60 // VARSITY April 3, 2014
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WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Future Badgers shine at
U18 World Championships
Cianfarano named tournament's top forward
BY AJ HARRISON @BADGERWHOCKEY
D
espite falling to Canada
in the gold medal game
of the 2014 Interna-
tional Ice Hockey Federation
Under-18 Women's World
Championship on Sunday,
three future Badgers shined
for Team USA during the tour-
nament.
Taylar (T.T.) Cianfarano, a
native of Oswego, N.Y., was
named the forward of the
tournament after tallying six
goals and two assists in five
games. Cianfarano recorded a
hat trick in Team USA's 7-0 win
over Sweden and was named
Player of the Game for her ef-
forts. Cianfarano was also +8
during the tournament, which
was the second-best rating of
any player.
During her 15 games with
the U.S. team, Cianfarano has
recorded 12 goals and seven assists,
and also helped the U.S. win silver at last
year's world championships.
Another future Badger forward, Bay-
lee Wellhausen, impressed during the
two-week tournament in Budapest, Hun-
gary. The Williams Bay, Wis. , native was
named the Player of the Game on March
23 vs. Russia. She tallied three points
during the tournament, and has 10 total
points during her 12 game tenure with
the U.S. U18 squad.
Maddie Rolfes, a teammate of Well-
hausen's at Shattuck St. Mary's, had a
solid tournament on Team USA's blue
line as the West Des Moines, Iowa, native
recorded three assists in five games.
The trio will join Annie Pankowski,
who spent time on the U.S. national team
last fall training with former Badgers
Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan, Hilary
Knight and Jessie Vetter, and the Cana-
dian duo of Emily Clark and Lauren Wil-
liams as freshmen at UW.
RIGSBY EARNS NATIONAL HONOR
● Wisconsin netminder Alex Rigsby was
named to the All-USCHO first-team,
U.S. College Hockey Online announced
last week.
It marks the second national honor
Rigsby has received this year after the
Delafield, Wis., native was named a
first-team All-American by the Ameri-
can Hockey Coaches Association.
Rigsby closed her Wisconsin ca-
reer with 100 wins, which is tied for
the second most in NCAA history.
Rigsby ended her season with a 17-7-
2 record and a .945 save percentage,
which ranked second in the nation.
In addition to her performance on
the ice, Rigsby excelled in the class-
room and was named a 2014 WCHA
Scholar-Athlete and earned a spot on
the All-WCHA Academic team.
