Men's hockey
The Badgers fell behind early in the final round of the Maverick Stampede tournament in Omaha, Neb. Saturday and were not able to recover as the men's hockey team lost the title game 6-2 and ended up spliting their opening weekend of Head Coach Mike Eave's second year.
Opening the tournament against University of Nebraska-Omaha, UW fell behind as the Mavericks scored 21 seconds into the game. The Badgers recovered and scored 30 seconds later when sophomore center Nick Licari connected with sophomore center A.J. Degenhardt for the score.
Both teams had several scoring opportunities on power plays (UNO with two, UW with three) but neither was able to take advantage until the last period when UNO's senior defenseman Mike Gabinet was called for a double minor, giving the Badgers a four-minute power play that freshman defenseman Jeff Likens was able to score on.
A late rally by the Mavericks tied the score at 3-3, sending the game into overtime where the Badgers ended the match with a goal by senior defenseman Dan Boeser.
Wisconsin was down 2-0 in the title game against Maine before the Badgers were able to get on the board after a goal by sophomore defenseman Tom Gilbert on a five-on-three power play, but Maine recovered quickly and scored on the next play and added to its lead at 13:45 with another goal. Wisconsin would respond more than two minutes later when freshman forward Ken Rowe recovered a missed shot by Gilbert. Junior goaltender Bernd Br??ckler had 26 saves, but it was not enough in the end.
Men's soccer
A red card early in the game proved to be the undoing for the Wisconsin men's soccer squad as the team was forced to play a man short for most of the game in a 3-0 loss to Indiana Friday.
Senior forward Jed Hohlbein was forced out in the 19th minute, and the Badgers struggled for the remainder of the game, creating only 12 shot opportunities, five of which were from junior midfielder David Martinez; sophomore forward Phil Doeh was responsible for three. In the end, UW was unable to overcome the man disadvantage as the team tried to shift players in an attempt to neutralize the playing field.
Indiana sophomore midfielder Pat Yates scored late in the first half and the Hoosiers would score again, just moments into the second half. IU drilled its last goal on a shot from freshman forward Jacob Peterson that went through junior goalkeeper Eric Hanson's legs.
Women's hockey
The Wisconsin women's hockey team not only won its first game Friday but swept the weekend's matchup against Vermont by winning 2-0 in its first game and achieving a second shutout Saturday, 7-0.
Friday, the Badgers went scoreless in the first and second period, dominating Vermont in shot attempts, 61-11, but still unable to convert the shots into goals. Freshman forward Meaghan Mikkelson broke the scoring stalemate while on a power play in the second minute of the third period on assists from junior defensemen Nicole Uliasz and Molly Engstrom.
After holding the Vermont offense to no shots during the third period, the Badger offense sealed the game with a power play goal by Uliasz.
With a strong defensive presence, UW sophomore goaltender Meghan Horras' job was a little easier with six saves compared to Vermont junior goaltender Kami Cote's 66 saves.
UW came out early on Saturday with a goal by Engstrom at the 16-minute mark of the first period. Senior forward Karen Rickard made the score 2-0 going into the second period with just two minutes to go.
Mikkelson notched her second goal of the weekend in the second period and the first of two goals by sophomore forward Nikki Burish at 4:52 doubled the score. UW's junior forward Jackie Friesen and senior forward Stephanie Boeckmann also added goals for UW. The final two goals for UW came as a result of penalty trouble by Vermont.
UW sophomore goaltender Jessica Bernal had seven saves in two periods; freshman Christine Dulfour had six in the third period.
