Michelle Sikich recorded a hat trick to lead Wisconsin (20-8-5) to a 5-2 win over sixth seed Bemidji State (9-24-1) at the Recreation Center Thursday.<\/p>\n
The win advances the Badgers to a second-round game with second-seeded Minnesota-Duluth (23-6-4), which defeated MSU-Mankato, 10-1.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin went up 3-0 with three goals in the first 11 minutes of the game. Gretchen Anderson blocked a BSU clearing attempt with a pinch at the blue line and the puck bounced to Meghan Hunter, who fired it under the crossbar at 8:25.<\/p>\n
Sikich added to the lead by backhanding home a shot at 10:00 on the power play from Karen Rickard and Kerry Weiland.<\/p>\n
The Badgers scored a second power-play goal at 10:59 by Hunter. Weiland found Sis Paulsen with a blue-line pass, and Paulsen went cross-ice to Hunter, who became UW’s first 40-goal scorer with her second of the game.<\/p>\n
Bemidji got one back at 18:11 when Lisa Peters hit the left upper corner with a point shot on the power play, and the Beavers got even closer 5:43 into the second period when Amber Fryklund squeezed a shot through Jackie MacMillan’s five-hole.<\/p>\n
But Sikich gave the UW back a two-goal lead when Weiland rushed from her own faceoff circle and dished to Sikich deep in the BSU zone, who slipped in her second of the game.<\/p>\n
Sikich completed the hat trick with the Badgers’ third power-play goal. Sikich took a feed from Rickard before shooting into an open goal. Beaver goalie Bre Dedrickson dove to clear the puck, but pushed it to Rickard’s stick.<\/p>\n
MacMillan made 19 saves to improve to 17-7-5. Dedrickson made 27 saves in dropping to 7-15-0.<\/p>\n
The seventh-ranked Badgers and national number-two Minnesota-Duluth both look to advance to the WCHA championship game in their semifinal Saturday at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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