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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.

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Minnesota needed 14 seconds to seize the biggest series of the young women's college hockey season. Adrianna Milani scored unassisted off the opening shift, and #3 Minnesota beat #1 Ohio State 6-2 Friday night before 2,934 at Ridder Arena, handing the Buckeyes their first loss. Madison Kaiser made it 2-0 at 3:49 after Ashley Allard won a faceoff and dove to feed her, and Chloe Primerano scored on the power play with five seconds left in the first period. Milani added another power-play goal 2:43 into the second for a 4-0 lead.

Ohio State answered late in the second. Joy Dunne scored on the power play at 17:28 during a Minnesota major penalty, and Jenna Raunio cut it to 4-2 at 19:31, just after the major expired. Allard settled the third with her first goal as a Gopher at 15:36, and Kaiser added a power-play backhand at 17:52. Milani finished with two goals and two assists, a career-high four points, Kaiser had the first multi-goal game of her career, and five Gophers had multi-point nights. Hannah Clark made 26 saves, and Rowan Houweling stopped a career-high 31 of 37 shots. Minnesota is 5-0-0 (3-0-0 WCHA); Ohio State is 6-1-0 (4-1-0).

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#2 Ohio State completed a statement sweep of #1 Wisconsin with a 5-3 victory Saturday in Columbus, turning a tied game in the opening seconds of the third period and remaining unbeaten. The Buckeyes improved to 6-0-0 overall and 4-0-0 in WCHA play, while Wisconsin fell to 4-2-0 and 0-2-0 in the conference.

Wisconsin struck just 34 seconds after the opening faceoff. Cassie Hall scored from Charlotte Pieckenhagen and Nela Lopušanová for an immediate 1-0 lead, but Ohio State answered with three consecutive goals in the first period. Sanni Vanhanen, Kaia Malachino and Kate Viel supplied the Buckeyes’ scoring, giving the hosts a 3-1 advantage before the period ended.

Freshman Maddy Kimbrel pulled Wisconsin within one with the first goal of her college career. Laney Potter and Maggie Scannell assisted on the play, and Potter then tied the game early in the second period on the power play. Hall and Pieckenhagen earned the assists on Potter’s goal, while freshman Shayla Beaudette recorded the secondary helper for her first collegiate point.

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#5 Quinnipiac took control from the opening minutes Tuesday night and beat Post 10-0 at M&T Bank Arena, the second-largest shutout in program history.

The Bobcats scored four goals in each of the first two periods, added two in the third and outshot Post 64-8. Eight different players scored, 14 recorded at least one point and six had multi-point nights as Quinnipiac improved to 5-0.

Avery Bairos opened the scoring 3:14 into the game and finished with two goals and an assist. Aynsley D'Ottavio also scored twice and leads the team with seven points through five games, while Kahlen Lamarche added three assists. Keara Parker and Cassidy Lobisser also scored in the first period, and Quinnipiac led 4-0 at the intermission.

Ella Johnson made it 5-0 early in the second. Midway through the period, Post took penalties that gave Quinnipiac an extended two-player advantage, and the Bobcats used it. Ilsa Lindaman scored on the 5-on-3 at 10:14, and D'Ottavio added another 30 seconds later on the remaining power play. Bairos' second goal made it 8-0 before the second intermission.

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