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Wisconsin women’s hockey team works hard for weekend sweep of Minnesota State
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The Wisconsin women’s hockey team buried Minnesota State in shots and completed a weekend sweep Sunday with a 3-1 victory at LaBahn Arena.
Kelly Gorbatenko, Lacey Eden and Casey O’Brien scored two goals apiece during the weekend.
The top-ranked Badgers (22-1-1, 16-1-1 WCHA) had 53 shots on goal Sunday, and Hailey Hansen made 50 saves for Mavericks (10-11-2, 4-11-1), topping her career best of 42 set a day earlier. It wasn’t until early in third period Sunday that Eden scored the winning goal.
Both of Gorbatenko’s goals came Saturday in a 6-2 victory that was the 650th for Mark Johnson as Wisconsin’s head coach. Eden’s goal Saturday included another milestone, O’Brien’s 150th assist. O’Brien scored on the power play each day.
UW had a combined 101-50 advantage in shots on goal in winning its 19th and 20th straight games between the teams.