Ohio State Falls to Wisconsin in Final Faceoff Title Game

Saturday, March 9

3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT)

Ohio State

32-4-0

Wisconsin

33-5-0

Wisconsin

Ohio St.

Ohio State Falls to Wisconsin in Final Faceoff Title Game

3/9/2024 6:16:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State women's hockey team fell in the WCHA Final Faceoff championship game to No. 2 Wisconsin, 6-3, Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena. The game was the team's fifth conference tournament title game in as many seasons.

How it Happened
Ohio State and Wisconsin went back and forth in the first five minutes of the first period. Following the media timeout at the under 15-minute mark, the Badgers scored at 6:31 and 9:39 for the 2-0 lead.

The Buckeyes were first to strike in the second period with Jocelyn Amos scoring 1:17 into the frame to cut the Badger lead to one. But a tripping penalty on Amos two and a half minutes later gave Wisconsin its first power play of the game, which it scored on at 5:16. The Badgers added another goal at 7:46 and closed the period with a shorthanded goal at 18:34 to take a 5-1 lead at the second intermission.

Ohio State outscored Wisconsin in the third period, 2-1. After a Wisconsin power play goal at 1:26, Hannah Bilka ended the game with goals at 15:23 and 17:47.

Game Notes

Amos' goal is her 14th of the season. She has 27 points this season, one point shy of breaking into the top-10 for points in a season by a Buckeye rookie.
Emma Peschel was named to the Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team for the first time in her career.
Bilka's two-goal performance was her fourth multi-goal game of her Buckeye career.

Statistically Speaking
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 33, Wisconsin 22
Saves: Wisconsin (McNaughton) 30, Ohio State (Kirk) 16
Power Play: Wisconsin 2-2, Ohio State 0-2
Faceoffs: Wisconsin 34, Ohio State 23
Ohio State Scoring (G-A-P): Bilka (2-0-2), Amos (1-0-1), Barnes (0-1-1), Gardiner (0-1-1), Gardiner (0-1-1), Markowski (0-1-1), Webster (0-1-1)

Up Next
While the Buckeyes fall one win short of the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 National Collegiate Tournament, the team awaits an expected bid into this year's tournament. The selection show will air tomorrow, Sunday, March 10 at noon ET on ESPNews.

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