffs went up in smoke.  But that didn’t stop the Badgers from pulling off the two-game sweep of the Wolverines, winning a 4-3 overtime thriller at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers finished the regular season with three straight wins.

Trailing 3-2 in the final minutes, Tony Granato pulled his goaltender and Ty Emberson netted the game tying goal with 1:07 left in regulation.

The Badgers had a goal waved off in overtime after it was ruled they had too many men on the ice.  But a minute later, Linus Weissbach stick handled through traffic and fired a wrist shot from the left side to beat Michigan goaltender Hayden Lavigne and secure a “senior night” win for the Badgers.

Prior to leaving the ice, the Badgers thanked the fans and then helped serenade the crowd to “Varsity”. [Read more…]

Badgers rout Nittany Lions, earn series split

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Josh Ess – (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team dominated No. 19 Penn State from start-to-finish on Saturday night at Pegula Ice Arena, knocking off the Nittany Lions, 7-3, to earn a weekend split in its final road series of the regular season.

Looking to bounce back from Friday’s 8-2 loss, the Badgers got off to a quick start with first period goals from sophomore defenseman Josh Ess and freshman winger Jack Gorniak.

The Badgers added three more goals in the second period, including a short-handed tally from sophomore Tarek Baker and a second goal from Ess.

Penn State scored twice to make it a 5-2 game heading to the third period, but senior forwards Matthew Freytag and Seamus Malone notched the Badgers’ sixth and seventh goals of the night to seal a 7-3 victory over the Nittany Lions.

Freshman goaltender Daniel Lebedeff made 38 saves in the win.

Sophomores Josh Ess and Linus Weissbach each tallied three points in the win.  Ess’ two goals marked the defenseman’s first multi-goal performance of his career. [Read more…]

Badgers rebound with road win at Penn State

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The Wisconsin Badgers rebounded from a pair of losses to knock off the Penn State Nittany Lions 71-52 in Big Ten Conference action on Sunday night in State College, Pa.

After shooting poorly in a loss to border rival Minnesota, the Badgers improved their offensive game, hitting 8 of their 16 three-point attempts and 30 of 61 shots overall in the win over Penn State.

Ethan Happ started slow, hitting just 2 of his first 10 shots, but finished 10 of 24 from the field.  He had 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists.  Brad Davison added 14 and Nate Reuvers 11 points.  Reuvers hit 5 of his 7 field goal attempts, while Davison was 3 for 3 from three-point range and pulled down six rebounds.

It was the 11th straight win over Penn State with seven of the 11 coming at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Penn State played without head coach Patrick Chambers, who served a one-game suspension for shoving one of his players during a timeout on Thursday at Michigan.

Wisconsin improved to 3-1 in the Big Ten, while Penn State dropped to 0-4.