INSIDE WOMEN'S SOCCER BY JEREMY WODAJO
@BadgerWSoccer
SCHEDULE (12-7-1, 5-5-1) Illinois
Last Five Oct. 16 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Oct. 31
at Purdue at Indiana at Iowa
vs. Michigan
This Week Saturday #3 UCLA*
* NCAA Tournament Badgers in the tournament
» Wisconsin will make its 16th ap- pearance in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship, heading to Los Angeles to take on third-seed- ed UCLA. The Badgers own a 13- 15-2 all-time record in NCAA tour- nament, including a Sweet 16 run in 2009.
Early bird gets the worm Wilkins looks to build
fter finishing with a 12- 7-1 record, the Badgers return to the Big Dance in 2012. A matchup with third- ranked UCLA is on the ho- rizon for UW, which owns a 13-15-2 all-time tournament record.
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UW head coach Paula Wilkins is no stranger to the postseason, owning a 21-8
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on postseason success UW head coach owns 21-8 postseason mark
(.724) mark in the NCAA tournament. Wilkins
led
Penn State to the College Cup semifinals in 2002 and 2005 and makes her third appearance in the tourna- ment with UW. Wilkins is the only indi- vidual to play and coach, both as an assistant and head coach, in the College Cup.
» Wisconsin's offensive aggressive- ness has been vital in all 12 victo- ries this season, with nine coming in matches in which the Badgers recorded the game's opening score. UW holds a 60 percent chance
of winning the match when scor- ing first and is 9-0-0 in games when scoring first this season. The Badgers are 8-0-0 when leading at the half and 2-3-1 when tied head- ing into the intermission.
Reunited
» The Badgers and Bruins met al- ready this season, with UCLA pull- ing out a 2-0 win in Los Angeles on Aug. 31 despite five saves and 76 minutes of shutout work from UW keeper Lauren Gunderson.
W, 2-1 (2OT) W, 4-2 W, 2-1 L, 1-2 L, 0-2
7:30 p.m.
