INSIDE WOMEN'S SOCCER BY JEREMY WODAJO
@BadgerWSoccer
SCHEDULE (12-5-1, 5-4-1) at Green Bay
Last Five Oct. 8
Oct. 12 Northwestern Oct. 14 Illinois Friday
at Purdue Sunday at Indiana
This Week Oct. 27
at Iowa
On Deck Big Ten Tournament
ficult. Stakes rise as regular
tie for the No. 4 seed in the 2012 Big Ten Tournament with both Minnesota and Il- linois. The Gophers downed UW on Sept. 27, while the Badgers outlasted Illinois in a 2-1 OT thriller. All three squads have garnered 16 points in Big Ten matches,
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ith one regular-season match left, UW is in a
season comes to a close UW in tight battle for Big Ten's No. 4 seed
with the Gophers holding the tie-break in the case that all three win this weekend. Either way, the scenarios that are bound to unfold will not hamper UW's chances at a trip to Bloomington, Ind. — they will only make the journey toward its first Big Ten tourney title in over a decade that much more dif-
Silence of the Lam-Feist » Senior Monica Lam-Feist has tal- lied a career-high 13 points in 2012, including a pair of scores in UW's 4-2 win over Purdue on Friday, Oct. 19, posting her first multi-goal match of the season. Lam-Feist's quiet demeanor is offset by her aggressive on-field approach to defending, as well as scoring points. This season, the se- nior is leading the Badgers in shots (52) and is second in goals (6).
Goal-oriented » After 18 matches, Wisconsin has eclipsed its entire goal total from 2011. Behind a trio of four-goal outings and a five-goal perfor- mance against South Dakota State, the Badgers have 37 goals to date, 11 more than their total output all of last season, with one regular season match to go. Wisconsin's offensive improvement is largely due to its aggressiveness on the front line. UW is outshooting its opponents 251-206 and are out-
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