Nearly 1.2 million people tuned in to watch the Wisconsin Badgers women’s volleyball team take home their first national championship Saturday night, setting a record for the most-watched women’s college volleyball match ever on ESPN, the network said Tuesday.
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team is searching for a new opponent for Thursday at the Kohl Center after Morgan State notified the Badgers on Monday that it can’t travel due to COVID-19 complications within its program.
While the majority of his University of Wisconsin men’s basketball teammates focused on resting and finishing finals during a scheduled week off between games, Vogt traveled to Mayfield to help his community after much of the city was devastated by a tornado Dec. 10.
Chayla Edwards is a defender with the NCAA national champion University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, where she played in all 21 games during the championship campaign.
The Wisconsin Badgers are NCAA volleyball champions. Finally.
In five neck-and-neck sets, No. 4 Wisconsin defeated No. 10 Nebraska, securing the national title in women’s volleyball.
Noted: Marisa Moseley is in her first season as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin. She came to Madison from Boston University, where she was head coach for two seasons. She led the Terriers to their first winning season in five years and was named Patriot League Coach of the Year. Moseley was an assistant coach for nine years under Coach Gino Auriemma at the University of Connecticut, a national women’s basketball powerhouse, following assistant coaching stints at Denver and Minnesota. She played for Boston University from 2000-2004.
Rettke was named Friday as the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the first Badgers player ever to receive that honor.
The celebration that began on the floor of Nationwide Arena on Saturday night following the longest match in NCAA tournament history, picked up late Sunday afternoon when the team landed in Madison.
With the Badgers volleyball team taking home its first championship Saturday night, teams and players around Wisconsin sounded off online to congratulate them.
Badger Volleyball captured the first National Championship in program history on Saturday. Now, fans got their chance to party with the team.
For the first time in the program’s history, the University of Wisconsin Badgers’ Volleyball team hoists the NCAA Championship Trophy after beating the Nebraska Cornhuskers to earn the title.
Badgers get the job done and go out in style.
When a tornado ravaged his hometown in Kentucky, University of Wisconsin basketball player Chris Vogt was preparing for one of his team’s biggest games of the season.
The Badgers (30-3) will face No. 10 Nebraska for the title on Saturday night. To get there, it took arguably the best effort of the season for the Badgers to get past a talented and driven Louisville team, which finished 32-1.
From other University of Wisconsin squads to professional teams and sports personalities — and even the official “Grit Factory Hat” account — the Wisconsin sports world joined in on the celebration after the fourth-seeded Badgers volleyball team defeated the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in an epic five-set NCAA Final Four showdown Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA volleyball tournament for the third straight season.
No. 4 Wisconsin will face the No. 1 Louisville on Thursday evening. The other semifinal match features No. 3 Pittsburgh and No. 10 Nebraska. The winners will play for the championship Saturday.
It’s not every year a college athlete earns a fifth first-team All-American nod in a team sport. But these aren’t ordinary times, and Dana Rettke is no ordinary athlete.
The University of Wisconsin middle blocker received her fifth first-team nod from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, becoming the first athlete in NCAA volleyball history to be honored as such. Rettke reeled in her fourth plaudit as a senior earlier this year, then came back for a fifth season available to athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.
Rettke became the first player to be named a five-time first-team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, thanks in part to the bonus year made possible by the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was due mostly to her own performance on the court.
The University of Minnesota football team may have laid claim to Paul Bunyan’s Axe two weeks ago, but the University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team came to the rematch wielding a broom.
For the third straight year, the Badgers are headed to the NCAA Final Four in volleyball after sweeping past the Golden Gophers, 25-18, 26-24, 25-22, Saturday night before an electric crowd at the UW Field House. Wisconsin will meet No. 1-ranked and undefeated Louisville in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday.
Letter to the editor: But some fans use a large bag of popcorn or a large drink that is very slowly consumed as an excuse to not wear the mask at all during the entire contest. I feel this is not in the spirit of the mask requirement.
