(2) Ohio State at (1) Wisconsin
Read our recap from Saturday’s game here. On Sunday, The Badgers bounced back with a 4-1 win of their own thanks in large part to their special teams. UW killed five OSU power plays while scoring on two of their four player advantages – including in both part of a five on three late in the third period to help put the game out of reach. Lacey Eden opened the scoring in the waning minutes of the first, stealing the puck off a Buckeye before cycling up and cutting in to the net to make it 1-0. A minute into the second, Eden hit Cassie Hall in stride on a breakaway after a turnover and she deked the goalie to score and make it 2-0. Ohio State cut the lead in half on a goal from the right side of the slot by Kaia Malachino. Overlapping penalties to the Buckeyes in the third gave the Badgers the chance to pull away and they took advantage. First Laney Potter scored from basically even with the goal line and seconds later, Finley McCarthy cleaned up the rebound on a long shot from Ava Murphy to give Wisconsin the 4-1 lead they’d carry until the final buzzer.
(3) Minnesota at St. Thomas
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead after the first period despite being outshot 12-6 thanks to a goal from Chloe Primerano. Avery Hovland and Ava Lindsay extended the Gopher lead to 3-0 in the second before Cara Sajevic scored for St. Thomas. Bella Fanale added an insurance goal in the third to give Minnesota the 4-1 win. On Saturday, the Tommies out-shot the Gophers for the second straight day but had a better result. The Gophers scored with 18.7 seconds left in the first on a power play goal from Jamie Nelson and that’s all they’d be able to get past Julia Minotti. St. Thomas’ Whitney Horton tipped in a shot midway through the third to tie the game and force overtime. After that didn’t decide the game, Sydney Morrow was the lone skater to score in the shootout, which gave Minnesota the extra league point.
(4) Penn State at Lindenwood
On Friday, Zsofia Pazmandi had the Lions ahead early with a chip in under three minutes into the game. But PSU pushed back, scoring three goals over the next four minutes and adding a fourth three minutes after that to take a 4-1 win. Grace Outwater, Danica Maynard, Katelyn Roberts and Maddie Christian each lit the lamp. McKenna Walsh kept it going in the second, scoring just 1:25 into the frame to push the lead to 5-1. Paige Cline pulled one back for Lindenwood to make it 5-2 but Shelby Shane lit the lamp later in the frame to make it 6-2. Josey Dunne-Weeks pulled one more back for the Lions, but Penn State took a 6-3 win. In the second game, Outwater scored twice while Abby Stonehouse, Mikah Keller and Roberts each added a goal to lead the Nittany Lions to a 5-0 win. With the shutout, Katie DeSa broke the program record for most in a single season with 10.
Maine at (5) Northeastern
The Huskies scored two in the first, two in the second and one in the third before Isabelle Michaud scored a late power play goal for Maine to ruin the shutout. Allie Lalonde and Lily Shannon had the first-period goals. Shannon scored 12 seconds into the second and Morgan Jackson scored with 25 seconds left in the frame to make it 4-0. Stryker Zablocki pushed it to 5-0 at the midpoint of the third to close out the scoring.
Vermont at (5) Northeastern
It was a back and forth affair on Saturday. Emy McDermid scored her first career goal to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead late in the first. With just two minutes left in the second, Josie Hemp tied things for Vermont. Éloïse Caron put Northeastern up 2-1 with under six to play in the third, but Vermont pulled the goalie for an extra attacker and tied the game on a goal from Rose-Marie Brochu with 27.4 left in regulation to force overtime. In the extra frame, Lalonde won the puck and took it alone, scoring unassisted to give Northeastern the 3-2 win. With the victory NU clinched the Hockey East regular season title.
(6) Connecticut at Providence
Friday’s game featured a lot of defense and missed opportunities for both squads. UConn scored first on Livvy Dewar’s goal late in the opening period to make it 1-0. Reichen Kirchmair’s power play goal with under three to play in the third forced overtime where Maya Serdachny ended things to give Connecticut the 2-1 win.
Boston College at (6) Connecticut
Tia Chan made 45 saves for the Huskies while Grace Cambell made 52 for the Eagles in an offensive shootout. UConn used a four-goal second period to fuel a 6-2 win. After a scoreless first, Ashley Allard put Connecticut on the board first, scoring just 34 seconds into the frame. Boston College responded midway through the period with a goal from Ava Thomas to make it 1-1. But a power play goal from True Thompson seemed to shake things up for UConn. Megan Woodworth scored 12 seconds after Thompson and again six minutes later and suddenly it was a 4-1 UConn lead at the second intermission. Sadie Hotles and Julia Pellerin added to the lead early in the third to make it 6-1. Kate Ham scored in the final minute to make it 6-2 as the Huskies skated away with the win.
(7) Princeton at Dartmouth
Issy Wunder scored twice, while Riley Sorokan, Jane Kuehl and Angelina DiGirolamo each scored once to lead Princeton to a 5-0 win. The shutout was Princeton’s eighth of the season, tying a program record set in the 2002-03 season.
(7) Princeton at Harvard
It was a back and forth first period. Jane Kuehl put Princeton up 1-0 before Morgan McGathey’s power play goal tied things 1-1. But that lasted less than a minute as Megan Healy scored to give the Tigers the 2-1 lead heading into the break. McGathey’s second of the game came early in the second as her shot trickled through the five-hole to tie the game 2-2. Ella Lucia’s goal in the final four minutes gave Harvard the lead and served as the game winner. The Crimson made 22 blocks in the game and Ainsley Tuffy had 38 saves
(8) Quinnipiac at Harvard
Angelica Megdanis scored just 3:19 into the game to put the Crimson up 1-0. Taylor Brueske scored a power play goal with 0.6 seconds left in the second to tie the game. And that’s all the scoring we’d see in regulation or overtime. Carla McSweeney scored the shootout goal to lift Harvard to the result.
