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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.

 

Badgers do little in loss at Penn State

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Paul Chryst

The Wisconsin Badgers jumped out to an early 7-0 lead when Jonathan Taylor cruised 71 yards for a touchdown.  That for the most part was the only big highlight for the day as the Penn State rebounded for a 22-10 win in State College, PA.

The Badgers (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) has lost four games in a season for the first time in Paul Chryst’s four seasons and they may not be done yet.

The Badgers West Division title hopes are gone with the loss.  Northwestern’s 14-10 win at Iowa gave the title to the Wildcats, who will battle either Michigan or Ohio State for the Big Ten title.

The Nittany Lions (7-3, 4-3) won their fourth straight in the series.  Trace McSorely, playing on a bad knee, completed 19 of 25 for 160 yards and a touchdown.  Miles Sanders rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries for Penn State.

Jonathan Taylor finished with 185 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries, but the Badgers managed to convert just 4 of 15 third downs, which is a growing problem for UW. [Read more…]

Badgers rebound to win at Penn State

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Khalil Iverson

After suffering an embarrassing 83-58 loss to Ohio State on Saturday at the Kohl Center, the Wisconsin Badgers took to the road and pulled out a 64-63 victory over Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Badgers built a 17-point lead in the second half, but had to survive a Penn State second half comeback, which saw Tony Carr miss a three-pointer in the final seconds that would have won it for the Nittany Lions.

Khalil Iverson, who went scoreless in the loss to Ohio State on Saturday, led the Badgers with 16 points and five rebounds on Monday night.

Freshman Nate Reuvers came off the bench with Ethan Happ in foul trouble and added 11 points and four rebounds for the Badgers (4-5, 1-1 Big Ten).  Happ fouled out with 14.7 seconds left to play, finishing with nine points, 10 rebounds and three assists.

Freshman guard Brad Davison didn’t score and fouled out with 43 seconds left.

Mike Watkins led Penn State (7-3, 1-1) with 22 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks.  Carr added 16 points.

The Nittany Lions hit 12 of 23 three-pointers in a win over Iowa on Saturday but made just 2 of 14 from distance against the Badgers.

The Badgers are in Philadelphia to face Temple on Wednesday night.

Hockey Badgers move back into first place in the Big Ten

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Ryan Wagner

The Wisconsin Badgers moved back into a first place tie with Minnesota atop the Big Ten Conference after rolling to a 7-4 win over Penn State on Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena.

Six different players scored goals for the Badgers (19-11-1, 12-5-0-0 Big Ten), led by Ryan Wagner, who scored the final two goals to seal it for Wisconsin.  His second tally was an empty-net goal.

The Badgers are now tied with Minnesota, after the Gophers fell to Michigan 5-3 on Friday night.

Jack Berry earned the win in goal, finishing with 34 saves on 38 shots.

The Badgers and Nittany Lions close out their two-game series tonight.  If Wisconsin can secure at least one point, they will clinch a top-two spot and a bye in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

With Ohio State’s loss to Michigan State on Friday night, the Badgers can finish no lower than third place in the standings.

Following tonight’s series finale, the Badgers return to Madison for their final series of the regular season, hosting Ohio State at the Kohl Center.