Micaela Powers scored with less than 10 minutes left to give the University of Wisconsin a 1-0 victory over Maryland and a guaranteed share of the Big Ten Conference championship.
Powers, a junior midfielder, notched her first goal of the season and only second of her UW career in the 81st minute off an assist from Kinley McNicoll. Caitlyn Clem and the Badgers defense made the goal hold up as UW earned its first conference championship since 1996.
Clem posted her seventh shutout of the Big Ten season for UW (11-4-3, 8-1-1 Big Ten), which can clinch an outright conference crown vs.