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Let Saturday, March 7, serve as the latest reminder that it takes a full 60 minutes to secure a win in the No. 1 rivalry in women’s college hockey.
Second-ranked Ohio State scored twice during the final 5 ½ minutes to knock off top-ranked Wisconsin, 2-1, in the championship game of the WCHA Final Faceoff at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena on the campus of St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minn.
In addition to giving the Buckeyes their first Final Faceoff title since 2023, the win may have locked up the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State entered the day atop the NCAA Power Index used to help determine the 11-team field.
BOX SCORE: No. 2 Ohio State 2, No. 1 Wisconsin 1
The bracket will be announced Sunday morning, March 8.
Goals by Ohio State freshman Hilda Svensson at the 14-minute, 30-second mark in the final period and junior Jordan Baxter at 16:33 lifted the Buckeyes to the come-from-behind victory.
Baxter's game-winner came on a shot that was deflected behind UW goaltender Ava McNaughton. Sophomore Finley McCarthy almost cleared the puck from the crease but didn't appear to see it in time.
The goal was a tough way for Wisconsin to lose, but from the Buckeyes' perspective the win was well deserved. Ohio State (34-4) set the tone for much of the afternoon and owned a 31-18 edge in shots on goal through two periods. Were it not for a strong day from McNaughton, who made a career-high 38 saves, the Badgers would have been behind earlier.
Wisconsin’s defensive effort was bolstered by by 19 blocks and two penalty kills. The second of those kills started during the seventh minute of the final period and included three saves by McNaughton and blocks by junior Laney Potter and senior Marianne Picard to keep Ohio State scoreless.
About 2 minutes later Wisconsin (32-4-2) was rewarded for its work on defense when junior Kelly Gorbatenko centered a pass of the puck from goal line to senior Lacey Eden, who one-timed the puck into the goal to give the Badgers' a 1-0 lead at the 9:58-second mark of the third period.
The Badgers had the lead, but it was short-lived.
UW saw its eight-game winning streak snapped. The last team to beat it before Saturday was Ohio State on Feb. 7.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin hockey can't finish off Ohio State in WCHA Final Faceoff
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Second-ranked Ohio State scored twice during the final 5 ½ minutes to knock off top-ranked Wisconsin, 2-1, in the championship game of the WCHA Final Faceoff at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena on the campus of St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minn.
In addition to giving the Buckeyes their first Final Faceoff title since 2023, the win may have locked up the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State entered the day atop the NCAA Power Index used to help determine the 11-team field.
BOX SCORE: No. 2 Ohio State 2, No. 1 Wisconsin 1
The bracket will be announced Sunday morning, March 8.
Goals by Ohio State freshman Hilda Svensson at the 14-minute, 30-second mark in the final period and junior Jordan Baxter at 16:33 lifted the Buckeyes to the come-from-behind victory.
Baxter's game-winner came on a shot that was deflected behind UW goaltender Ava McNaughton. Sophomore Finley McCarthy almost cleared the puck from the crease but didn't appear to see it in time.
The goal was a tough way for Wisconsin to lose, but from the Buckeyes' perspective the win was well deserved. Ohio State (34-4) set the tone for much of the afternoon and owned a 31-18 edge in shots on goal through two periods. Were it not for a strong day from McNaughton, who made a career-high 38 saves, the Badgers would have been behind earlier.
Wisconsin’s defensive effort was bolstered by by 19 blocks and two penalty kills. The second of those kills started during the seventh minute of the final period and included three saves by McNaughton and blocks by junior Laney Potter and senior Marianne Picard to keep Ohio State scoreless.
About 2 minutes later Wisconsin (32-4-2) was rewarded for its work on defense when junior Kelly Gorbatenko centered a pass of the puck from goal line to senior Lacey Eden, who one-timed the puck into the goal to give the Badgers' a 1-0 lead at the 9:58-second mark of the third period.
The Badgers had the lead, but it was short-lived.
UW saw its eight-game winning streak snapped. The last team to beat it before Saturday was Ohio State on Feb. 7.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin hockey can't finish off Ohio State in WCHA Final Faceoff
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