The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, No. 10 Minnesota Duluth, and No. 15 Minnesota State recorded victories on the road in Friday's Western Collegiate Hockey Association action.
No. 15 Minnesota State 5, RV St. Thomas 2 | BOX SCORE | St. Thomas Recap | Minnesota State Recap
- The 15th-ranked Minnesota State Mavericks took the first game of the weekend against St. Thomas 5-2 behind three third-period goals.
- Taylor Otremba opened the scoring for the Mavericks 13 minutes into the first, but less than a minute later, Rylee Bartz tied it up for the Tommies, who took the lead going into the second period with a last-minute goal; Zoe Lopez scored to tie the game in the second period before the Mavericks would go on to score three third-period goals.
- Ella Boerger led the way for the Tommies with a goal and an assist; Chloe Boreen and Jenessa Gazdik also picked up assists on the afternoon; Julia Minotti made 27 saves on the afternoon.
- Mercury Bischoff had three points for the Mavericks, and Kamryn Van Batavia had a goal and an assist in the win; Hailey Hansen stopped 21 of 23 shots she faced.
No. 10 Minnesota Duluth 3, No. 3 Minnesota 2 OT | BOX SCORE | Minnesota Recap | Minnesota Duluth Recap
- Tova Henderson guided No. 10 Minnesota Duluth to a 3-2 overtime win against No. 3 Minnesota as the Bulldogs extended their win streak to five games.
- Minnesota's Madison Kaiser scored just over three minutes into the frist period before UMD's Zoey Krock tied the game six minutes later; Madi Burr scored the go ahead goal for the Bulldogs early in the second frame, but Ava Lindsay responded for the Gophers scoring at the 10:30 mark of the third to send the game to overtime where UMD's Henderson scored just over three minutes in.
- Ève Gascon made 31 saves in the game for the Bulldogs as the Gophers outshot UMD 33-32 in the game; Gascon earned her 16th win of the season
- Gopher netminder Hannah Clark recorded 29 saves in the loss; Kaiser tallied her fifth goal of the season and has a career-high 21 points on the year.
No. 2 Ohio State 7, Bemidji State 1 | BOX SCORE | Ohio State Recap | Bemidji State Recap
- The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Bemidji State 7-1 on the road to open up the series against the Beavers; Ohio State is now 29-4-0 on the season and moved into first place in the league standings ahead of No.1 Wisconsin, which still has two games left.
- Ohio State's Kaia Malachino scored the lone goal of the first period; the second frame saw Ohio State scoretwo goals in the first eight minutes before Hailey Armstrong scored the only goal of the game for the Beavers at the 9:43 mark; Sloane Matthews responded for Ohio State shortly after; Ohio State then added three in the final frame.
- Malachino recorded her first career hat trick in the win; Hailey MacLeod got the win in net for the Buckeyes while making 20 saves on the game.
- Armstrong's goal marked her 15th of the season while Kaitlin Groess made 38 saves in the net for the Beavers.
*Rankings based on USCHO Division I Women's Poll
Saturday, Feb 21
RV St. Cloud State at No. 1 Wisconsin - 1 PM CT
No. 10 Minnesota Duluth at No. 3 Minnesota - 2 PM CT
No. 15 Minnesota State at RV St. Thomas - 2 PM CT
No. 2 Ohio State at Bemidji State - 3 PM ET - FOX9+
Sunday, Feb 22
RV St. Cloud State at No. 1 Wisconsin - 11 AM CT
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