WISCONSIN WOMENS SOCCER . 18 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES . 2 COLLEGE CUP SEMIFINALS . 17 ALL-AMERICANS . 5 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS WISCONSIN VS. NEBRASKA/IOWA QUICK FACTS OCT 6./OCT 9. MCCLIMON COMPLEX . MADISON, WIS. Location .......................... Madison Wis. WISCONSIN GENERAL Site ...................... McClimon Complex Rankings (NSCAA) ............................... NR TV ..................................................... BTN 2016-17 Record (B1G) .....5-4-4 (2-2-2) City/State: Madison, Wis. Live Stats ................ UWBadgers.com Head Coach ........................ Paula Wilkins Population: 245,691 Live Updates .......... @BadgerWSoccer Record at UW (Yrs.) ...... 103-65-29 (10) Founded: 1848 Series History ............ UW trails 3-4-1 Enrollment: 43,389 (Undergraduates: 29,302) In Madison ...................................... 1-3-0 nebraska Nickname: Badgers at lincoln ..................................... 2-1-1 Rankings (NSCAA) ............................. #RV Neutral ............................................ N/A 2016-17 Record (B1G) .... 9-4-1 (3-2-1) Colors: Cardinal (PMS 200) and White Head Coach .......................... John Walker Affiliation: NCAA I Record at Nebraska (Yrs.) 307-144-30 (23) Conference: Big Ten TV ............................................ BTN Plus Chancellor: Rebecca Blank Live Stats ................ UWBadgers.com iowa Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez Live Updates .......... @BadgerWSoccer Rankings (NSCAA) ............................... NR Senior Women’s Administrator: Terry Gawlik Series History ......... UW leads 11-5-3 2016-17 Record (B1G) .... 7-7-0 (1-5-0) Athletic Dept. Phone: 608-262-1866 In Madison ...................................... 5-2-1 Head Coach ......................... Dave Dilanni at iowa city Record at IU (Yrs.) ................ 27-25-2 (3) Website: UWBadgers.com .................................. 5-3-2 neutral ......................................... 1-0-0 HEAD COACH PAULA WILKINS Hometown: Middletown, Pa. STARTING XI Alma Mater: UMass, 1994 1. Senior Rose Lavelle was ranked the No. 1 Player in the Country by Top Drawer Soccer in Career Record: 222-84-40 (16th season) their preseason top 100 poll. Record at Wisconsin: 103-65-29 (10th season) 2. Head Coach Paula Wilkins earned her 100th win with the Wisconsin women’s soc- cer program with a 1-0 win over South Dakota State in ASSISTANT COACHES double overtime. Tim Rosenfeld (ninth season) 3. In addition, Lavelle ranks 44th in the country with 3.85 . Kristen Weiss (third season) shots per game and 69nd in shots on goal with 1.77 per SUPPORT STAFF game. Justin Doherty (Sr. Assoc. AD for External Relations) 4. Senior Micaela Powers and sophomore Emily . Mitch Toda (Athletic Trainer) Borgmann lead the team in goals with three each. Kevin Schultz (Strength Coach) 5. Powers and freshman Payton Wesley are the only . Kelli Grashel (Communications) players thus far to record both a goal and an assist in a game. Powers also leads the team in points with nine. TEAM INFORMATION 6. Wisconsin leads the Big Ten in corner kicks with 100 corner kicks. UW has more than 10 corner kicks than any 2015 Overall Record: 11-6-3 other Big Ten team. 2015 Big Ten Record (Finish): 8-2-1 (T-1st) 2015 Final Rank: Not Ranked 7. Allie Winterfield is the only freshman to start all thir- Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 teen games this season. The team celebrates the first goal of Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/6 8. Junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem earned a season-high the season vs. Milwaukee. Newcomers: 11 six saves against now top-ranked Stanford. TEAM HISTORY 9. Clem also ranks fourth the country in goalie minutes First Year of Soccer: 1981 played with 1278:33 minutes logged and her five shutouts ranks 28th in the nation. Record (Years): 406-218-68 (35) 10. Nebraska and UW have met 8 times, with Wisconsin trailing the series 3-4-1. Big Ten Record (Years): 106-86-28 (23) 11. This marks the 19th meeting between Wisconsin and Iowa with Wisconsin. The Badgers Big Ten Tournament Championships: 1 (2013) lead the series 11-5-3. NCAA Tournament Record: 5-10 Last NCAA Tournament: 2014/ L - Oregon, 6-0 First Team All-Big Ten Selections: 10 FACILITIES 1 207 100 Name: McClimon Complex Senior Rose Lavelle was The Badgers are outshoot- UW leads the Big Ten in Capacity: 1,611 ranked the No. 1 player in ing opponents 207-112. corner kicks. The Badgers Record at McClimon: 142-67-23 (.665) the country by Top Drawer Wisconsin averages 15.92 are outdoing opponents Press Box Phone: 608-265-5149 Soccer last week in the TDS shots per game while oppo- 