There’s a new No. 1 in Women’s College Hockey. After an impressive weekend sweep against the visiting Princeton Tigers (0-2-0, 0-0-0-0 ECHA), the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has clawed its way back to No. 1 in the country, a position it held for 18 consecutive weeks last season. The Badgers (8-0-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA) earned all 15 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I women’s poll Monday, thanks in large part to performances by freshman Sophie Shirley and junior goalie Kirsten Campbell.
After falling behind 1–0 early to the Tigers in Friday’s matchup, Shirley helped lead the Badgers back into the game with an offensive clinic.