Chris McIntosh is closing in on six months on the job, and it’s been a whirlwind for the University of Wisconsin athletic director.
Vogt was raised in Mayfield and played his first two collegiate seasons at Northern Kentucky in Highland Heights. His social media feeds were flooded with pictures and videos of the wreckage in his city. Even national news outlets were covering the destruction in the small town of just 10,000 people.
The No. 4 seed Badgers advanced to the national semifinals for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in program history by sweeping Big Ten Conference rival Minnesota 25-18, 26-24, 25-22 Saturday night before a sellout crowd at the UW Field House.
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team overcame a 22-point deficit to defeat Indiana, 64-59, matching the biggest comeback in program history.
It equaled a game all the way back on Jan. 5, 1976, when Wisconsin toppled Ohio State in overtime, 82-81, an all-the-more impressive win without a 3-point line.
The UW Field House will have a constellation of some of the brightest lights in college volleyball on display as the University of Wisconsin plays host to an NCAA tournament regional.
Letter to the editor: Hart responded to a season-ending injury with a team-first attitude, supporting and contributing to her teammates’ success, while accepting that life sometimes doesn’t work out as planned. Isn’t this what athletics are supposed to foster?
The Badgers were fourth in the conference with six players on the first or second teams. Iowa (nine), Ohio State (eight) and Michigan (seven) finished ahead of UW in number of honorees.
The Badgers’ 20-season bowl game streak will continue against Arizona State in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at Allegiant Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN.
UW’s freshmen and sophomores never had experienced a normal atmosphere at home or away because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some venues had limited capacity last season and some fans were allowed to attend the NCAA tournament at neutral sites.
This fall, Henningsen is one of 13 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, known in college football circles as the academic Heisman Trophy. The award annually recognizes the best in the country for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
After defending their national title last season, the women’s hockey team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has continued its run of dominance — outscoring opponents by a total of 66 goals so far this year.
Wisconsin’s players and coaches will learn their bowl destination and opponent sometime Sunday.
The College Football Playoff matchups and other bowl games are set to be revealed on ESPN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sydney Hilley of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team was named the Big Ten Conference Setter of the Year for the third consecutive year in a vote of the league coaches, the conference announced Wednesday.
The Badgers will join seven other teams at the 2022 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis, the tournament announced Friday. It previously was reported in May that Wisconsin would be part of the field, but UW didn’t announce it until Tuesday.
The award is given by the conference to former student-athletes who have achieved success in leadership after their playing careers. Richter is the first UW alum to be given the award, which began in 2011.
“UW” will be across the chest of a University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s uniform for the first time in school history.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is once again giving the players creative license to create their own uniforms. The program announced its newest “By the Players” edition uniforms on social media Monday morning.
The No. 5 Badgers put on a dominating exhibition in sweeping Indiana 25-14, 25-9, 25-15 to wrap up the outright Big Ten Conference championship for the third consecutive season.
The Badgers (25-3) received a No. 4 overall seed on Sunday when the tournament bracket was revealed and will play Colgate (18-9) in the first round at 7 p.m. Friday. The other first-round matchup at the Field House on Friday will pit Texas Tech (17-12) against Florida Gulf Coast (26-5) at 4:30 p.m.
The NFL announced a partnership last week with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and three other research universities to study head impacts during football games and practices using mouthguards fitted with sensors.
Johnson was celebrated as an American hockey icon when he died 30 years ago Friday, less than three months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at age 60. He opened doors for more U.S. players and coaches in the NHL ahead of the wave of hockey growth that took the league south and west in the country.
Chenal is the No. 18 Badgers’ leading tackler with 92 total tackles, and his 10.1 tackles per game ranks ninth in the FBS. He missed the first two games of the season after contracting COVID-19. Chenal has 15½ tackles for loss, with his 1.6 per game average ranking third in the FBS. He’s recorded 6½ sacks, four quarterback hits and two forced fumbles.
Tens of thousands of seats were empty during the University of Wisconsin’s football game against Northwestern last week at Camp Randall Stadium.
