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Men's Tennis: Wisconsin takes down UW-Green Bay, Western Illinois to continue hot start

By Rushad Machhi | Mar. 11, 2013

What’s better than one Badger victory? Easy, two Badger victories! The Wisconsin Men’s tennis team (9-2 overall) produced just that by defeating UW Green Bay, and then Western Illinois. The double header started off quite well for the No. 70 ranked Badgers, as they earned the doubles point against Green Bay. The No. 2 doubles squad for the Badgers, featuring freshman Alexander Kokorev and junior Petr Satral, started off with an 8-4 victory against their counterparts Howard Scott and Michael Tebon. The duo of freshmen, Jakhongir Jalalov and Oskar Wikberg, could not complete their comeback as they started off down 4-0, made a match out of it by getting to 4-4, but lost in the end 8-5 to Michael Tenzer and Joey Leto. So it was up to senior Billy Bertha and Kostanov to win the doubles point for the Badgers, and they were definitely up to the challenge as they came back from being down 4-6 to win 8-6 against Erik Finkenbrink and Craig Cox. The momentum from the doubles victories carried into singles play as the Badgers continued to batter the Phoenix. Kostanov continued his yearlong singles domination by easily finishing off Leo Gomez Islinger 6-1, 6-1 at four singles. Next it was Jalalov at 5 singles who captured a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Howard Scott. With the Badgers up 3-0, all they needed was one more victory. That one victory ended up being harder than advertised as Billy Bertha never got it going against Michael Tenzer, losing 3-6, 1-6. So the meet hung in the balance of three matches, all of which went to a third set. Alexander Kokorev broke through first against Rowan Isaaks. Kokorev lost a tough first set 5-7, but remained resilient and came back winning the last two sets 6-4, 6-2 to clinch the meet for the Badgers. While the red and white had things all sewn up, two of the better matches continued to be held. Oskar Wikberg, the fantastic freshman, took the first set rather easily 6-3 and started off the second set up 4-1. However, that is where he started to encounter some problems as he lost control and gave up the second set to Craig Cox 6-4. Wikberg rebounded quickly and went up 4-1 once again in the third set, but once again history repeated itself and he collapsed and lost 5-7. The match of the day occurred at the two doubles spot, where Badger Petr Satral went to war against Erik Finkenbrink. They traded the first two sets, with Finkenbring winning the first 6-3, and then Satral roaring back by winning the second 6-1. The third set was truly a battle as they both traded games leading to an intense tie breaker, where Satral lost 8-10. However, the last two matches did not matter much, as the Badgers did win the overall meet 4-3. The men then quickly regrouped to face Western Illinois, and this time, the Badgers did not mess around. Instead of starting with doubles, the meet started with singles, and it was a huge mismatch across the board. The Badgers humiliated Leathernecks, sweeping the singles matches while not dropping a set in any of them. Since the meet was already decided, the teams decided to bypass the doubles matches and call it a day. The red hot badgers improved to 9-2 on the year, and will face a feisty University of Southern Florida squad next week Saturday at Nielsen.

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SOFTBALL

Softball: Badgers keep rolling at Saluki Invitational

By Christian Blatner | Mar. 11, 2013

The Wisconsin softball team (18-3 overall) stuck to their winning ways this weekend as they swept the competition at the Saluki Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. The Badgers relied on strong pitching performances and clutch hitting as they recorded wins over Belmont, Southern Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, and Eastern Kentucky on Saturday and Sunday.

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SOFTBALL

Softball: Badgers set for SalSaluki Invitational

By Blake Duffin | Mar. 8, 2013

The Wisconsin softball team (14-3 overall) will return to the Midwest for the first time this season when the Badgers take on Belmont (6-7), Eastern Kentucky (9-5), Illinois-Chicago (3-12) and the host team, Southern Illinois (9-8), at the SalSaluki Invitational in Carbondale, Ill., this weekend.

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COLUMNS

Column: Wisconsin hockey returns to classic venue at Coliseum

By Rex Sheild and Bill Anderson | Mar. 6, 2013

While Wisconsin hockey fans have grown accustomed to the comfortable seating and the rowdy Crease Creatures at the Kohl Center since its existence in late 90s, the program started the makings of their dynasty elsewhere in Madison—Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The current Wisconsin hockey team will relive the Wisconsin glory days at the building former head coach Bob Johnson built this weekend, where they will look to add another WCHA championship banner against St. Cloud State. With the Badgers closing their season at the Coliseum this weekend, it is only appropriate to revisit the once-great spectrum in college hockey.

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SOFTBALL

Softball: Badgers gather four wins on west coast trip

By Peter Cameron and Sam Garigliano | Mar. 4, 2013

The Badgers (14-3 overall) took home four wins in their six-game run this weekend at the Easton Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. Wisconsin took on Cal State Fullerton, No. 18 Stanford, No. 8 California, CSU Bakersfield and Cal Poly, playing Cal State Fullerton twice. UW picked up four wins over the weekend but lost games to Cal State Fullerton and California.

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HOCKEY

Women's Hockey: Badgers begin road to WCHA title vs. St. Cloud

By Rex Sheild | Feb. 28, 2013

The race for the 2013 WCHA conference tournament crown is underway and second-seeded and No.6 ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team (17-9-2 WCHA, 21-9-2 overall) will look to build upon their late-season momentum, as they host seventh-seeded St. Cloud State (5-21-2, 9-22-3) in the first round of the WCHA Playoff series—the first ever playoff series at the LaBahn Arena.

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