No. 2 Ohio State, No. 1 Wisconsin to Play for National Title

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 1 Wisconsin
Date: March 23, 2025
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: Ridder Arena
Watch: ESPNU
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Rosters: Ohio State | Wisconsin
Game Notes: Ohio State | Wisconsin

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 seed Ohio State women's hockey will defend its national championship in Sunday's Frozen Four championship game Sunday, March 23 against No. 1 seed Wisconsin. The Buckeyes (28-7-3, 19-6-3 WCHA) and Badgers (37-1-2, 25-1-2 WCHA) face off at 4 p.m. from Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn.

The game will be televised on ESPNU with Jason Ross Jr. A.J. Mleczko and Blake Bolden on the call.
Live stats can be found on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.

Ohio State in the NC Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

Ohio State advanced to the national title game with a 4-2 win over No. 3 seed Cornell in Friday's semifinal game.
The Buckeyes have been to four straight title games and this year is the third straight they will play Wisconsin for a national championship. Ohio State won its first national title in 2022 with a 3-2 win over Minnesota Duluth. The last two seasons, the Buckeyes and Badgers have played to 1-0 decisions with Wisconsin taking the game in 2023 and Ohio State winning in 2024.
This year marks the Buckeyes' fifth consecutive trip to the Frozen Four. The team has been to six Frozen Fours in program history – 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 – with all of them occurring during Nadine Muzerall's nine-year tenure as head coach.
The 2025 national championship game also marks the 23rd time a WCHA team will play for a national title.
Ohio State is now 12-3 all-time in the NCAA tournament.

Buckeyes in a Nutshell

Emma Peschel was named a Second Team All-American by the AHCA Saturday. The honor is the first of her career. Peschel leads the team with 41 blocked shots this season and leads a Buckeye blue line that has held its opponents to 2.03 goals per game and under 19 shots per game.
Joy Dunne, who leads the 2025 Women's NC Championship tournament with a program-record seven points, has also recorded a program-record 61 points on the year. She has scored a team-high 28 goals and 33 assists to become the first Buckeye player to score 60+ points in a single season.
Jocelyn Amos is close behind Dunne with 27 goals on the year. She leads the team with 10 power play goals. The Ailsa Craig, Ont. native is one of three players in the NCAA this season with over 500 faceoff wins. Amos' 505 wins at the dot put her win percentage at .667 for the year. The forward is also second on the team with 37 blocked shots.
Makenna Webster, who recorded the first goal of Friday's semifinal win, has scored in all three Frozen Four semifinal games of her Ohio State career. She has two goals and three assists for five points in the 2025 tournament.
Amos, Dunne and Makenna Webster – who played on the same line in the first two NCAA tournament games – have each recorded at least a point in all five of the Buckeyes' postseason games this year.
In net for the Buckeyes, Amanda Thiele has played in 28 games and started 27 on the year. She is 20-6-2 with a .887 save percentage. She has earned a 7-1-0 record in eight tournament games played for her career. She previously played in the Buckeyes' national title games in 2022 and 2023.
The bench boss for the Buckeyes is ninth-year head coach Nadine Muzerall. She is the program's winningest coach with a record of 224-80-22. All of the team's NCAA tournament appearances have been reached in Muzerall's career at Ohio State. Under her guidance, Ohio State becomes the third team in the championship's 26-year history to advance to four straight title games. Wisconsin went to four straight from 2006-2009 and Minnesota most recently went to five consecutive title games from 2012-2016.
Hockey Canada announced Friday its roster for the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championships. Playing for Canada in the tournament are Jenn Gardiner ('24), Sophie Jaques ('23), Emma Maltais ('23) and Natalie Spooner ('12). This is the first world championship for Gardiner and Jaques. Dunne and Cayla Barnes ('24) were named to the United States' roster. The tournament will be held April 9-20 in České Budejovice, Czechia.

Series History – Buckeyes vs. Badgers

Sunday's game is the fifth time this season Ohio State and Wisconsin will face off.
Ohio State is the only team that has beat Wisconsin in regulation this season.
The Buckeyes finished the regular season 1-2-1 against the Badgers. The teams have met once already on neutral ice, facing off at the Frozen Confines Big Ten Hockey Series played outdoors at Wrigley Field. The game finished in a 3-3 tie but Ohio State won the seven-round shootout.
The national title game will also be the fourth time the teams have met in the NCAA tournament.

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