INSIDE SOFTBALL
BY ANNA POULTER-HENDRICKSON
@BadgerSoftball
SCHEDULE (18-3)
This Week
Louisville Classic
Friday vs. #24 North Carolina9 a.m.
Friday vs. E. Michigan
11:30 a.m.
Saturday vs. Ball State
9 a.m.
Saturday vs. E. Michigan 11:30 a.m.
Sunday at #11 Louisville
9 a.m.
Next Week
Mar. 22 at Illinois
Mar. 23 at Illinois
Mar. 24 at Illinois
Wisconsin poised for
big weekend on road
Badgers need to seize the opportunity
U
W is nearing the halfway point of its season.
With 21 games done and five
this weekend, the Badgers
are nearing the beginning of
the Big Ten season.
UW has itself in a position
to make a splash nationally,
and to do that, it must seize
the opportunity this weekend's trip to Louisville, Ky.,
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provides.
For the first time this season, the Badgers received
votes in this week's ESPN.
com/USA Softball Collegiate
Top 25. Their eight votes put
them at No. 29 on the list.
UW's performance thus far
has made people take notice,
but now the team must take
the next step.
6 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
UW opens the Louisville Classic
with a game against No. 24 North
Carolina and closes the tournament
against No. 11 Louisville. Wins over
ranked opponents will only strengthen the Badgers' legitimacy, an opportunity that is not lost on head coach
Yvette Healy.
"We are going to face some really
tough opponents," said Healy. "Louisville is going to be excellent on their
home field, being nationally ranked,
North Carolina, too. Every team we
see is going to really be a challenge
for us."
For the Badgers to be successful,
the team will have to come together
and put together a complete game;
offensively, defensively and in the
circle. When they do that, they can
be unstoppable.
Big Ten awards
»Meghan McIntosh and Michelle
Mueller have added their name to
a growing list of Wisconsin Big Ten
weekly award winners. The Badgers have had five different players
win weekly awards this season, the
most in school history.
