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Last Five Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 23 Oct. 26 Oct. 30
Michigan State W, 1-0 at Green Bay
at Northwestern at Milwaukee Ohio State
This Week Saturday at Penn State
L, 2-0 L, 1-0 W, 2-0 L, 2-0
1 p.m.
Up Next Nov. 9-13 Big Ten Tournament TBA
Plenty to play for as UW
wraps regular season Badgers seek fourth Big Ten win Saturday
day at Penn State looking to achieve something it hasn't in 16 years. A win would give the Badgers four Big Ten victories — their most since 1995 — but Wisconsin would need some serious help to gain a piece of the regular season conference title.
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isconsin wraps up the regular season Satur-
Seeding for the Big Ten tournament is the most im- portant item at stake, as the Badgers' NCAA tournament hopes may hinge on an im- pressive showing at the con- ference event.
The tournament winner
gets the league's automatic bid to the NCAAs, an invita- tion the Badgers want.
Putting up zeros » UW's last five games have all ended with a zero on the board, either for or against the Badgers. Wisconsin was shut out for the first time this season in a 2-0 loss at Green Bay on Oct. 19, while goalie Max Jen- tsch earned his second and third shutouts with wins over Michigan State and Milwaukee.
Preseason promises » This year's preseason poll is proof that it is hard to pick the finish be- fore anyone has had the chance to start. Northwestern and Wiscon- sin were selected sixth and sev- enth, respectively, but both teams have spent the majority of the con- ference season at the top of the standings.
Penn State, which was voted
third, has yet to earn a league win and will finish the year at the bot- tom. Proof that the Big Ten is any- thing but predictable.
