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Women’s Soccer: Freshman forward Dani Rhodes defies first-year hurdles for Wisconsin

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At this time last year, Dani Rhodes was setting records in both soccer and basketball for Waukesha West High School. Now, Rhodes is taking major strides toward capturing a starting role on the University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team.

After the 2015 season ended, the Badgers said goodbye to seven starters. With only four returning starters this season, Wisconsin knew they would need to rely on some young talent to propel them to consecutive Big Ten regular season championships.

Now, Wisconsin finds itself more than half way through this season with an even 4-4-4 overall record, finding most of the team’s production from upperclassmen.