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The top-four ranked teams in the nation each recorded victories in Friday night's Western Collegiate Hockey Association action. The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers defeated St. Thomas for their 10th conference win of the season. No. 2 Ohio State won in overtime against Minnesota State, while No. 3 Minnesota defeated No. 10 St. Cloud State inside of Ridder Arena. No. 4 Minnesota Duluth recorded eight goals in its home victory over Bemidji State.
Box Scores and Recaps
- No. 4 Minnesota Duluth 8, Bemidji State 1 - Box Score | Bemidji State Recap | Minnesota Duluth Recap
DULUTH, Minn. – The Bulldogs picked up their sixth conference win of the season after defeating Bemidji State 8-1 inside of AMSOIL Arena Friday afternoon. Minnesota Duluth's Olivia Wallin scored her first of three goals on the day just 27 seconds into the contest to set the tone for the day. Down 2-0 heading into the second, Bemidji State's Shelby Breiland scored the first and only goal of the game for the Beavers as UMD would go on to score six unanswered. Wallin netted her first hat trick as a Bulldog and recorded her 100th collegiate career point in the contest. Ève Gascon got the win for the Bulldogs between the pipes with 20 saves.
- No. 2 Ohio State 2, Minnesota State 1 OT - Box Score | Minnesota State Recap | Ohio State Recap
MANKATO, Minn. – Joy Dunne's overtime goal gave Ohio State the 2-1 victory over Minnesota Friday night in Mankato. After a scoreless first two periods of play, the Buckeyes' Jocelyn Amos scored two minutes into the final period for the first goal of the game. With just 46 seconds left in the game, Minnesota State's Alexis Paddington found the back of the net to send the game into overtime where Ohio State's Dunne would go on to score the game-winning goal.
- No. 3 Minnesota 5, No. 10 St. Cloud State 2 - Box Score | St. Cloud State Recap | Minnesota Recap
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota earned its seventh consecutive WCHA victory after defeating the No. 10 St. Cloud State Huskies inside Ridder Arena on Friday night. After goals from Minnesota's Sydney Morrow and St. Cloud State's Abby Promersberger tied the game at one, the Gophers scored two unanswered and never looked back. Abbey Murphy led all skaters in the game after recording her second career hat trick, while teammate Peyton Hemp recorded the 100th point of her career in the win.
- No. 1 Wisconsin 6, St. Thomas 1 - Box Score | St. Thomas Recap | Wisconsin Recap
MADISON, Wis. – The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers defeated St. Thomas 6-1 Friday night in Madison. Wisconsin scored three unanswered in the opening frame as three different Badgers found the back of the net in Lacey Eden, Kirsten Simms, and Claire Enright. Cassie Hall made it 4-0 in the second before Chloe Boreen scored one for the Tommies. The Badgers scored three more unanswered in the final frame en route to its 10th WCHA victory of the season.
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