Wisconsin Soccer Central

Two long winning streaks continued on a chilly Thursday night in the Madison area.

Waunakee cruised past host Baraboo 6-0 in a Northern Badger Conference girls soccer opener, the 43rd consecutive conference victory for the Warriors.

Junior Abby Pandow had two goals and an assist for Waunakee (5-0-1), which has lost just once in the 11-year history of the Northern Badger: A 1-0 setback against Reedsburg on May 20, 2003. The Warriors are 54-1-0 all-time in Northern Badger play.

At the same time at Mansfield Stadium, sophomore forward Ruth Lenzen had a goal and an assist as Madison Memorial beat rival Madison West 3-0 to extend its Big Eight Conference winning streak to 34 games.

Freshman Megan Johnson – the daughter of Olympic star and University of Wisconsin women's hockey coach Mark Johnson – made two saves for her first shutout in her second appearance in goal for the Spartans (3-3-0 overall, 3-0-0 Big Eight), whose last loss in conference action was a 2-1 overtime defeat against Madison La Follette on April 24, 2008.

• Mequon Homestead is ranked first in the state by ESPNHS this week, followed by Milwaukee DSHA and Brookfield Central. None of the three made the website's Powerade Fab 50 national rankings.
• Waukesha Catholic Memorial, ranked first in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 2 state poll, returns to the village of New Glarus (pop. 2,304) for the seventh annual Swiss Kick on Saturday. The Crusaders (8-1-0) face host Sugar River (2-1-2) at 9 a.m. in the day's first match at New Glarus Elementary School – the Raiders are a co-operative program with players from Belleville and New Glarus. Slinger (5-3-1) plays Baraboo (2-4-0) at 10:30 a.m., with the third-place match at 1:30 p.m. and the final at 3 p.m.