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Badgers softball sweeps Purdue

Sophomores Lauren Foster and Taylor Johnson hit home runs to spark the University of Wisconsin softball team to a 4-1 victory against Purdue on Sunday in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Junior Kaitlyn Menz pitched a complete game for the Badgers (36-10, 13-7 Big Ten), who swept the three-game series against the Boilermakers (30-23, 6-14).

Foster hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and Johnson hit a two-run blast in the sixth.

Menz (17-6) allowed four hits and an earned run with four strikeouts and three walks.

Men’s golf: Sophomore Griffin Barela carded a final-round 72 and finished tied for 24th place at 13-over 223 to lead the Badgers at the Big Ten Conference tournament in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.