COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 1-ranked Ohio State took two out of three points in the first half of a national championship rematch, beating No. 4 Minnesota Duluth 3-2 in overtime on Friday in WCHA play at the OSU Ice Rink.
The Buckeyes beat the Bulldogs 3-2 in the 2022 NCAA title game at Penn State last spring. UMD and OSU will meet again at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Junior wing Clara Van Wieren and fifth-year senior defenseman Maggie Flaherty scored for the Bulldogs while fifth-year senior Emma Soderberg made 29 saves. Van Wieren tied the game 1-1 at the 13:55 mark of the second period with her first goal of the season, while the second of the season for Flaherty knotted the game 2-2 with 12:04 left in regulation.
Maggie Flaherty being so very Maggie Flaherty. All tied up in Columbus! pic.twitter.com/AEX32Fd34b
— UMD Women's Hockey (@UMDWHockey) October 21, 2022
Junior forward Jenna Boglioni scored twice for the Buckeyes, including the game-winning goal on a solo breakaway with a minute remaining in 3-on-3 overtime. She also scored OSU’s first goal of the night on the power play 1:29 into the second period.
UMD and OSU generated just three shots on goal each in a tight first period before OSU took charge in the second, taking a 2-1 lead into the third period by outshooting UMD 17-6.
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Another look at Van Wieren's first goal of the year from behind the goal 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sA5gcKnzzg
— UMD Women's Hockey (@UMDWHockey) October 21, 2022
The Buckeyes initially led 3-1 in the second period, however, video review overturned an OSU goal that was clearly knocked into the UMD net with a high stick in the final minute of the period.
Senior forward Jennifer Gardiner gave Ohio State a 2-1 lead with 2:44 left in the second period.
OSU junior goaltender Amanda Thiele finished with 15 saves on 17 shots.
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