ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Wisconsin women's soccer team was eliminated in the first round of the Big Ten tournament after battling to a 1-1 double overtime draw with Michigan, which led to a shootout. The Badgers lost in penalty kicks (4-2) at the U-M Soccer Stadium on Sunday night.
 
"It's disappointing to see our Big Ten run end in penalty kicks," head coach Paula Wilkins said. "It's always a challenging and hard thing to do in soccer but it's kind of the reality of our sport. You just kind of wish that for us that we would have been able to finish the game in regulation or even overtime."
 
The Wolverines (10-4-4 overall, 6-3-2 Big Ten) won the penalty kick competition 4-2 to take the victory over UW (8-4-8, 5-2-4) after the game was tied 1-1 through four periods of action.
 
This was the second time this season that the Cardinal and White went head-to-head with the Maize and Blue. Both teams walked away with a 1-1 tie on both occasions after the Badgers traveled to Ann Arbor earlier in October.
 
Michigan's defensive front proved to be the real deal as they inhibited Wisconsin from taking a shot until the 22nd minute.
 
Forward Emily Borgmann laid claim to UW's first shot, which was ultimately saved by the Wolverines' goalkeeper, Sarah Jackson.
 
However, Borgmann's shot was only a sign of good things to come for the sophomore as she recorded a header shot in the 36th minute before netting UW's lone goal in the 37th minute to tie things up 1-1 after Michigan's Nicky Waldeck took advantage of a Wisconsin foul to put the Wolverines on the board first in the 26th minute.
 
"I like the way the team responded after Michigan got the early goal," Wilkins said. "I thought we could have been a little bit better coming out at the beginning but I thought we had a great response and that created a bunch of chances near the end of the game."
 
Freshman defender Payton Wesley and senior midfielder Rose Lavelle combined on the assist to allow Borgmann to find the back of the net after rocketing in a shot from the top of the six-yard box.
 
With one second left in regulation, Michigan's Ari Sarkisian ripped off a shot to give the Wolverines one last chance to seal the game, but junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem collected the ball to force the game into overtime.
 
After no team was able to emerge with the sudden victory in both of the overtime periods, the match would go into penalty kicks to determine who would advance to the next round of tournament action.
 
After Michigan led in penalty kicks 2-0 after two rounds, Lavelle and Wesley kept Wisconsin alive by each beating Jackson to find the back of the net.
 
However, Michigan was able to clinch victory after notching their first four penalty kicks.
 
Borgmann led the team in shots with four while Lavelle, Sydney McGinnis and Micaela Powers each recorded three.
 
Wisconsin also swept the statistical board holding the advantage 18-10 in shots, 8-4 in shots on goal and 6-3 in corner kicks.
 
Clem collected three saves on the night while Jackson recorded seven saves for Michigan.
 
"If we get the opportunity to move on and we're going to prepare like we are moving on, this will be a learning game for us and hopefully will propel us into the NCAAs," Wilkins said.