Shiffrin opens with a win

Mikaela Shiffrin started the women’s World Cup slalom season in the same way she ended the previous one – with a clear victory in Levi, Finland.

The two-time overall champion built on a firstrun lead to comfortably win the traditional opening race in Finnish Lapland on Saturday.

Shiffrin defeated last year’s winner, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia, by 0.58 of a second. Bernadette Schild of Austria, who posted the fastest secondrun time, finished third, 0.79 off the lead.

It was Shiffrin’s 33rd career victory in a slalom, leaving her two wins shy of the World Cup record held by Austria’s Marlies Raich, Schild’s older sister.

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scored 19 points and the Wisconsin women’s team turned back North Dakota State, 6453, Saturday at the Kohl Center.

Marsha Howard and Kelly Karlis points for the Badgers (3-0).

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HOCKEY

Goaltender Kristen Campbell made 12 saves en route to her third-straight shutout as the topranked Wisconsin women’s team decked Bemidji State, 3-0, at the LaBahn Arena in Madison.

Presley Norby, Sophia Shaver and Annie Pankowski scored for Wisconsin (13-1-0, 7-1-0-0 WCHA).

Ohio State 3, UW men 1: Tommy Nappier finished with 27 saves and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes beat the visiting Badgers (5-7-0, 1-3-0 Big Ten).

Admirals 2, Reign 1: Connor Brickley scored the tie-breaking goal at 1 minute 45 seconds of the third period and host Milwaukee held off Ontario.

Milwaukee’s Eeli Tolvanen lit the lamp in the first period.

Goaltender Troy Grosenick saves for the Admirals.

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VOLLEYBALL

Madison Duello had 13 kills and seventh-ranked Wisconsin (20-6, 12-5 Big Ten) downed host Maryland, 25-22, 28-26, 25-22.

Marquette 3, St. John’s 0: Anna Haak’s 12 kills paced the 17th-ranked Golden Eagles (25-4, 15-2 Big East) in a 26-24, 25-19, 25-15 victory over the Red Storm at the Al McGuire Center.

RUGBY

UW-Whitewater rolled past Montana State, 5426, in the Sweet 16 of the USA Rugby Collegiate Men’s Division II Playoffs in Columbia, Mo.

In other games, Bethel knocked off UW-Milwaukee, 32-17, and Villanova edged Marquette, 47-43.

GOLF

Charles Howell III had a 2-under 68 for a oneshot lead in the RSM Classic in St. Simmons Island, Ga.

Cameron Champ and Jason Gore each fired a 66 and were tied for second.

LPGA Tour: Lexi Thompson had a 4-under 68 and a three-stroke lead after the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla.

Kelly Korda shot her second consecutive 67 and was alone in second.

SOCCER

Dani Rhodes scored a school record four goals and the Wisconsin women’s team routed Hofstra, 6-0, late Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Salinas, Calif.

The Badgers (14-3-4) will face top-seeded Stanford (19-0-2) at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The Cardinal is riding a 43-match unbeaten streak.

From Journal Sentinel wire reports

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