The Wisconsin Badgers softball team scored 29 runs against the Illinois Fighting Illini in a three-game away series Friday and Saturday, coming back in the later game on Saturday.
The Big Ten Tournament bracket has No. 6 seed Wisconsin playing the No. 3 seed Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio on March 7. No. 2 seed Minnesota will play No. 7 seed Notre Dame, and No. 4 seed Michigan will play No. 5 seed Penn State.
Wisconsin women’s hockey (25-1-2) is on top of the WCHA and NCAA. They finished their regular season this weekend with two wins against Bemidji State. The WCHA playoffs start on Feb. 28 in a best-of-three first round.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team (11-18-3) lost both series games to the No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes (20-8-2) in Columbus last weekend.
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (11-18-3) is ranked sixth in the Big Ten Standings, only ahead of Notre Dame. Wisconsin will play the Fighting Irish this weekend at home, but even losing both games wouldn’t put Notre Dame ahead in the rankings.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team (11-16-3) ended their seven-game matchup win streak against the Penn State Nittany Lions (14-11-3) last weekend, losing to them twice.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team went to No. 3 Minnesota and lost both games in the border battle series last weekend. The stronger Minnesota team chipped away at any strength the Badgers had in the first two periods, creating a three-goal deficit to end each game.
After a huge Big Ten match-up against the Michigan Wolverines, the No. 17 Badgers are climbing the NCAA rankings ahead of their series against the No. 4 Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday.
Coming off of a 6-3 win on Jan. 17 and a win in the shootout that Saturday against Long Island University, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team is hoping to make a statement this week on home ice against a Big Ten rival.
Although men and women’s hockey had differing starts to the season, the end goal is the same: make a strong playoff push. Rankings don’t mean much of anything if you can get past the first round of the Big Ten or WCHA playoffs, but both teams are looking for wins to close out the season that is ending in just over a month.
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