In the opening round of the WCHA Playoffs, the Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team swept the Bemidji State Beavers. UW won a close, frustrating game on Friday night, 2-1, and then came out on Saturday and dominated from puck drop to pick up a 5-0 shutout.
On Friday night, the Badgers outshot the Beavers 40-15 on the game, and 13-5 in the opening period, but found themselves down 1-0 heading into the first intermission. After just over 12 minutes had elapsed in the second period, the Badgers finally broke through with a Maddi Wheeler goal.
Brette Pettet scored quickly in the third period to give UW a 2-1 lead and the Badgers hunkered down and held the lead for the win.