Rosie Malone-Povolny (Marquette) and Keara Thompson (UW-Milwaukee) were rivals during their college soccer careers in Milwaukee.
Now professional players, the midfielders will be teammates in Norway.
Malone-Povolny and Thompson both signed with Medkila IL, which finished second in the First Division last season to earn promotion to the Toppserien for the second time in three years.
Three places in the Big East Tournament semifinals were booked on Saturday, with Georgetown, Marquette and Notre Dame all securing places in Friday's semis at Red Bull Arena.
SBI No. 7 Notre Dame rallied from a halftime deficit on the road to secure a 4-2 quarterfinal victory against Syracuse.
Notre Dame's 3-1 humbling of Marquette on Wednesday helped force a four-way tie in the Big East Conference's Blue Division, the strongest collection of teams in the nation. Marquette doesn't have to wait long to exact some revenge.
Providence College headed into Wednesday night's match against SBI No. 3-ranked UConn having won just three matches all year. The Friars didn't figure to stand much of a chance against UConn's stingy defense and high-powered offense, but their own outstanding defensive display helped them pull off one of the biggest upsets of the college season.
One of the two final remaining undefeated schools went down yesterday, as Marquette fell to Georgetown for their first loss on the year. The Hoyas controlled the pace from the start, and proved to be too strong for their Big East rivals.
A Steve Neumann free kick in the second half proved to be the difference, as Georgetown improves its record 12-2-1 on the year, with both losses occurring in conference play earlier this month.
Undefeated Marquette sent a strong message with last week's win against UConn, but now they must live up to their new label as national power when they travel to the nation's capital to take on fellow Big East power Georgetown.
Ranked No. 7 in the latest SBI Top 25, the Hoyas suffered consecutive Big East losses to UConn and Notre Dame, but regrouped recently with a win against Lehigh, and their attack has the weapons to cause problems for Marquette.
If anyone still had questions about Marquette's legitimacy as a national power this year, those questions were answered over the weekend, when the Golden Panthers toppled unbeaten UConn, the No. 1 team in the SBI College Soccer Top 25 at the time.
Marquette handed the Huskies their first loss of the season to not only maintain one of only two perfect records in the nation (Cornell holding the other), it also cemented Marquette's status as a serious contender for the Big East title and a potential NCAA run later this year.
If anyone still had questions about Marquette's legitimacy as a national power this year, those questions were answered over the weekend, when the Golden Panthers toppled unbeaten UConn, the No. 1 team in the SBI College Soccer Top 25 at the time.
Marquette handed the Huskies their first loss of the season to not only maintain one of only two perfect records in the nation (Cornell holding the other), it also cemented Marquette's status as a serious contender for the Big East title and a potential NCAA run later this year.
UConn may be the best team in the mighty Big East Conference, but the SBI No. 1 Huskies aren't the only team in the Big East with a perfect record. That distinction belongs to Marquette, which will put their 10-0 record on the line on Saturday when they play host to the top team in the nation.
Notre Dame bounced back from their first loss of the season with a victory that re-establshes their place as one of the nation's top teams.
Fighting Irish centerback Grant Van De Casteele headed home a Dillon Powers corner kick in the 71st minute to give SBI No.5-ranked Notre Dame a 1-0 victory over No.
One Marquette player finishing her career and another just getting started were honored by Soccer America.
Golden Eagles senior defender-midfielder Ally Miller (Mequon Homestead) was named to the second team of the Soccer America MVPs, while goalkeeper Amanda Engel was a first-team selection on the publication's All-Freshman Team.
Two of the top college women's soccer players in the country are from the same Wisconsin high school: Mequon Homestead.
Marquette senior defender Ally Miller was a second-team selection on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American team announced Friday, while Baylor senior forward Dana Larsen made the third team.
Twenty-five players with Wisconsin ties were named to Capital One Academic All-District soccer teams, including five student-athletes from Marquette.
The Golden Eagles' trio of junior midfielder Bryan Ciesiulka, sophomore goalkeeper Charlie Lyon and junior defender Eric Pothast head up the group of 12 state players on the men's all-district teams.
This weekend marked the end of the line for Wisconsin's college women's soccer teams, as Marquette (Division I) and UW-Parkside (Division II) were eliminated from their respective NCAA tournaments and Viterbo was knocked out of the NAIA tournament.
But two state players on out-of-state teams will play on.
The Marquette (Division I) and UW-Parkside (Division II) women's teams continue play in their respective NCAA tournaments this weekend, while Viterbo makes its debut in the NAIA national tournament.
Here's a look at the three state teams still playing, along with other Wisconsin players at out-of-state schools.
City rivals Marquette and UW-Milwaukee extended their seasons this week, with the Golden Eagles winning twice in the Big East Conference tournament and the Panthers getting what turned out to be a must-win in their regular-season finale.
Marquette has a chance to potentially avenge both of its losses as the Big East tournament concludes at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.
This week was all about conference tournaments for the Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay women's soccer teams.
The Golden Eagles cruised into the semifinals of the Big East Conference tournament, while the Panthers earned the right to play host to the Horizon League semifinals and final next weekend after extending their amazing run of regular-season titles.
