The No. 2 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team (34-4-2, 19-1-2 WCHA) defeated both No. 9 Ohio State (20-13-2, 12-10-0) and No. 1 Minnesota (30-5-1, 19-4-1) in Minneapolis over the weekend to claim its fourth WCHA title in five years.
The Badgers began their title campaign against the Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday in a nail-biting 3–2 victory. Support came early from the team’s younger stars, as freshman Britta Curl and WCHA Freshman of the Year Sophie Shirley provided two goals over the first two periods for the Badgers.
Ohio State responded to Curl’s first period goal with a goal of their own and would go on to open scoring in the second period, giving them a 2–1 lead until Shirley netted the game-tying goal.