(8) Quinnipiac at Dartmouth
Kahlen Lamarche broke Quinnipiac’s 15-year-old Division I single-season goal record on Saturday when she scored twice to give her 32 goals on the season. Taylor Brueske also scored to give the Bobcats the 3-0 win.
(11) Clarkson at (9) Yale
This game started fast and furious. Yale’s Cami Bell was in the perfect spot on a pass from behind the net to make it 1-0 Bulldogs. But Shelby Laidlaw responded for Clarkson 90 seconds later to make it 1-1. After some more back and forth, Yale found the momentum. Hannah Weyerhaeuser, Sophia Levering and Carina DiAntonio each scored to put the Elis up 4-1 at the first intermission. Molly Boyle’s goal was the only tally in the second, pushing Yale’s lead to 5-1. Clarkson found their push in the third. They began to cut into the lead with a shorthanded goal from Raedyn Spademan 3:13 into the third. Janelle Evans added a power play goal midway through the period to make it a 5-3 game. Megan McKay scored with 2:30 left on the clock, but Clarkson could not find an equalizer before time expired and Yale escaped with a 5-4 win.
St. Lawrence at (9) Yale
Yale got on the board early on Saturday Stephanie Stainton’s shot on a breakaway rebounded to Cami Bell, who put it back to make it 1-0. Carina DiAntonio extended her point streak to 15 games when she deflected in a shot from Molly Boyle on the power play to make it 2-0 in the second. Things picked up in the third as Emerson Kennedy got St. Lawrence on the board early in the frame to make it 2-1. Stainton restored the two-goal lead less than two minutes later and Jordan Ray’s empty-netter secured the 4-1 win for the Bulldogs.
Bemidji State at (10) Minnesota Duluth
Hailey Armstrong’s forehand, backhand goal put Bemidji State up 1-0 early in the first. UMD responded with a power play goal by Caitlin Kraemer, but the team’s leading scorer received a game misconduct in the second and left the game. Molly Cole scored late for the Bulldogs to give them a 2-1 lead at the second intermission. Morgan Smith’s power play tied the game 2-2 six minutes into the third. The Bulldogs thought they had won it with 3:54 left on the clock, but Danielle Burgen’s goal was called off despite a UMD challenge. With under three to play, Kate Kosobud drove the net and Zoey Krock scored from the doorstep to give the Bulldogs the lead for real as Minnesota Duluth took the 3-2 win. On Saturday, rookie forward Madi Burr had two goals and an assist as UMD earned their 100th program win over Bemidji State. Caitlin Kraemer scored on the power play, Danielle Bergen added a shorthander and Kosobud scored late to secure the 5-0 win.
(11) Clarkson at Brown
This game was tied 1-1 at the end of the first thanks to goals from Monique Lyons and Sara Manness. But on their senior night, Brown senior Jade Iginla took over. She scored 45 seconds into the second on a wrister and then again six minutes later on a one-timer on the power play from basically the same spot. Brown dominated the frame thanks to a bunch of power plays, outshooting the Golden Knights 21-3. Midway through the third, Iginla broke out on a 2-on-1 rush. Her shot was stopped but it kicked out to Ava DeCoste, who put it back to make it 3-1 and close out the win.
RPI at (12) Cornell
Nine different Big Red skaters earned points as Cornell took a 3-0 win. Shannon Pearson, Avi Adam and Grace Dwyer each scored in the win.
Union at (12) Cornell
Mckenna Van Gelder had two goals and two assists to lead Cornell to a 5-0 win on Saturday. Georgia Schiff, Piper Grober and Beatrice Perron-Roy also each lit the lamp in the victory.
Boston College at (13) Holy Cross
Alexia Moreau’s goal had Holy Cross up in the first, but Olivia Maffeo responded on the power play to leave the teams tied 1-1 before the first intermission. Neither team could break through in the second, but just 36 seconds into the third, Violet Caroll gave the Crusaders a 2-1 lead. Amanda Aslan added a power play goal five minutes later to give Holy Cross a 3-1 advantage. Boston College earned some special teams scoring of their own as power play goals from Lauren Glaser and Jade Arnone tied the game and forced overtime. In the extra frame, Maffeo found the back of the net to give Boston College the upset win.
New Hampshire at (13) Holy Cross
Danika Botterill’s between the legs pass to Alyson Hush led to the first UNH goal, giving them the 1-0 lead five minutes into the game. Charlotte Sonntag cleaned up a puck on the power play early in the second to tie the game 1-1. Botterill got her own goal on the power play at the midpoint of the game, finding the back of the net after her initial shot was blocked. Just 28 seconds later, Kelly Harty put back a deflection off a shot from Addison Spitz to make it a 3-1 game. Reghan Chadwick pulled one back for Holy Cross, but they couldn’t complete the comeback and UNH took the 3-2 win.
(15) Minnesota State at St. Cloud State
St. Cloud scored three goals in five minutes in the first part of the first period Friday en route to a 5-1 win. Alice Sauriol and Marie Moran scored just 22 seconds apart and then Sofianna Sundelin lit the lamp. Sidney Jackel and Maria Mikaelyan scored in the second to extend the lead to 5-0. Mercury Bischoff spoiled the shutout with a goal late in the third, but the Huskies took home the win. But the Mavericks flipped the script on Saturday. Kamryn Van Batavia scored in the first before Ayla Puppe and Bischoff scored 15 seconds apart three minutes into the second to make it a 3-0 game. Maélie Pion pulled one back for SCSU midway through the third but Taylor Otremba’s empty netter secured the 4-1 win and split for Mankato.