For the first time in almost a decade, the Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team will not be playing in the WCHA Tournament final. On Saturday evening, the Badgers fell to Ohio State, 2-1, at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. This is the third straight defeat the Badgers have suffered at the hands of the Buckeyes.
After a scoreless first period that saw the ice tilted in the Badgers favor, Wisconsin finally broke through 67 seconds into the second when Sophie Shirley sprinted across center ice to retrieve a long pass from Chayla Edwards, drove in on net and slipped the puck past Buckeyes’ goalie Amanda Thiele.