Battling Badgers earn second-straight double overtime draw

Sunday, September 13

Lexington, Ky.

2:00 PM

Wisconsin Badgers

3-1-2, 0-0-0B1G

Kentucky

6-1-1, 1-0-0SEC

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Wisconsin

Kentucky

Battling Badgers earn second-straight double overtime draw

October 08, 2015 | Women's Soccer

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Wisconsin and Kentucky settle for a scoreless draw in Lexington on Sunday

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Showing endurance and grit, the Wisconsin women's soccer team played to a scoreless draw in its second-straight double overtime game of the weekend on the road against Kentucky on Sunday.

Sophomore goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem made four saves and helped lead the Badgers (3-3-2) in recording their first shutout of the season. It marked the first clean sheet of Clem's career.

"With all the travel this weekend and playing a good team in Kentucky today, I liked the response that I saw," UW head coach Paula Wilkins said. "Caitlyn Clem was good today and it was good to see the defense get a shutout. You always want to get a result and I felt like we created enough chances. But, I told the team that today showed that we've taken another step. We got the shutout, now we need to figure things out on the other side and score.

"Today, they brought the competitive nature that they needed. If we can work to put it all together, we'll be in a good place going forward."

Leading the charge offensively for UW was junior midfielder Rose Lavelle, who tallied a game-high five shots and produced one of two scoring chances in the game for the Badgers. Senior midfielder Kinley McNicoll created the only other shot on goal for UW, recording three shots of her own.

A 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy candidate, Lavelle has led UW in shots in all but one game this season. Sunday marked the sixth-straight game that the Cincinnati, Ohio, native has done so.

While the Wildcats (6-1-1, 1-0-0 SEC) finished with a 4-2 advantage in shots on goal, Wisconsin controlled a majority of the possession and won both the battle for shots, 12-9, and corner kicks, 5-3.

Katelyn Jensen opposed Clem in net for UK, finishing with two saves and a shutout of her own.

The second-straight double overtime game of the weekend for UW, the Badgers remained undefeated in their last 10 overtime games dating back to last season. This year alone, UW is 2-0-2, which includes a draw in double overtime at UW-Milwaukee on Friday night.

Wisconsin continues a four-game stretch of road games next weekend when it begins Big Ten Conference play with trips to No. 7 Penn State on Thursday and No. 15 Ohio State on Sunday.