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Ohio State is the 2024 NCAA Division I women’s hockey national champion (photo: Nicole Haase).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DURHAM, N.H. —<\/strong> The Ohio State women\u2019s hockey team found redemption, defeating rival Wisconsin 1-0 to win the program\u2019s second National Championship Sunday at the University of New Hampshire. <\/p>\n

The same two teams faced off for the title last season, with the Badgers taking a win by the same score. <\/p>\n

After more than 50 minutes of scoreless hockey, a massive defensive effort by Ohio State\u2019s Cayla Barnes cut off a breakaway opportunity for Wisconsin captain Britta Curl. Barnes quickly turned up the ice and fed the puck to Hannah Bilka, who pulled the defense wide and then laid the puck off to Joy Dunne, who scored on a shot remarkably like the one she lit the lamp with in OSU\u2019s semifinal win over Clarkson. The wrist shot deflected up and over UW goalie Ava McNaughton\u2019s shoulder with just more than seven minutes left in regulation. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t lost on Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall that the two assists on the championship-winning goal went to two players who transferred to OSU with the express intent to win a National Championship. For Barnes in particular, Muzerall said the desire for a title was something that burned deeply and drove her all season.<\/p>\n

One of the Buckeyes\u2019 top pair defenders, Hadley Hartmetz, was injured in the second period when she and Wisconsin captain Britta Curl fell over along the boards behind Kirk. Hartmetz didn\u2019t return to the game and Ohio State finished out with five defenders carrying the load. Even while taking on more minutes and the clock ticking down, Barnes didn\u2019t let the moment overwhelm her and Muzerall said she knew in a closely contested game like this, her team would need to rely on experience and leadership. With so much time with the US National team in Olympic and IIHF World Championship competition, Barnes was the perfect person to be steady and strong at the blue line. <\/p>\n

The OSU win is vindication for the Buckeyes, who have been working towards this moment since the final whistle blew in Duluth last season. <\/p>\n

Ohio State goalie Raygan Kirk, who pitched a shutout on the #2 team in the country that averaged five goals per game of offense over the course of the season, called it the Buckeyes\u2019 revenge tour and rookie Joy Dunne said that even though there were a number of players on this year\u2019s roster that hadn\u2019t experienced the disappointment of last season\u2019s loss, they felt the resentment just as sharply and wanted to win the title for their graduating players. <\/p>\n

It was a back-and-forth game as both teams looked for any opportunity for an advantage. Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson felt like his team was in a \u201cperfect position\u201d heading into the final period in a scoreless tie, knowing that winning 20 minutes meant winning the whole game. As the game wore on, he said he knew the game would come down to a single goal and whoever scored it first. He likened it to a chess match as the teams moved back and forth up and down the ice without finding much space or opportunity to set up. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a battle for space on the ice. There weren’t a lot of quality scoring opportunities at both ends. It’s going to come down to one play. They made the play, they win the game and it hurts,\u201d said Johnson. <\/p>\n

Muzerall echoed the sentiment, saying that as the game wore on she felt that whoever scored in the third period was going to come out on top. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a good defensive side of the game from both teams. I didn’t think that there would be much goal scoring. I didn’t know but it was just a feeling of if we can get to that one and then bear down defensively, we could win this thing,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

It was a particularly tough loss for Badger captain Britta Curl, who had the puck on her stick and felt like she was in a position to score the go-ahead goal and just seconds later watched Ohio State take the lead. The pandemic and time off centralizing for the Olympics meant that Curl was in her sixth year at Wisconsin and playing for a record fourth championship. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m going to walk out of here proud of this group. That\u2019s sports. Sometimes you lose. I told the girls I\u2019d choose to be in that locker room every time,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The win was a special one for Kirk, who played for Robert Morris when the university canceled its hockey programs. She transferred to Ohio State knowing she\u2019d be the third or fourth goalie on the depth chart and put in the work to earn the starting spot in the National Championship, said Muzerall. <\/p>\n

Before the game, Muzerall talked about building a legacy for her program. One championship was great, but in isolation, wasn\u2019t indicative of what she\u2019s attempting to build. <\/p>\n

\u201cLegacies obviously take time. Two is fantastic. I want to push to three and more,\u201d she said after her team won their second title in three years on Sunday night. <\/p>\n

With several Ohio State campus leaders in attendance, Muzerall said she was feeling a lot of Buckey love and was looking forward to enjoying the moment. <\/p>\n

Ohio State finished the season with a 35-4 record and set a new program record for wins in a season. Wisconsin finished with a record of 35-6. Attendance for Sunday\u2019s game was 4,378, the third-highest ever for a championship game. The combined Frozen Four attendance was 7,931, which is second-highest in women\u2019s Frozen Four history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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