INSIDE
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
BY AJ HARRISON
@BADGERWHOCKEY
SCHEDULE (8-2-0, 6-2-0)
LAST WEEK
Nov. 2 No. 10 Ohio State
Nov. 3 No. 10 Ohio State
W, 4-1
W, 3-2
COMING UP
Nov. 15 vs. Northeastern
8 p.m.
Nov. 16 vs. Boston University 6 p.m.
Badgers ready for bye
before six-game road trip
No. 2 Wisconsin enters bye winners of six straight
fter playing for five
straight
weekends,
the No. 2 Badgers get
a well-deserved weekend off
this week as they prepare for a
tough six-game road swing to
end November.
Wisconsin enters the bye
week with an 8-2-0 ledger, and
went a perfect 8-0 at LaBahn
Arena while outscoring opponents 34-7 at home. Wiscon-
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VARSITY November 7, 2013
sin also rose from a preseason
rank of No. 7 in both polls to
No. 2, trailing only Minnesota.
"The bye weekend definitely
comes at a great time for us,"
senior assistant captain Madison Packer said. "It is a solid
break after a long stretch of
hard games and gives us some
time to rest our bodies and really prepare for the upcoming
trips."
The next stretch of games will be important for the Badgers, as UW hits the
road next weekend for Vail, Colo., to take
part in the Vail Tournament. The Badgers will face two non-conference foes in
Northeastern and No. 9 Boston University. The games round out the non-conference part of UW's schedule.
Following the trip to the Rocky Mountains, Wisconsin faces a top-five showdown on the road at No. 4 North Dakota,
before concluding the month with a trip
to Minnesota Duluth.
"Those are going to be three tough
weekends that will mean a lot for us
ranking wise, so it is good to get a break
before we head into those weekends,"
Packer said. "It is also nice to have some
time to focus on classes and get ahead if
we need to, as we will miss a few days
with the travelling coming up."
DUGGAN NAMED CAPTAIN OF TEAM USA
● Former Wisconsin standout Meghan
Duggan has been named captain of
the United States Women's National
Team and will serve as captain during
the rest of USA Hockey's Bring on the
World Tour as the squad prepares for
the 2014 Olympics. A silver-medalist
under UW head coach Mark Johnson
at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver,
Duggan was UW's captain during the
2010-11 season as Wisconsin captured its fourth NCAA title.
