The defending national champion University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team (14-3-1-0, 12-3-1-0-1 WCHA) have made their way back into the NCAA Tournament for the eighth consecutive year. After an overtime victory last Sunday, the WCHA regular-season and tournament champions begin their chase for back-to-back national titles as the No. 2 overall seed.
Focus on the Friars
The Badgers are slated to play No. 7 Providence College (12-7-1, 10-6-1 Hockey East). The Friars enter the tournament with a somewhat underwhelming 12-7-1 record. While most disagreed with them getting a bid into the tournament over a perhaps more impressive team like Minnesota, Providence is still a talented team that is a major threat to UW’s hopes of repeating.