INSIDE
MEN'S SOCCER
BY JEREMY WODAJO
@BADGERMSOCCER
SCHEDULE (0-0-1)
LAST WEEK
Aug. 31
at UMKC
T, 1-1
COMING UP
Sept. 6
W. Michigan 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 8
DePaul
2:30 p.m.
Sept. 12
at USF
7 p.m.
Sept. 14
at FGCU
7 p.m.
Sept. 20
vs. IPFW
5 p.m.
No place like home: UW
eager to begin home tilt
UW welcomes W. Michigan for PAC the MAC
iding the coat tails of their
exuberant senior class,
the Badgers return home
this week, itching to get back
on the pitch following their
1-1 draw in the season opener
at the University of MissouriKansas City on Saturday.
Friday's home opener will
serve as a perfect scenario for
a team that has high expectations for the season and is
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looking for a signature win to
boost its confidence.
UW head coach John Trask
believes his team has the talent and depth to make noise in
the non-conference, as well as
the Big Ten schedule, but sees
the uneasiness from a team
that has yet to get its feet set
underneath it.
"I think there's a fine balance there," Trask said. "I do
believe the experience helps you. I also
think the guys aren't playing free and it
showed a little this past weekend."
The team will inherit a pretty loose
atmoshpere on Friday evening when the
fifth-annual PAC the MAC gets into full
swing, beginning with the UW women's
soccer game against Vanderbilt at 5 p.m.
UW knows it must make the most of
its home tilts this season, especially early on. Friday's doubleheader will begin
a short homestand for the Badgers, who
head back out onto the road for a fourmatch trip beginning on Sept. 12.
One thing remains for certain, though:
the Badgers have multiple options at
nearly every field position, a luxury
Trask has been looking forward to since
his first season in 2010.
"We feel like there's a healthy competition and hopefully guys are going
to relish that challenge," Trask said. "It's
not guaranteed that you're going to be
on the field for 90 minutes every single
game just because you've been there in
the past, so hopefully this breeds some
great practices leading up to Friday."
PAC THE MAC
● Friday's matches for the UW men and
women will be highlighted by the
fifth-annual PAC the MAC event, which
includes UW student night, fan giveaways and reduced ticket prices.