At the University of Wisconsin, men’s and women’s soccer are not typically the most popular sports, at least compared to their higher-attended counterparts like football and basketball.
There was nothing particularly remarkable or enthralling about Wisconsin’s 54-10 win over Akron in Saturday’s home opener at Camp Randall Stadium.
On paper, the No. 10 Wisconsin Badgers’ (2-0) home-opening matchup against the Akron Zips (1-1) was going to be an easy win.
The Wisconsin Badgers’ (2-0) home opener went about as smooth as they could ask for, cruising to a 54-10 victory over the Akron Zips (1-1). Any doubts of a let-down following their big win over LSU were eliminated pretty early, as UW controlled the clock and the game from the start at Camp Randall Stadium. Receiving the opening kickoff, the Badgers possessed the ball for the first seven minutes of the game, pounding the ball down the field on a 13-play touchdown drive that set the tone for the day.
The Wisconsin (2-1-1) men’s soccer team earned its second win of the season on Friday, as junior forward Tom Barlow notched the winner in double overtime to sink Michigan (0-2-3) by a score of 2-1.
At its last home game, Wisconsin’s (2-2-3) head coach Paula Wilkins said that her team needed to find a way to win.
Week 1 of the 2016 college football season is officially in the books, and what a week it was.
Coming out of camp true freshman Anthony Lotti won the starting punter competition over redshirt sophomore P.J.
No position group underwent more turnover than the Wisconsin secondary this offseason as Darius Hillary, Tanner McEvoy and Michael Caputo all went off to chase their NFL dreams.
Nose Tackle Olive Sagapolu is a 6-foot-2, 340-pound beast of a man who played well as a freshman last season.
While major roster turnover has left the Wisconsin Badgers with questions at multiple key positions, one position in which the Badgers seem to have a surplus of above-average talent is linebacker. With Big Ten Linebacker of the Year and first-team All-American Joe Schobert’s departure to the NFL, redshirt sophomore T.J.
Robert Wheelwright After recording just three catches for 26 yards in his freshman and sophomore seasons, Wheelwright was thrust into a feature role in the Badgers’ offense last year.
Playing on the offensive line might be the least glamorous position in all of football. You don’t score touchdowns like receivers and running backs, you don’t get tackles like linebackers and defensive linemen. But yet, they are the cog that makes the offensive clock tick, and without a good offensive line, a powerful offense can sputter, which Badger fans saw last season.
The running back position is arguably the most prestigious position at the University of Wisconsin, and this year’s group looks as promising as ever.
With four-year starter Joel Stave departing Wisconsin to pursue a career in the NFL, head coach Paul Chryst and the rest of his staff ventured into the off-season intent on finding the right man to seize the starting quarterback job.
In this week's episode of the Cardinal Zone Podcast, a four-member panel of football writers Lorin Cox and Andrew Tucker, sports editor Thomas Valtin-Erwin and columnist Zach Rastall talk football and more football.
After a monumental opening weekend win at Lambeau Field, the Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) return home this weekend to take on the Akron Zips (1-0). Coming off such an emotional win, the Badgers could be on upset alert against the Terry Bowden-coached Zips.
The Wisconsin Badgers (1-2-3) are back at McClimon to face South Dakota State (2-3-1) Friday after a two-game California road trip that culminated in a 2-1 loss to No. 1 Stanford and a 1-1 double overtime tie with No. 22 Santa Clara. The young Badgers are taking on a Jackrabbits team that has won or tied in three of its last four games.
The defending Big Ten Champion Wisconsin Badgers (1-2-3) are primed for another successful season, despite their relative youth.
Wisconsin started the 2016 season with high expectations after earning a No. 4 ranking in the AVCA Coaches poll.
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