In introducing him at a June 2 event at the Kohl Center, Blank said she was convinced that McIntosh was the person to lead the athletic department for the next 10 to 20 years through changes to the college athletics landscape.
The University of Wisconsin fired men’s soccer coach John Trask on Friday after the Badgers failed to post a winning record for the third consecutive season. Trask is in the final year of a three-year contract after it wasn’t extended by the Badgers in the last two seasons.
AUniversity of Wisconsin football player’s citation last month for operating under the influence didn’t automatically trigger a suspension under the athletic department’s policies.
College basketball fans across Wisconsin are celebrating the start of a new season Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison men and Marquette University women reached the NCAA tournaments last year. Meanwhile, their counterparts saw coaching changes. Marisa Moseley and Wisconsin native Shaka Smart will make their debuts this week.
There are inspirational messages scattered throughout Marisa Moseley’s office at the Kohl Center, reminding her to “be happy” and “be present” and that “anything is possible” and “the best is yet to come.” Another eye-catcher in the room provides motivation for the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach without the use of words. Hanging on her wall is a landscape portrait, measuring 7 by 2 feet, of a packed Kohl Center from a game nearly two decades ago.
UW (8-5-6) will host Butler (15-4-1) in a first-round match at 6 p.m. Friday at McClimon Soccer Complex. Ticket, parking and streaming information will be announced in the coming days.
The partnership stems from UW Associate Athletic Director Mike Jackson speaking with church staff during a Juneteenth performance.
A new look for Camp Randall Stadium is less than a year away. In one month, on Monday, Nov. 22, construction will begin on the CR Future project, a comprehensive renovation of the south end zone of Camp Randall Stadium that will introduce new premium seating and hospitality clubs to one of the best venues in collegiate athletics.
Coming off consecutive below-500 seasons, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team has appointed a new head coach, Marisa Moseley. The instatement of Moseley is poised to give the Badgers a greatly needed, ’fresh’ start, as the head coach brings a great deal of experience to the program.
Matt Henningsen likes to solve puzzles. Whether it’s deducing what his role should be on a play as a defensive lineman on the University of Wisconsin football team or using machine learning algorithms to map brainwaves. Math, science and football are all puzzles for Henningsen, a senior from Menomonee Falls.
Renovations to the south end zone seating at Camp Randall Stadium are scheduled to start in a month, and the University of Wisconsin has put some of the new premium seats on sale to the public.
Noted: During his senior year, he waits for offers from prospective college football programs, including one from the University of Wisconsin. (His father playfully warns him that, if he goes to Wisconsin, he’ll be “surrounded by line dancing and cowboy boots.”)
Then, he gets a call from “Coach Alvarez” — presumably Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin’s football coach and athletic director at the time. As the actor playing Colin gets on the phone, Kaepernick himself interjects: “This moment right here? This is one of the happiest moments of my life.” Then he finds out that Wisconsin isn’t going to make him a signing offer, either.
Alvarez retired as coach after the Capitol One Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006. Current Badgers coach Paul Chryst handled quarterback recruiting for Wisconsin that year. In February 2006, Kaepernick signed an offer with Nevada, the only school to make him one for football.
University of Wisconsin officials had to delay the renovation of the south end zone at Camp Randall Stadium by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work on the $77.6 million CR Future project is scheduled to start immediately following the Badgers’ final home game of the 2021 season, and the new spaces are expected to be ready by next year’s season opener.
Things seem to be going much better so far this school year, said Chris McIntosh, who replaced Barry Alvarez as athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 1.
Fans had to wait a little longer than normal Saturday as they attempted to enter Camp Randall Stadium for the University of Wisconsin’s football game against Army.
UW’s athletic department tweeted two hours before the game that “unforeseen circumstances specific to this game” created a situation in which not all the entry gates were fully staffed and fans were asked to arrive early.
For the first time in history, the Wisconsin Badgers faced the Army Black Knights in football this weekend. After a rocky start to the year, the Badgers won, 20-14. And six games into this season, they seem to be turning the tide.
