Sophomore Presley Norby scored with 5:16 remaining to keep top-ranked Wisconsin’s season perfect with a 3-2 win at Minnesota.<\/p>\n
“I think we all really wanted to win this game,” she said. “We worked really hard. I think that [tying goal by the Gophers] really opened our eyes, so we were like, ‘Alright, let’s get back to what we know how to do.'”<\/p>\n
The Wisconsin (11-0-0, 5-0-0-0 WCHA) forecheck came alive after the hosts had knotted the game, 2-2. Norby corralled a puck below the left circle, and with her back to the net, threw a backhand on goal that eluded Sidney Peters.<\/p>\n
“One of our goals is to just always put pucks on net,” Norby said.<\/p>\n
For the game, the Badgers only managed 17 shots on goal, and Sophie Skarzynski was able to tie pull the Gophers (5-3-1, 4-2-1-0 WCHA) level when she converted on a power play at 6:54 of the final frame.<\/p>\n
“I’ve grown up playing with Cara [Piazza] since I was like 10, so Cara and I have pretty good chemistry,” Skarzynski said. “I was just crashing weak side, backdoor, and Cara had a good heads-up play and I just one-timed it. We were practicing that in the pregame skate.”<\/p>\n
The Badgers and Gophers battled for 130 minutes in a series in February in which each team scored only once. It took less than eight minutes to collectively exceed that production.<\/p>\n
Sophia Shaver lifted a puck behind Sidney Peters just 33 seconds in to get Wisconsin off and running.<\/p>\n
“One of our goals today was to just come out fast and keep it going throughout the game,” said Norby, who had the primary assist on the play.<\/p>\n
Lindsay Agnew buried a rebound to tie it up three minutes later, her first tally of the season.<\/p>\n
“It felt pretty good,” she said. “Hopefully, it’s the monkey off the back and the floodgates kind of open up for me.”<\/p>\n
Baylee Wellhausen found daylight over Peters’ shoulder on the short side when she took a pass from Abby Roque on a rush to put Wisconsin back up, 2-1, and it stayed that way until the third period.<\/p>\n
Kristen Campbell made 25 saves to get the win.<\/p>\n
“I loved how our team played,” Minnesota coach Brad Frost said. “Not a lot of complaints. I thought we got better as the game went on and opportunities to score and to win the game, and we didn’t. Overall, really encouraged with where we’re at right now.”<\/p>\n
The series concludes Sunday with a 5:07 p.m. faceoff at Ridder Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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