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SOFTBALL
A 3-1 win over Nebraska on May 11, 2012, gave the Wis- consin softball team its 34th
win of the season, tying a school record set in 2000. UW's 19 losses were the fewest in school history and its .641 winning percent- age was a program best.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Women's basketball had the 31st toughest schedule in the nation, according to Jeff Saga-
rin's Ratings. The Badgers also had the third toughest schedule in the Big Ten.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING Senior Beckie Thompson became the Big Ten's first four-time confer- ence champion in the 50 freestyle after breaking the conference re- cord on her way to the title at the 2012 Big Ten Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY Junior Brianna Decker led the nation with 87 points, record- ing 37 goals and 45 assists, and was named the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Memo- rial Award winner. She is Wisconsin's third recipient of the award in the last four years.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL >> Following UW's 79-71 victory over Indiana in the Big Ten tournament
quarterfinals, Bo Ryan surpassed Hall of Famer Harold "Bud" Foster (265) to be- come UW's all-time career wins leader. Ryan now has 268 career wins at UW and is one of just nine active Division I head coaches to reach the 600-win mark for his career.
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WRESTLING
Senior Ben Jordan's 5-2 victory over Illinois' Conrad Polz at 165 lbs. earned him seventh place at the 2012 NCAA Championships and marked the eighth-consecutive season a member of the Wisconsin wrestling team earned All- America honors.
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The Badgers upset four ranked teams in 2011, including two wins over Michigan. It was the most ranked-team wins for Wisconsin since 2006.
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Sophomore Japheth Cato's world-class score of 6,082 points earned him All-Amer- ica honors as the runner-up in the heptath- lon at the NCAA indoor championships. The total, which allowed Cato to break the Big Ten record for a second time on the season, also would have been good enough for the silver medal at the 2012 IAAF World Cham- pionships contested on the same day.
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