You may not recognize the Wisconsin women’s soccer team this weekend.

With the Badgers struggling to find a way to get on the scoreboard, head coach Dean Duerst has cooked up a new strategy for the last two games of the year.

“We’re going to play like a basketball team that wants to score 80 points in game,” said Duerst. “[We want to] really run the tempo up and go to goal as quickly as possible — play as if we are down a goal with 10 minutes left.”

The Badgers (4-10-3 overall, 1-7-2 conference) will get their first shot at using their newfound offensive game plan when the team travels south to square off against Illinois State on Friday.

The Red Birds (13-5, 6-0) completed their season undefeated in conference play but have struggled against outside competition, going 7-5.

ISU will be counting on junior forward Annie Wayland for their offensive production. With 27 points, more than double her nearest teammate’s output, Wayland has been their only source of offense.

The team’s season finale will take them to the Arch and the city of St. Louis.

UW will face Saint Louis University (8-8-1, 5-4-1) Sunday in hopes of completing the weekend undefeated. Just one year ago the two programs squared off in their first meeting, which saw UW come out on top 1-0.

“Our goal is to be 2-0 because we haven’t had that one weekend this year,” Duerst said. “[Two wins] would help put a bright spot at the end of the season.”

SLU brings formidable opposition to the field, building their program’s foundation on three non-senior players. Junior goalie Meghann Burke has been an iron woman this season, playing every minute in goal thus far for the Billikens and allowing only 1.26 goals a game.

Saint Louis is led in the scoring department by freshman forward Jamie Perry, who has notched 10 goals but only assisted on two. Junior forward Jenny Kehl has found her role as the team’s distributor, creating 10 goals for her teammates off her passing skills.

However, Duerst is not concerned with what both ISU and SLU bring to the table. Rather, he is content to generate an atmosphere that his team can use as a springboard for the games.

“What matters is us coming out and playing our style, not really focusing on the opponent,” said Duerst. “We’re going to try to create a lot of team atmosphere.”

Team unity has been a theme all season, but with the remaining games on the horizon, it takes on additional meaning.

“We’ve planned out a few things; one of the things is to bring the whole team. The whole team can say good-bye to [the seniors] instead of just one last road trip,” Duerst said. “[We’re going to] play a lot of people and keep a very, very high-tempo game going. It should incorporate the whole team into [the game].”

UW hopes the new focal points — an extensive offensive attack and team unity — will lead to goals, resulting in a pair of wins. The Badgers have the tools to take the pair of games, but once again, the weekend will solely hinge on the team’s ability to score.

“[We want to] finish off real strong and play real hard because it’s [the] last two games,” senior Wynter Pero said.