EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Wisconsin men's soccer team (6-2-2, 3-1-1) fought No. 21 Michigan State (8-2-1, 3-1-1) to a 1-1 draw in double overtime in East Lansing on Sunday afternoon.

 "The Michigan State coaching staff always does a phenomenal job and it's always an extremely tough game in East Lansing," head coach John Trask said." We got our goal, they got their goal -- it was a great Big Ten game."

 An unlikely hero emerged for the Badgers in sophomore Sam Brotherton's absence. It was senior Matej Radonic who pulled the Badgers ahead 1-0 in the 21st minute of play off of a beautiful cross from freshman Noah Leibold, who notched the assist on the game's first goal.

"It was great to see Matej get a goal off Noah Leibold's first career assist at Wisconsin," Trask continued. "This is what Big Ten soccer is all about. Now we are tied for second place in the Big Ten with ten points each."

The Badgers maintained their lead for the next 15 minutes until Michigan State's sophomore star Dejuan Jones received a ball from Michael Pimlott and promptly served a hard shot to the near post, beating UW junior goalie Philipp Schilling.

The second half slowed down significantly until the final 15 minutes of play when both teams kicked it up a notch. Multiple chances were present for the Badger duo of Chris Mueller and Tom Barlow but the juniors couldn't find the net. Each player recorded a shot on goal.

"I thought Tommy (Barlow) played very well today and his ability to win many aerial challenges for us are big keys," Trask said of Barlow's penetrating play this afternoon. "He's a huge part of this team and we know goals are going to come from him. We know all of the good things he's doing for the team. He's going to score some big goals coming down the stretch for us."

For Michigan State, forward standout Ryan Sierakowski and Dejuan Jones almost broke the tie late in the second half on a counter attack for the Spartans but just missed the net.

Wisconsin outshot MSU, 8-7 and both teams recorded three shots on net. Wisconsin also won the corner kick battle, 6-3.

Schilling got the start in net for the Badgers, recording two saves on the day.

"Now we move on to Tuesday's match against a very, very difficult in-state rival, Green Bay, and look to get the job done," Trask added.

The Badgers return to action on Tuesday at the McClimon Soccer Complex in Madison as they host in-state foe Green Bay at 7 p.m.