Reaching peak form as the playoffs begin is the dream for a lot of athletes.

For University of Wisconsin women's soccer senior forward Dani Rhodes, it's a reality born from an offseason that introduced a lot of questions into her mind.

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She knew she was going to have to have one hip surgically repaired last December. What came as a surprise was that the other hip was going to need work eight weeks later, throwing off the timeline that Rhodes had built in her head for a productive lead-up to her final season with the Badgers.