Sept. 4, 2016

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin women's soccer team capped off the team's trip to California with a 1-1 draw against No. 22 Santa Clara at Stevens Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
 
Wisconsin didn't hesitate to get the game going as Emily Borgmann notched her first goal of the season in the 16th minute of action.
 
"I liked the fact that we got on the board early," Wisconsin head coach Paula Wilkins said. "I'm happy for Emily (Borgmann) to get her goal and it was a pretty wide-open game."
 
The sophomore forward was able to find the back of the net on an unassisted play from inside the penalty area which put Badgers on top, 1-0.
 
But it only took Santa Clara a little more than two minutes to avenge the Badgers' goal when the Broncos' Julie Vass swiped one past junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem to find the back left of the net, tying the game at 1-1.
 
For the remainder of the first half, SCU kept getting good looks at Wisconsin's goal, but no shots were able to fall in and the teams headed into halftime knotted up at 1-1.
 
The Cardinal and White had a chance to come away with the win late in regulation when sophomore Steph Fabry launched a shot into an open goal in the 87th minute, but the ball bounced off the crossbar.
 
Santa Clara also had a last-minute opportunity to take the game when Katie Pingel took two back-to-back shots at the Badgers' net in the 89th minute, but Clem dove into action to save both of Pingel's attempts.
 
With both teams failing to net a goal, the game went into its first period of overtime still deadlocked at 1-1.
 
The first ten minutes of overtime proved to be a struggle for both teams to get an effective offensive strike going as SCU's Brittany Ambrose was the only player from either team to get off a shot, and with that the game was forced to go into double overtime.
 
The Badgers' offense came out a bit more energetic in the second overtime period with both Fabry and Borgmann getting off shots, but in the end the team had to settle with a 1-1 draw.
 
"I'm kind of disappointed with how we responded because I knew we gave up a goal too early after we gave that (goal) up and I wanted us to be a little bit more focused in that," Wilkins said.
 
"Unfortunately we didn't take our chances when we had them, I thought we created enough to actually win the game."
 
Overall the game proved to be a physical one, with both teams collectively drawing 32 fouls over 110 minutes of play.
 
While Santa Clara may have outshot Wisconsin 12-10, the Badgers produced more opportunities near the net tallying seven shots on goal while the Broncos recorded four.
 
Borgmann and Fabry led the team in shots with two apiece while Borgmann also led the team in shots on goal with two.
 
UW was also awarded with four corner kicks while SCU had three.
 
Clem was able to earn three saves during the game while SCU's goalkeeper Courtney Ogren had six.
 
The Badgers are back in action at home this Friday, Sept. 9th against South Dakota State. The game is slated to begin at 5 pm.