Marquette made sure it heads into the postseason firing on all cylinders, racking up yet another shutout as it remained unbeaten since early September.
UW-Milwaukee, meanwhile, came up with a victory that was big on two fronts: First of all, it was over state rival UW-Green Bay, and secondly it moved the Panthers into a tie for first place in the Horizon League with just one week of matches remaining.
Marquette's unbeaten streak reached double figures as the Golden Eagles secured their fourth consecutive conference championship, posting two more shutout victories Friday and Sunday.
UW-Milwaukee, meanwhile, celebrated its first winning streak of the year, while UW-Green Bay heads into the last few matches of the season optimistic after a sound performance in a loss to a Big Ten Conference opponent.
The fourth-ranked Marquette men's soccer team extended its regular-season winning streak to 13 dating to last season, but the Golden Eagles' perfect season ended Saturday with a hard-fought road loss to No. 10 Georgetown.
UW-Green Bay saw a streak continue, too, though it's not one the Phoenix are happy about, while UW-Milwaukee was thrilled to end a few streaks by beating state rival Wisconsin.
Marquette added one more game to its winning and shutout streaks before they turned into an unbeaten streak, while UW-Green Bay put an end to its winless slide and UW-Milwaukee earned a victory in its lone game of the week.
Catch up on all the action in our weekly recap of the Golden Eagles, Phoenix and Panthers women's teams.
Marquette's incredible season continued with the Golden Eagles taking down second-ranked Connecticut in a Big East Conference showdown Saturday night at Valley Fields.
Meanwhile, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay met in their annual Chancellor's Cup match and the Panthers and Phoenix both played more than 90 minutes in two matches.
The Marquette women's team posted two more shutouts this week to extend its winning streak to six matches – the Golden Eagles have outscored opponents 20-1 in that span – while city rival UW-Milwaukee ended a program-record losing streak.
But the Panthers didn't close the week well and their Horizon League foe UW-Green Bay saw its winless streak reach four.
Marquette made it 10 wins in 10 matches by winning both of its games this week, setting up a top-10 clash with perennial power Connecticut next Saturday night at Valley Fields.
UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay were involved in tight matches, but couldn't come up with victories – though the Panthers did record a tie.
The Marquette men's soccer team continued its perfect start to the season, with a newfound source of offense scoring all three goals on the weekend, while UW-Milwaukee finished second at a tournament and won a trophy.
UW-Green Bay, meanwhile, ended up on the losing end in a Horizon League opener on a windy day in Detroit.
Marquette continued its sizzling start to the season, UW-Green Bay saw one of its two scheduled matches fall victim to not one, but two rounds of thunderstorms, and UW-Milwaukee had its winning streak snapped over the weekend.
Catch up on all the action with our weekly recap of the Golden Eagles, Phoenix and Panthers.
The Marquette men's soccer team has some new faces as it starts offseason workouts – and a familiar one, too.
Golden Eagles coach Louis Bennett announced the additions of transfers Brady Wahl from Ohio State and David Selvaggi from DePaul, along with his son Louis Bennett II, an incoming freshman who enrolled in school early.
Milwaukee Marquette was one of the top-10 boys soccer teams in the country again this fall.
The Hilltoppers (23-1-2), who won their third consecutive WIAA Division 1 state championship in October, finished the season 10th in the Elite Soccer Report Top 50. The final rankings of the year were published Tuesday.
For the second straight year, Milwaukee Marquette and Kettle Moraine met for the WIAA Division 1 boys soccer state championship – the first time that's happened in any division during the tournament's 31-year history.
It was a far cry from last fall's lopsided final, as Kettle Moraine took the lead through Andy Chmielewski just 42 seconds into the match.
Matt Pyzdrowski (Marquette) has extended his stay with Swedish club Ängelholms FF.
The 26-year-old goalkeeper recently signed a two-year contract extension with the Superettan club. He hasn't played for the second-tier side since July 29 after suffering his third concussion in six months.
Normally, blocking a shot by teammate isn't something that leads to celebrations.
But that's just what happened Wednesday night.
Bryan Ciesiulka's shot in the 108th minute hit the back of senior forward Andy Huftalin's legs, but Huftalin controlled the ball and fired a left-shooted shot past onrushing University of Wisconsin freshman goalkeeper Chase Rau to give 10th-ranked Marquette a 2-1 double-overtime victory in a non-conference match at Valley Fields.
Milwaukee Marquette had a perfect weekend at the annual Jesuit Classic boys soccer tournament, which was held this year in Aurora, Colo.
The Hilltoppers (9-0-2), ranked 15th in the country by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and first in the state by the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association, got past Kansas City's Rockhurst 2-1 on Friday afternoon and cruised past host Regis Jesuit 8-2 on Saturday morning.
Milwaukee Marquette kept the top spot in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 1
state boys poll this week after tipping then-No. 3 Middleton 1-0 in a non-conference showdown
Saturday.
Winnebago Lutheran remained first in the Division 3 rankings and Waukesha Catholic Memorial did
the same in Division 2, but the Crusaders were joined by Pewaukee as joint No.
