The Buckeyes won their first-ever national title last season when they knocked off Minnesota Duluth in a 3-2 thriller.
After a scoreless first period, Paetyn Levis gave OSU a 1-0 lead early in the second, but UMD found an equalizer moments later to settle for the 1-1 tie through 40 minutes.
The Bucks and the Bulldogs traded goals in the first two minutes of the third period. Clair DeGeorge shoveled a backhand on goal off Levis’ pass, and it found a way through to make it 2-1 just 24 seconds into the frame. A mere 1:23 later, Duluth found another equalizer when Anna Klein intercepted a breakout pass and fed Elizabeth Giguere in the high slot to tie it.
With 6:40 left, Kenzie Hauswirth’s shot from the point deflected in off a defender for the clinching goal and 3-2 final.
