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Last Five Oct. 16 #3 Minnesota Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Friday
This Week Friday
Next Five Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Dec. 2
at Ohio State Saturday at Ohio State
at Rensselaer at Rensselaer St. Cloud State St. Cloud State at Minn. State
L, 3-2
at #5/6 Minn. Duluth W, 4-3 at #5/6 Minn. Duluth W, 6-3 #4/5 Boston Univ. W, 3-0
Saturday #4/5 Boston Univ. W, 6-1
6 p.m. 6 p.m.
6 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Rigsby is one of nation's best » After a slow start to the season, Alex Rigsby has wasted no time getting into a groove. With 240 total saves so far,
Badgers finish grueling
October schedule 7-1-0 One loss only blemish to near-perfect start
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efore the season began, head coach Mark John- son said that, by the end of October, the team would have a good indication of where it was headed and what adjust- ments would need to be made. After eight-straight games against teams ranked in the top-10 of the nation, the Bad- gers have only one loss.
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While that looks like near domination, the Badgers did have some missteps along the way. Though the most prom- ising outlook from October is that the Badgers still found a way to win while commit- ting mistakes. Also, it's better to make mistakes and learn from them, than to make those mistakes in March.
she ranks second in the nation for most saves, and 232 of those stops have come in the Badgers' last eight games. Of goalies with at least 450
minutes played so far this season, she is also second in the nation with a 1.71 goals against average.
Road trippin' » The Badgers will play just one of their next seven series at the Kohl Center as UW moves into a portion of its schedule heavy on road trips. Wisconsin's next home game will be against St. Cloud State over Thanksgiving break. After that, the Badgers don't return to the Kohl Center until Jan. 20.