100-64 on corner kicks and Practice field: University Bay Fields, McClain Complex women’s national top 100 nents are averaging 8.6 have more than any other rankings for women’s col- shots per game. conference contender by lege soccer. more than 10. Soccer Contact: Kelli Grashel . Office: 608-262-8216 . Cell: 608-445-4086 . E-mail: [email protected] . Twitter: @KelliGrashel Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 WISCONSIN VS. NEBRAKSA/IOWA GENERAL NOTES WISCONSIN PROJECTED STARTING XI 2016 SCHEDULE No. Name Pos. Yr. G A GP/GS Notes 3 Rose Lavelle MF Sr. 2 3 14/14 MAC Hermann Trophy candidate DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV 4 Sydney McGinnis F Jr. 2 1 14/14 notched second goal of the season at Purdue (9/23) Aug. 11 at Marquette W, 2-0 (EX.) 9 Morgan Taylor D Sr. 0 0 13/8 played a season-high 99 minutes against Minnesota (10/1) WISCONSIN VS. NEBRASKA/IOWA Aug. 19 at Illinois State W, 1-0 10 Allie Winterfield MF Fr. 0 0 14/14 started all games thus far as a true freshman OCT 6./OCT 9. MCCLIMON COMPLEX . MADISON, WIS. Aug. 21 at Notre Dame L, 0-1 Aug. 25 MILWAUKEE T, 1-1 (2OT) 12 Micaela Powers MF Sr. 3 3 14/14 leads team in points with nine Aug. 28 DRAKE T, 0-0 (2OT) 16 Alexis Tye MF Jr. 0 1 14/14 earned first-career assist at Indiana (9/25) Sept. 1 at Stanford L, 1-2 18 Kylie Schwarz D Sr. 0 1 14/14 logged first assist of the season at Purdue (9/23) Sept. 4 at Santa Clara T, 1-1 19 Emily Borgmann F So. 3 1 14/8 scored the game-winning goal against SDSU in 2OT (9/9) Sept. 9 South Dakota State W, 1-0 (2OT) 22 Jamie Donohue D So. 0 0 14/14 tallied three shots this season Sept. 12 at Loyola-Chicago W, 2-0 Sept. 16 OHIO STATE* T, 2-2 (2OT) 30 Camryn Biegalski D Fr. 0 0 14/14 played a career-high 110 minutes versus SDSU (9/9) Sept. 18 PENN STATE* L, 0-1 No. Name Pos. Yr. S GA ShO Notes Sept. 23 at Purdue* W, 3-1 0 Caitlyn Clem GK Jr. 49 12 5 ranks 28th in the nation in shutouts (5) Sept. 25 at Indiana* L, 2-3 Oct. 1 at Minnesota* W, 1-0 GONE WITH THE GOPHERS ONE FOR THE BOOKS Oct. 6 NEBRASKA* T, 1-1 Oct. 9 IOWA* 1 p.m. BTN PLUS For the third-straight season, the Wisconsin’s 1-0 upset over No. 8 Oct. 13 at Michigan* 6 p.m. BTN PLUS Wisconsin women’s soccer was able to Minnesota was the first win over a top-10 Oct. 16 at Michigan State* 12 p.m. secure a Border Battle win after upset- opponent since 1998 when UW defeated Oct. 22 at Illinois* 7 p.m. ting No. 8 Minnesota in overtime, 1-0, at No. 10 Michigan, 1-0 in overtime. Oct. 26 RUTGERS* 7 p.m. BTN PLUS Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Saturday It was also just the fifth win over a top-10 night. team in program history. FOLLOW THE BADGERS Freshman forward Dani Rhodes tallied the Earning the win in the 99th minute, fresh- game-winning goal, netting it inside the man Dani Rhodes blazed in the scrappy WEBSITE: UWBadgers.com six-yard box in the 99th minute of play goal to lead the Badgers to victory, mark- TWITTER: @BadgerWSoccer to give Wisconsin (5-4-1 overall, 2-2-1 ing the first time a freshman has scored INSTAGRAM: @BadgerWSoccer Big Ten) the upset win against Minnesota against a ranked opponent since Rose FACEBOOK: /WisconsinWomensSoccer (9-3-1 overall, 3-1-1 Big Ten). Lavelle did it in 2013. SNAPCHAT: officialbadgers Rhodes has shown to be a factor for On defense, junior Caitlyn Clem and the the team thus far, netting two goals this Badgers clinched their fifth shutout of the NSCAA TOP 25 RANKINGS season, both of which have been game season and second against a ranked oppo- 1 . Stanford University winners. nent this season. For Clem, it was her third 2 . Florida State University The Badgers came out firing early in the shutout over a ranked opponent in her 3 . West Virginia University first half, with senior midfielders Micaela career. The Badgers hadn’t shut out a top- 4 . University of South Carolina Powers and Rose Lavelle, and freshman 10 opponent since that same matchup defender Camryn Biegalski each rocketing with Michigan in 1998. 5 . Brigham Young University off shots, but none were able to find the 6 . Georgetown University back of the net. CLEM GEM 7 . University of Southern California Both teams started to create more oppor- A stellar shutout and upset over No. 8 8 . University of Virginia tunities in the second half with Wisconsin Minnesota has earned Wisconsin women’s 9 . Duke University tallying four shots during the period, while soccer’s goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem a spot 10 . UCLA Minnesota logged five, but the game went on TopDrawerSoccer’s National Team of 11 . University of Arkansas into overtime deadlocked at 0-0. the Week. 12 . Clemson University The match proved to be physical overall, Clem and the Badgers upset No.