Ohio State women’s hockey clinched its sixth straight Frozen Four berth with a six-goal game.
The Buckeyes punched their ticket to the Frozen Four for the sixth year in a row with a dominant 6-1 win over Yale in a regional final at the OSU Ice Rink.
Ohio State scored its first goal just over six minutes into the game when Jocelyn Amos found the net on an assist from Joy Dunne.
First Buckeye goal of the #NCAAHockey tournament #GoBucks | ESPN+pic.twitter.com/kHHSXz3EbF
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Yale evened the score with 8:34 to play in the first period as Molly Boyle got a goal past Hailey MacLeod on a breakaway, and the score remained tied for the rest of the opening frame. The Buckeyes took full control of the game in the second period, however, with a trio of goals by Kaia Malachino, Sloane Matthews and Jordan Baxter.
Kaia Malachino starting the second period off strong #NCAAHockey x ESPN+ / @OhioStateWHKY pic.twitter.com/YcPCExrjvt
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ANOTHER ONE FOR THE BUCKEYES
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Jordan Baxter makes it 4-1 with a score on the wraparound!#NCAAHockey x ESPN+ / @OhioStateWHKY pic.twitter.com/l5w4sowWtu
The Buckeyes extended their lead to 5-1 less than two minutes into the third period as Matthews scored her second goal of the game on an assist from Sanni Vanhanen. Amos scored her second goal of the game with 1:25 left to play to officially put the win on ice for Ohio State.
"UNSTOPPABLE AS OF LATE"
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Sloane Matthews with her second goal of the night!#NCAAHockey x ESPN+ / @OhioStateWHKY pic.twitter.com/jb000e7MNx
Ohio State, which hosted a regional for the fifth straight year as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, will face No. 5 seed Northeastern in the Frozen Four semifinals on Friday (4 or 7:30 p.m., ESPN+) at Penn State’s Pegula Ice Arena. If the Buckeyes win, they’ll advance to their fifth straight national championship game, where they’ll either play No. 2 seed Wisconsin – the team they’ve faced in each of the last three national championship games – or No. 3 seed Penn State.
The Buckeyes, who are now 35-4 for the season, are hoping to win their third national championship since 2022.
