Wisconsin hopes to continue a six-match unbeaten streak as it hosts Rutgers in the regular season finale at 7 p.m. at the McClimon Complex on Wednesday night. UW (7-4-7 overall, 4-2-4 Big Ten) is 2-1-4 in home games this season and 5-1-5 in night games.
Wednesday's game will be broadcasted live on the Big Ten Network where Lisa Byington will be on play-by-play and Jackie Santacaterina will be the color analyst. The Badgers are 0-0-1 on the Big Ten Network this season after tying Nebraska 1-1 through double overtime.
Live statistics will be available on UWBadgers.com and live updates on Twitter (@BadgerWSoccer).
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Starting XI
1. Senior
Rose Lavelle has proven to be one of the best to ever wear a Wisconsin women's soccer uniform. Having already made her mark in UW's record book, she accomplished yet another feat on Friday, becoming the program's first top-30 finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. In addition, Lavelle ranks fourth in the Big Ten with an average of 3.44 shots per game.
2. Head Coach Â
Paula Wilkins earned her 100th win with the Wisconsin women's soccer program with a 1-0 win over South Dakota State in double overtime.Â
3. The Badgers have battled through nine overtime games and 168 minutes of overtime.
4. Sophomore
Emily Borgmann and senior
Micaela Powers lead the team in goals this season with four.
5. Powers and freshman
Payton Wesley are the only players thus far to record both a goal and an assist in a game. Powers also leads the team in points with 13.
6. The Wisconsin women's soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw against Illinois in double overtime at the Illinois Soccer Stadium. The tie extends Wisconsin's unbeaten streak to six games this season and is also the eighth game the team has played into double overtime.
7. Wisconsin is 1-3-1 in its five last regular season finales. Two of the Badgers' last regular season finales have gone into double overtime. The last time UW clinched the regular season finale was a 3-0 win in 2013 over Northwestern.
8. Goalkeeper
Caitlyn Clem ranks third in the Big Ten with a goals against average of 0.70. Clem also ranks second the country in goalie minutes played with 1788:33 minutes logged and her eight shutouts rank 20th in the nation.
9. Wisconsin has moved up to 43rd in the RPI after continuing a six-match unbeaten streak.
10. Wisconsin ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 274 shots on the season.Â
11. Rutgers and UW have only met three times, with Wisconsin leading the series 2-0-1.
Scouting the opponent
- Rutgers is on a six-game unbeaten streak, tying the last four games and winning twoÂ
- Earlier in the season, the team went on a four-game win streak, including a win over Northwestern, who was ranked No. 21 at the time
- The Scarlet Knights have also found success against other ranked teams this season, defeating No. 10 UConn at Connecticut in a 2-0 decision and tying No. 13 Penn State in Happy Valley, 2-2
- Three upperclassman for the Scarlet Knights were named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List
- Junior forward Colby Ciarrocca has started all matches this seaosn for Rutgers and last season was named to the NSCAA Second Team All-Great Lakes Region
- Senior forward Madison Tiernan has also started all games this season while earning a five-game point streak and notching the game-winning goal against No. 10 UConn
- Senior defender and team captain Erin Smith has also earned starts in all games this season and recorded seven points (2G, 3A) last season en route to helping Rutgers earn a program record of 770:16 minutes of shutout action
- Head coach Mike O'Neill is in his third season at the helm of the program after serving as Rutgers' assistant coach from 2004-13
- Last season he became the first coach in Rutger's women's soccer history to lead the program to the NCAA Women's College Cup
- He is also the first coach to lead the program to NCAA Tournament berths in each of his first two seasonsÂ
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- LAST TIME OUT
- Rutgers women's soccer and Nebraska played to a scoreless double overtime draw Saturday night at Yurcak Field on Senior Night. The Scarlet Knights (9-2-6, 4-1-5) played in their program record ninth overtime match this season and seventh in the last eight matches to earn a point in Big Ten action and remain fifth with one match remaining.
- RU generated numerous scoring chances late in the first half, hitting the crossbar on two separate occasions. The Scarlet Knights outshot Nebraska (10-5-3, 4-3-3), 6-4, over the final 20 minutes in overtime and 17-9 overall, as senior Madison Tiernan totaled a game-high 10 shots.
- Senior goalkeeper Alana Jimenez made one save in 110 minutes of play. The clean sheet is the eighth for Jimenez and ninth overall for the Scarlet Knights, including the second in a row.
- In total, the Scarlet Knights have played an additional 142:23 minutes of game action this season.
