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GREEN BAY - The UW-Green Bay men’s basketball team rallied in the second half last night to defeat Saint Norbert in a home exhibition game, 83-63.

The Division III Green Knights trailed by only five at the half, after shooting 55-percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes. But Green Bay hunkered down on defense, while scoring the first 11 points after the intermission. They led by as many as 27 the rest of the way. Junior center Alec Brown led the Phoenix with 18 points, shooting 9-of-11 from the floor. Andrew Schwoerer led Saint Norbert with 14. Green Bay’s next game is a week from Saturday, when it opens its regular season at home against Chicago State.

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It appears that Milwaukee Brewers’ reliever Jose Veras is on the way out. MLB.Com says the Brewers have told Veras they’ll release him outright from the 40-man roster. The right-hander must clear waivers for that to happen – and his agent, Bryce Dixon, tells MLB.com that Veras will become a free agent if he’s cleared. Veras is up for salary arbitration this winter – and MLB Trade Rumors says he can expect a $600,000 raise to around two-point-six-million for next season. Veras was traded from Pittsburgh a year ago, in a deal that sent Casey McGehee to the Pirates. He went 5-and-4 this year with a three-point-six-three ERA, with 40 walks and 79 strikeouts in 67 innings.

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In hockey, the Milwaukee Admirals got by Charlotte 5-4 at home last night. Daniel Bang scored the game-winner with just over eight minutes left. He was playing for the first time since he got a concussion in the season opener two weeks ago. The victory was only Milwaukee’s second in its last six outings.

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The Marquette University men’s soccer team shut out Cincinnati 3-0 at home last night in the opening round of the Big East Tournament. Goaltender Charlie Lyon recorded his 10th shutout of the season for the Golden Eagles. Kelmend Islami had one goal and one assist, as Marquette improved to 15-2-1. The Eagles advanced to the quarter-finals for the third straight year. They’ll play at top-seeded Louisville on Saturday.

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The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team was eliminated in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, after getting blanked by Michigan 2-0 last night in Bloomington, Ind. The sixth-seeded Badgers lost for only the second time this season when out-shooting their opponents. Wisconsin had a 12-to-11 shooting edge over the Number-three Wolverines. But Michigan dominated in corner kicks 8-to-3. Holly Heim and Nkem Ezurike scored for the Wolverines, who improved to 14-4-2 overall. Wisconsin dropped to 12-7-1. UW will wai and see if they are chosen for the NCAA Tournament

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Concordia-Mequon will play six-time defending champion Dominican on Saturday in the finals of the Northern Athletics Conference men’s soccer tournament. Third-seeded Concordia pulled off an upset at Number-two Aurora yesterday, with a 4-3 shootout. Sam Ische had 10 saves for Concordia in 110-minutes of regular play, which ended in a 1-1 tie. Dominican advanced to the finals with a 2-1 home victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Logan Marvin broke a 1-1 tie by scoring the game-winner in the 79th minute. Logan Andryk scored the only goal for MSOE. Dominican has won the men’s soccer tournament every year since the NAC was formed in 2006.

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University of Wisconsin goal-tender Alex Rigsby has been named the WCHA women’s hockey defensive player-of-the-week. Rigsby, a junior, stopped 50-of-51 shots as the Badgers swept a two-game series against New Hampshire – their first sweep in the new LaBahn Arena on the Madison campus. Rigsby is fourth in the nation in total saves with 205 in the young season.

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Five University of Wisconsin women’s soccer players were named to the All-Big Ten Conference teams that were announced today. Sophomore Cara Walls and senior Monica Lam-Feist were both picked to the all-league second-team. And Badgers Lexi Peterson, Kinley McNicoll, and Lindsey Holmes made the All-Freshman squad. Walls has scored 10 goals with one assist this season – and she finished seventh in the Big Ten in goals per-game with point-64. Lam-Feist had six goals this year, including the game-winner in the Badgers’ first victory over Notre Dame in more than a decade.

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Mallory Palmer of Edgewood was named today as the Northern Athletics Conference volleyball player-of-the-year. Palmer averages four-and-a-third kills per set and four-point-seven points. The senior outside hitter averages over three digs a game, with a hitting percentage of .275. Edgewood’s Paul Schlomer is the NAC’s Coach-of-the-Year, after leading his Eagles to a share of the league regular season title. Liz Yakey of Dominican is the defensive player-of-the-year, and Caitlen Foote of Dominican is the freshman-of-the-year. Lindsey Swansby joined her Edgewood teammate Palmer on the all-NAC first team. Also named were Torey DeLozier and Laci Peterson of Maranatha Baptist, Erin Greenfield of Wisconsin Lutheran, and Katie Freitag of Lakeland. The All-Conference second team includes Kelli Johnson of Wisconsin Lutheran, Jessica Martin of Edgewood, and Anna Smit of Marian. Katrina Jensen of Marian is on the All-Freshman squad, along with Caleigh Galvan of Lakeland, Leah Hendricks of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Rachel Tesch of Edgewood.

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Univesity of Wisconsin men’s hockey goal-tender Joel Rumpel has been named the WCHA’s defensive player-of-the-week. Rumpel, a sophomore, had 64 saves last weekend in a win-and-a-tie against Minnesota-Duluth. He has allowed two goals or less in nine of his last 10 games dating back to last season.

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Greg Schalla of Beloit College is the men’s swimmer-of-the-week in the Midwest Conference. Schalla, a senior, won the 200-and-500-freestyle events in a dual meet against Lawrence. Erica McAloon of Monmouth is the top women’s swimmer. Also, Sheboygan native Tia Rupnik of Lake Forest College was named the Midwest Conference defensive volleyball player-of-the-week. The senior had 32 digs and a pair of aces in a five-set Lake Forest victory over Monmouth.

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UW-Oshkosh linebacker Beau Steffens made the national Division III Team-of-the-Week from D3Football.com. Steffens, a sophomore, had a sack and 10 other tackles in a 41-7 Oshkosh romp of La Crosse last Saturday. It helped the Titans clinch at least a share of the WIAC conference title.

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Instead of running the offense from the floor, University of Wisconsin point guard Josh Gasser says he’s prepared to lead from the bench instead. The junior Gasser is out for the season, after he tore an ACL ligament in his left knee at practice last Saturday. He’ll have surgery next Tuesday. And after that, Gasser says he’ll settle into a non-playing leadership role which will have him being a mentor and a volunteer assistant coach. Gasser insists the Badgers won’t miss a beat while he recovers. He says he has total confidence in Ben Brust, Traevon Jackson, and George Marshall to fill his spot at the point. But Gasser says it’s quote, “killing me” not to have the chance to play with his established teammates this season. He says he has especially made great relationships with seniors Mike Bruesewitz, Ryan Evans, and Jared Berggren. And he was excited to help them reach their goals – which he’ll have to do verbally instead of physically on the court.

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University of Wisconsin men’s cross country coach Mick Byrne has again been honored as the Big Ten’s coach-of-the-year. Byrne has received the award in each of his five seasons at the UW – and before that, he won the same honor for 17 straight years as the coach at Iona of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Badgers won their 14th consecutive Big Ten cross country title last Sunday.

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