The women’s hockey Buckeyes skated into Wisconsin on Friday night looking to secure their conference standing. A big shootout win over the Badgers did the trick. The Scarlet and Gray locked up third place in the WCHA.
Freshman goaltender Andrea Braendli was the hero of the day for the Buckeyes. Wisconsin outshot Ohio State by a whopping 53-24 margin in the game. The indefatigable netminder had her hands full but performed brilliantly. Save No. 50 might have been her best of the night. She stoned the Badgers’ leading scorer, Annie Pankowski, on a breakaway. Braendli surrendered only one goal on the night and that came on a first period penalty kill.