Women's Hockey Roundup 03/14/25
NCAA Women’s Division 1 (Conference Tournaments)
March 5
HEA: It took two overtime periods, but the #13 Boston University Huskies beat the #15 Boston College Eagles, 3-2. Lauren Glaser gave the Eagles the lead in the first period, but 16 minutes later, early in the second period, Clara Yuhn tied it up for the Huskies. It would be another sixteen minutes for the Eagles’ Katie Pyne to retake the lead. Riley Walsh would force the game into overtime just five minutes into the third period. Lindsay Bochna scored the game-winner 7:12 into the second overtime period.
In an upset, unranked Northeastern beat #11 Connecticut, 3-1. Connecticut’s sole goal of the game was the first goal of the game. It was scored by Riley Grimley, 11:42 into the second period. Northeastern wouldn’t respond until the third period, but they did with two consecutive goals by Skylar Irving and finishing with one by Lily Brazis. Morgan Jackson was the primary assist on the last two goals.
NEWHA: LIU beat Post, 2-0. Ryane Kearns and Jeannie Wallner were the two goalscorers. Abbie Thompson made 14 saves to get the shutout win.
Sacred Heart beat Saint Anselm, 3-0. Bria Holm, Sami Bowlby, and Grayson Limke were the three goalscorers. Carly Greene made 50 saves to get the shutout win.
March 7
ECAC: It took three overtime periods, but the #3 Cornell Big Red beat the #9 Clarkson Golden Knights, 2-1. Cornell got on the board first thanks to Lily Delianedis and Rhea Hicks tied it up seven minutes later for Clarkson. In the third overtime period, Lily Delianedis scored her second goal of the game to give the Big Red the win.
The #5 Colgate Raiders beat the #7 St. Lawrence Saints, 4-2. The Raiders had a 3-0 lead going into the third period, and the Saints made a valiant comeback effort. In less than one minute halfway through the period, the Saints scored twice, making the score 3-2. But, with only 20 seconds left in regulation, Elyssa Biederman scored an empty net goal, securing the win for the Raiders.
WCHA: The #1 Wisconsin Badgers beat the #6 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, 3-1. The Bulldogs’ sole goal was the first goal of the game, scored by Grace Sadura. Caroline Harvey led the way for the Badgers scoring a goal and getting an assist. Kelly Gorbatenko and Emma Venusio were the other two goalscorers.
The #4 Minnesota Golden Gophers upset the #2 Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 6-2. The Buckeyes took the 2-0 lead before halfway through the first period. After that, though, it was all Minnesota as they scored six unanswered goals. Abbey Murphy scored twice and had an assist while Ella Huber and Chloe Primerano both had a goal and an assist.
March 8
AHA Championship: The #8 Penn State Nittany Lions beat Mercyhurst, 4-1. Brianna Brooks scored twice and Maddy Christian had a goal and an assist. Regina Metzler was Mercyhurst’s sole goalscorer.
ECAC Championship: The #3 Cornell Big Red beat the #5 Colgate Raiders, 5-1. Lindzi Avar had a goal and an assist while Kaia Malachino scored Colgate’s sole goal.
HEA Championship: The #13 Boston University Terriers beat unranked Northeastern, 3-2, in overtime. Tamara Giaquinto gave the Terriers the early lead, but Northeastern scored the next two goals thanks to Lily Shannon. Clara Yuhn would tie it up for Boston University early in the third. It took 4:43 into overtime for Sydney Healey to score the game-winner.
NEWHA Championship: Sacred Heart beat LIU, 4-2. Maggie Culp and Grace Babington were the two goalscorers for LIU. Meanwhile, for Sacred Heart, it was Paige McNeil, Grayson Limke, Isabella Chaput, and Ella Holm, who scored.
WCHA Championship: The #1 Wisconsin Badgers beat the #4 Minnesota Golden Gophers, 4-3. Casey O'Brien got Wisconsin on the board 9:12 into regulation. Twenty seconds later, it was tied up. By the end of the period, Minnesota had a 2-1 lead. Just forty-two seconds into the second period, Vivian Jungels tied it up for Wisconsin, and seven minutes later, the Badgers once again had the lead. With just fifty-three seconds left in the period, Minnesota’s Natalie Mlynkova tied it up again. The sole goal of the third period was scored by Sarah Wozniewicz with just twenty-five seconds to go in regulation.
PWHL
March 4: The day started with news that Victoire forward Kristin O'Neill was fined $250. The reason for it was dangerous contact to the head she made with her stick against the Fleet’s Emily Brown at 9:31 into the first period.
Later that day, the Victoire beat the Frost, 2-1, in a shootout. Both regulation goals came in the second period, the first being the Victoire’s Stacey. Later Heise would tie it up on the power play for the Frost. The shootout went five rounds, the sole goal was scored by Victoire captain Poulin.
March 5: The Fleet beat the Sirens, 5-2. Hilary Knight led the way with four points for the Fleet, including a hat trick. Müller also had an impressive night with three points, one of them being a goal. For the Sirens, Giguère and Fillier were the two goalscorers.
March 6: The Sceptres beat the Victoire, 4-1. All four Toronto goals were scored before Poulin got the Victoire on the board late in the third period. Reigning MVP Spooner got her first two goals of the season in this game while Munroe and Connors also added goals for the Sceptres.
March 7: The Frost beat the Charge, 5-0. Coyne Schofield, Křížová, and Jaques all had a goal and an assist. In net, Rooney made 19 saves to get the shutout win.
March 8: The Victoire beat the Fleet, 3-2, in overtime. Both Victoire goals came early in the match, the second being scored just 7:39 into regulation. Poulin got the Victoire onto the board 3:41 into regulation and Dubois added to the lead a few minutes later. Almost seven minutes later, Boston’s Rattray would cut the lead by one. The final regulation goal came 12:59 into the second period, thanks to Boston’s Pelkey. In overtime, it was Barnes who played hero for the Victoire, scoring a backhand goal off the rush just 21 seconds into it.
March 9: The Frost beat the Sceptres, 2-1, in overtime. McQuigge got the Frost on the board first, scoring 5:26 into regulation. It would take until there was only 1:05 left in the second period for Toronto to respond, and it was Fast who did so. In overtime, it was Minnesota captain Coyne Schofield who scored the game-winner just a little over halfway in.
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