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The final day of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season saw No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Minnesota, and Minnesota State record series sweeps.
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Box Scores and Recaps
- No. 4 Minnesota 1, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth 0 - Box Score | Minnesota Duluth Recap | Minnesota Recap
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The fourth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers closed out their regular season with a series sweep over No. 6 Minnesota Duluth after defeating the Bulldogs 1-0 on Saturday afternoon. Both teams held each other scoreless through 51 minutes of play before Ella Huber found Abbey Murphy for the game-winning goal at the 11:21 mark of the third period. Hannah Clark recorded her 21st win and second shutout of the season. Minnesota Duluth's Ève Gascon collected 48 saves in the game.
- Minnesota State 3, St. Thomas 0 - Box Score | St. Thomas Recap | Minnesota State Recap
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. - Minnesota State earned its second conference series sweep of the season after defeating St. Thomas 3-0 on Saturday afternoon. Madison Mashuga recorded her 10th goal of the season at the 10:33 mark of the first off of an assist from Jamie Nelson as Nelson earned her 100th career point. The second period saw Claire Vekich extend the lead to two for Minnesota State after scoring just over three minutes into the frame. Minnesota State added one final goal in the third from Kianna Roeske for the 3-0 shutout. Hailey Hansen recorded 17 saves in the contest and earned her third shutout of the season in the victory.
- No. 1 Wisconsin 6, Bemidji State 1 - Box Score | Wisconsin Recap | Bemidji State Recap
BEMIDJI, Minn. - After heading into the second period down one, the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers recorded a 6-1 win over Bemidji State to earn the series sweep. Raeley Carney put Bemidji State on the board just under eight minutes into the first period for the 1-0 Beaver lead. Down one heading into the second, Wisconsin's Kirsten Simms recorded her first of three goals at the 2:03 mark to tie the game at one. The Badgers then scored four more in the second with goals from Lacey Eden, Laila Edwards, and Simms. Wisconsin added two more in the third frame as Simms recorded her first hat trick of the season and teammate Hannah Halverson netted a goal. Quinn Kuntz got the win in the net for the Badgers for her second of the season while recording 18 saves in the game.
- No. 2 Ohio State 3, No. 11 St. Cloud State 2 - Box Score | Ohio State Recap | St. Cloud State Recap
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A late goal by Makenna Webster propelled No. 2 Ohio State to a 3-2 win over No. 11 St. Cloud State as the Buckeyes recorded the series sweep to finish the regular season. The Buckeyes scored back-to-back goals in the first period courtesy of Joy Dunne and teammate Riley Brengman for the 2-0 lead. Emma Gentry scored the only goal of the second to bring St. Cloud State within one going into the final period. With five minutes left to play, Abby Promersberger scored the equalizer for the Huskies, but just over two minutes later, Makenna Webster netted the game-winning goal for Ohio State.
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