IN [FOCUS] FIRST TIME’S A CHARM Malachy Schrobilgen became the first UW freshman to win a Big Ten individual cross country title since Tim Hacker in 1981 when he crossed the line Sunday in 24:16.9 at the 2013 Big Ten Championship in West Lafayette, Ind. Schrobilgen swept the league’s Athlete of the Year and Freshman of the Year awards. PHOTO BY PAUL SADLER IN [FOCUS] BEST FOOT FORWARD Women’s cross country got off to a great start Sunday at the 2013 Big Ten Championship last Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind., on the way to a tie for sixth place. UW now turns its attention to the 2013 NCAA Great Lakes Region- al, which it will host at the Zimmer Championship Course on Nov. 15. PHOTO BY PAUL SADLER IN [FOCUS] ‘BOUT TO GO DOWN Fan choice determined the match order at the Badgers’ annual Intra- squad Scrimmage, and the fans got it right when the final bout of the night was a great one. It took two tie- breaks before TJ Ruschell (right) was able to defeat Ryan Lubeck, 2-1, at 149 lbs. to clinch the Red team’s 23-16 victory over the White squad. PHOTO BY PAM RUSCHELL IN [FOCUS] PASSING TIME Tessa Cichy was looking for a friendly face as she attempted an inbounds pass during the Badgers’ exhibition matchup with Winona State last Sunday. The Kohl Center proved to be friendly confines, with UW scoring an 80-49 win over the Warriors. PHOTO BY GREG ANDERSON IN [FOCUS] WHITE- WASHED RB James White cleaned up in the second half of the Badgers’ rivalry showdown with Iowa last Saturday at Kinnick Sta- dium, rushing for a pair of scores that put things out of reach for the Hawkeyes and left Wisconsin in pos- session of the Heartland Trophy once again with a 28-9 win. 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[email protected] © 2013 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved worldwide. LUCAS AT LARGE BY MIKE LUCAS // UWBADGERS.COM Dukan looks to contribute any way he can isconsin’s Duje Dukan Split and he and his family return to had a solid answer for - Croatia every summer. Wa tough question made a lot more confident going to the Even though he was raised in the block or just shooting the ball. De United States, Dukan encountered didn’t play last season and this year fensively,Once he I feelregained like I’m his better strength than I hasall the yet more to start difficult in earnest, because or Southhe was a year ago.” Dakota. spent last season working on the a level of hazing, if not bullying. 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It has been a long wait, even if he still has some figuring out I’ve learned to be more patient. I’m a Croatia native. Duje was born in 16 // VARSITY November 7, 2013 Dukan looks to contribute any way he can BEHIND THE DESK BY BARRY ALVAREZ // UW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Non-conference game offers opportunity ie Foggie and Air Force’s Dee Dowis, With all of the injuries they’ve non-conference game within our who could run the triple option and had, they’re a different team. IBig’m not Ten crazy schedule. about But playing it gets a so throw it around pretty good. I was impressed with the way we hard to schedule people these days. When I was at Notre Dame, I had handled injuries at Iowa. You lose As an independent, BYU has open to defend Tony Rice every day in dates where others don’t. practice. Tony couldn’t throw, and lose other players during the game As we took a look at this season, we didn’t throw it much. 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