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MADISON — The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers staged another come-from-behind win to defeat Clarkson and advance to their program’s 16th Frozen Four Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As has been the case over the past few weeks, the Badgers went down early as Clarkson scored on a\u00a0Nicole Gosling wrister from the top of the circle that beat UW goalie Ava McNaughton top self 4:59 into the game to give the Golden Knights 1-0 lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wisconsin controlled play for much of the game, but Clarkson was spectacular at disrupting everything the Badgers tried to do. The Golden Knights lifted sticks, were strong with poke checks, blocked passes and shots and generally made it difficult for the home team to complete a play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was really happy with the effort that our players put forth today. I thought we played the way we needed to to give ourselves a chance to win this game,’ said Clarkson coach Matt Desrosiers.<\/p>\n

The Badgers were frustrated and trying to find a way through the stout Clarkson defense. They finally broke through with 8:24 left in the second when Ava Murphy cheated up from the blue line into open ice in the far faceoff circle and received a pass from Casey O\u2019Brien from below the blue line. Murphy went down to one knee and one-timed the shot past Clarkson goalie Holly Gruber to tie the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw an opening down low, so I decided to jump into it, and I saw Casey O’Brien had the puck, and she’s obviously a very talented player, so I knew she could get it to me. I just kind of put everything into it that I had and I was lucky enough it went in,” said Murphy, who was the player in the box when Clarkson scored and also broke up a 2-on-1 opportunity for the Golden Knights in the third period.<\/p>\n

Gruber was outstanding for the Golden Knights, stopping 34 shots, several at point blank range. She was helped by a team in front of her willing to sacrifice everything to keep the puck away from the net. They were credited with 15 blocks, but that number does not capture the work they put in to stop the Badgers at nearly every turn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We came in with a game plan. I think we executed that to the best of our ability. Our game plan was just to shut them down defensively and defense leads to offense. We knew they were going to be high in shots. We knew we might only have limited chances, but that was our plan coming in and we obviously didn’t end up on the right side of the scoreboard, but we’re happy with our play for the most part,” said Clarkson defender and co-captain Gosling.<\/p>\n

It looked like Clarkson might have some momentum to start the first and they quickly doubled the four shots they\u2019d managed in the opening frame, but got no more on net after the midpoint of the game and had just three shot attempts over the final 10 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wisconsin took the lead when Kelly Gorbatenko scored what would prove to be the game winner with just more than two minutes left in the second. Wisconsin lost possession of the puck trying to move into the zone, but Gorbatenko followed the play and muscled through some traffic to pick up the loose puck. She quickly angled in towards the net and flipped a backhander up and over Gruber\u2019s shoulder to give Wisconsin the 2-1 lead. The goal was scored just as a Badger power play expired and counted as even strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI saw K.K. (Harvey) go drive wide earlier, so I was like, OK, I’ll try that too. I just drove on the net and was able to get away from the first defender. I was just trying to get a shot on net, and I was a little surprised myself a little bit there that it went in, but I was just so excited for our team because we had a couple of shifts before that and we were in their offensive zone the entire time, so it was good just to kind of capitalize on a great team effort there,” said Gorbatenko.<\/p>\n

The Badgers outshot the Golden Knights 29-8 over the first two periods, but Clarkson returned the pressure more in the third. The Badgers struggled to adjust to their opponents offensively, often trying to make too many passes and losing possession of the puck. Clarkson had a 12-9 advantage in shots in the third, but couldn\u2019t seem to find the answer. Wisconsin killed two penalties and extended their lead on the power play when Laila Edwards put a Kirsten Simms pass in the net to make it 3-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Golden Knights pulled Gruber with about four minutes to play and got a late power play that put them up 6-on-4, but the Badgers were able to hold them off and Lacey Eden was awarded an empty-net goal with 32 seconds left on the clock when she was tripped at the goal mouth to complete the 4-1 win for Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Depth has been a hallmark of the Badgers’ season and the players have all talked about how much trust they have with one another. Coach Mark Johnson noted that it was some of his less-touted players that had the biggest impact on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to watch some of the players that don\u2019t always get talked to or their names in the paper or interviewed have an impact. As we all know, it takes the entire group for us have success at different points in the season. If you go back with every play we\u2019ve had, they\u2019ve had an impact on a game and they\u2019ve done something in a real positive way. That\u2019s why we\u2019re in the position we are, because we\u2019ve had a team that\u2019s been able to have different contributions from a lot of different people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin advances to the Frozen Four where they will face familiar foe Minnesota, who won their quarterfinal game over Colgate Saturday afternoon 3-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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