Dunne Hat Trick Lifts Ohio State to Split at Minnesota

Joy Dunne scored three times and Hilda Svensson broke a 5-5 tie 42 seconds after Dunne's third goal as #1 Ohio State won 6-5 at #3 Minnesota on Saturday, splitting the weekend series at Ridder Arena in front of 2,373 fans. Minnesota had won the opener 6-2 on Friday, with Adrianna Milani and Madison Kaiser each scoring twice and Hannah Clark making 26 saves.

The Buckeyes led 3-0 just 16 seconds into the second period. Mira Jungåker opened the scoring at 6:56 of the first, Dunne converted a power play at 10:21 and added another man-advantage goal 16 seconds into the middle frame. Minnesota answered with four of the next five goals. Madeline McCullough, Avery Hovland and Emma Kreisz tied it 3-3 by 15:16 of the second, and after Rylee Bartz restored the Ohio State lead, Sarah Paul tied it again with 24 seconds left in the period. Paul struck again at 5:27 of the third to give Minnesota its first lead of the night at 5-4.