MADISON — The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team (9–1–0) split a pair of games this weekend against No. 3 Minnesota (7–2–1) in a physical weekend at LaBahn Arena.
Freshmen Britta Curl, Sophie Shirley, and Nicole Lamantia had tremendous weekends for the Badgers, and seem to be matching the hype they brought to Madison.
The Badgers needed a split to keep themselves on the inside track in the WCHA and NCAA races. Given that they won’t play a ranked game until January, the Badgers’ split helps them keep up the momentum for the rest of the semester.
Wisconsin and Minnesota were both without top respective skaters Emily Clark and Sarah Potomak, but the Badgers and Gophers meet between two and four more times this season, so the return of Clark and Potomak for the January rematch will only ramp up the intensity.