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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1 Ohio State ladies’s hockey crew earned a 2-1 win over No. 8 Minnesota Duluth Friday night in Duluth, Minn. The Buckeyes (14-1-2, 13-1-1 WCHA) earned their fifth straight convention win with the victory over the Bulldogs (11-6-0, 5-6-0 WCHA) at Amsoil Area.

The way it Occurred

The primary purpose of the sport went to the Buckeyes with simply 1:27 to play within the opening interval. Ohio State capitalized off its first energy play alternative of the day as Paetyn Levis scored off assists from Emma Peschel and Emma Maltais.

Ohio State put up eight photographs on purpose within the second interval, however nothing obtained previous Bulldog goaltender Emma Soderberg. Ohio State’s netminder Raygan Kirk made eight stops of her personal within the body to maintain Minnesota Duluth scoreless because the Buckeyes saved the 1-0 lead after 40:00 of motion.

Maltais prolonged the Scarlet and Grey lead and added her second level of the sport with a purpose at 4:03. Gabby Rosenthal and Makenna Webster earned helpers on the purpose to make it a two-goal benefit for the Buckeyes.

Minnesota Duluth ended up pulling Soderberg within the closing minutes of the sport for the additional skater. The Bulldogs managed to attain their first and solely purpose of the sport with 59 seconds to play. Regardless of the late push by Duluth, Ohio State was in a position to fend off the comeback try.

Kirk tallied 19 saves within the closing body to maintain the Bulldogs to only one purpose on the day and backstop the Buckeyes to the 2-1 lead.

Sport Notes

• Goaltender Raygan Kirk posted a season-high save complete for the second consecutive recreation. She made 33 stops for the Buckeyes to enhance her season save share to .928. Her document is now 5-0-1 for Ohio State this yr.
• With one purpose in Friday’s recreation, ahead Paetyn Levis is one level in need of 100 for her profession. She has tallied 17 factors this season on 7 objectives and 10 assists for the Buckeyes. Her profession totals at the moment are 41 objectives and 58 assists.
• Emma Maltais is one help nearer to the Ohio State document for profession assists after including a helper towards Duluth. The document at the moment stands at 123 by Laura McIntosh, and Maltais has now tallied 119 for her profession.
• Maltais led the Buckeyes with two factors within the contest on a purpose and an help. Her game-winning purpose in Friday’s recreation is her 14th of her profession, which places her one in need of second within the Ohio State document e book for profession game-winning objectives and two shy of tying Natalie Spooner’s document of 16.
• Regardless of not being a 3-2 victory for Ohio State, which the earlier three matchups between the 2 groups resulted in, the sport was determined by one purpose for the fifth time within the final six conferences between Ohio State and Minnesota Duluth.
• Friday’s win marks the primary time the Buckeyes have received the opening recreation of the collection towards Minnesota Duluth in Duluth in head coach Nadine Muzerall’s tenure. The final time Ohio State took recreation one in Duluth was the 2015-16 season with a 6-3 win on Jan. 29, 2016.
• Jenna Buglioni led the Buckeyes with three blocked photographs on the day.
• The Buckeyes enhance to 4-1-2 towards ranked opponents this season with the victory over Minnesota Duluth.

Statistically Talking
Complete Photographs: Ohio State 53, Minnesota Duluth 45
Photographs on Purpose: Minnesota Duluth 34, Ohio State 27
Saves: Ohio State (Kirk) 33, Minnesota Duluth (Soderberg) 25
Energy Play: Ohio State 1-2, Minnesota Duluth 0-2
Faceoffs: Minnesota Duluth 26, Ohio State 21
Ohio State Scoring: Maltais (1-1-2), Levis (1-0-1), Peschel (0-1-1), Rosenthal (0-1-1), Webster (0-1-1)

Up Subsequent

The Buckeyes and Bulldogs meet for recreation two of the collection Saturday at 4 p.m. ET. The matchup might be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).

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