The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team (12-3-4, 6-2-3 Big Ten) will travel to Tennessee to take on the Memphis Tigers (17-3, 7-2 AAC) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday.
The Badgers are one of six teams from the Big Ten invited to the NCAA Tournament, joining Penn State, Rutgers, The Ohio State, Minnesota and Northwestern. Wisconsin, along with every other Big Ten team, was overlooked as a top four seed in this year’s tournament.
But the Badgers should not be counted out to make a deep November run. Before dropping their last two contests, including a 3–2 overtime loss in the Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin ran off a seven-game stretch without a defeat.