MADISON, Wis. – The No. 1 Wisconsin women's hockey team (3-0-0) shut out the Boston University Terriers (0-1-0), 7-0, during its home opener at LaBahn Arena on Friday night. 

Six Badgers added to Wisconsin's scoring card to earn the Badgers their first win at home.

Finley McCarthy put the Badgers on the board late in the first period to give UW a 1-0 lead. McCarthy's goal was assisted by freshman Rosalie Tremblay.

Maggie Scannell kicked off the second period with a goal off of a Nela Lopušanová pass to continue the streak.

Scannell returned the favor, assisting Lopušanová in her first career goal as a Badger with 14:37 remaining in the period, making it 3-0.

Nearly thirty seconds later, senior Ava Murphy received the puck from McCarthy and tallied her first goal of the season. 

Cassie Hall found the back of the net with 8:41 remaining in the second to keep Wisconsin's lead. Hall's goal was assisted by Captain Kelly Gorbatenko.

In the final minutes of period two, Tremblay traveled across center ice to make it 6-0 after a pass from Hannah Halverson. 

The third period remained scoreless until freshman phenom Lopušanová collected her second goal of the game and the seventh for the Badgers. Scannell garnered the assist.

Goaltender Ava McNaughton recorded 22 saves. 

Notes of the Game

• Wisconsin raised its ninth national championship banner prior to tonight's win. Badger alums Chloe Baker, Claire Enright, Vivian Jungels, Marianne Picard and McKayla Zilisch. 

• The Badgers found the back of the net five times in the second period, marking the first time since Sept. 27, 2025, against Bemidji State. 

• Six Badgers tallied multi-point games, with Halverson, Scannell and Lopušanová each posting three points. 

• Wisconsin outshot Boston University 47 to 22. 

Head Coach Mark Johnson
On Rosalie Tremblay's play as a freshman:
"Tremblay she's just, she's comfortable, you know for a young player to be comfortable, it's impressive. She's just a really good 200-foot player, smart, and she's going to be a lot of fun to watch."

On Ava McNaughton in goal tonight:
"There were a couple of flurries in the third period which were good, she got tested, she had to make a couple of nice saves. She was aggressive on them and the pucks were hitting her in the Motion W and so that's always a good indication that she's in tune to what's going on."

Freshman Rosalie Tremblay
On her first game at LaBahn:
 "I knew the girls kind of told us that it was going to be a big game and a lot of people were going to make it because we were celebrating, but I was never expecting that much noise and how big we are for the city. It's amazing to see and we want to do it for them and winning 7-0, we're pretty happy we did that."

Freshman Nela Lopušanová 
On what the team found in the second period they were missing in the first:
"We talked about in the locker room, moving the puck more and obviously the puck is the fastest player on the ice, so I think that's what we changed. We started moving better without the puck as well so I think that's what we changed and it worked pretty well."

On how Maggie Scannell is helping her get acquainted on the team:
"She's awesome. She's trying to learn Slovak and Czech so it's kind of funny but I could not ask for a better player here to help me as a freshman for the start. She is helping me out a lot. She is giving me a lot of advice off the ice also, so I'm really grateful for her."

Up Next: The Badgers and Terriers meet again tomorrow at LaBahn Arena at 5 p.m. for the second game of the series. Fans can watch the game live on B1G+ or listen on Fox Sports 1070.