Special to the Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin men’s cross country team is going to need a warehouse instead of a trophy case.

That’s because the Badgers headed home from Falcon Heights, Minn., with some more hardware Sunday.

Junior Morgan McDonald won the individual title to lead the Badgers to the program’s 48th conference crown at the Big Ten Championships.

The Badgers claimed the team title with a score of 63 points, three points ahead of Michigan State, who took second. It marked UW’s smallest margin of victory since the 1999 meet when the Badgers defeated Michigan by two points to start a run of 14-straight Big Ten titles.

McDonald became UW’s 24th Big Ten individual champion, crossing the eight-kilometer course in 24 minutes, 35.7 seconds, eight seconds faster than runner-up Sherod Hardt of Michigan State.

“I haven't seen that type of dominance in this conference in a while,” Wisconsin Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne said.

Two-time Big Ten champion Malachy Schrobilgen finished fifth in 24:48.1, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors for the third time in his career. Schrobilgen became the 13th Badger to earn three career first-team All-Big Ten accolades.

In the women’s meet, freshman Amy Davis finished 19th in 21:34.5 to help the Badgers take sixth.

Erin Finn of Michigan claimed her third Big Ten crown in 20:37.3.

VOLLEYBALL

Senior Lauren Carlini recorded her 5,000th assist and senior Haleigh Nelson hammered home her 1,000th kill as the fourth-ranked Badgers (18-3, 10-2 Big Ten) coasted to a 25-14, 25-18, 25-23 victory over Rutgers at the UW Field House.

UW-Green Bay 3, UW-Milwaukee 0: Megan Powers had 17 kills and the host Phoenix (17-7, 9-3 Horizon League) downed the Panthers (12-11, 6-6), 25-22, 25-19, 25-23.

SOCCER

UW men 2, Ohio State 1: Enda O’Neill and Isaac Schlenker scored to lead the Badgers past the Buckeyes at the McClimon Soccer Complex in Madison.

Wisconsin (10-3-3, 4-2-2) earned its first 10-win season and undefeated-at-home mark since the 2013 season when it went 14-5-2.