With the Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings jam-packed behind leader Penn State heading
into the final two weeks of the season, the University of Wisconsin gave up a late goal and dropped
two points with a 1-1 draw against last-place Northwestern on Friday night in Evanston, Ill.
Junior defender Joana Bielefeld (Brookfield Central) scored her first career goal for the
Badgers (8-4-3 overall) on a header in the 73rd minute, but freshman Niki Sebo did the same
in the 87th and the Wildcats (2-11-1, 1-5-1 Big Ten) held on for the tie despite eight shots by UW
in the two overtime periods.
The Bundesliga clubs started their season early with domestic cup games, while Herculez Gomez
scored in the second week of the Mexican Apertura season. In the DFB Pokal first round, the
Bundesliga clubs got to shake off the pre-season and the 2.Bundesliga clubs got a nice break from
league play by walloping overmatched opposition.
Edson Buddle and Ingolstadt notched up their first win of the new year against visiting cellar team
Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday afternoon, with the American striker assisting on the only goal of the
game shortly before the halftime break.
