DURHAM, NH – MARCH 22: The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Clarkson Golden Knights in the Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship held at the Whitmore Center Arena on March 22, 2024 in Durham, New Hampshire. Celebrating a 3rd period goal. (Photo by Gil Talbot/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Sloane Matthews scores the go-ahead goal with 6 minutes, 48 seconds left in the game and top-seeded Ohio State defeats fourth-seeded Clarkson to clinch the women's ice hockey championship for the third straight year. He advanced to the title game. Friday's Frozen 4 game had 4 wins and 1 loss.
Matthews, Joy Dunn and Hadley Hartmets scored for Ohio State in the third period. Matthews slipped into a spilled puck in front of the net, breaking the 1-all tie. Julie Chu Rookie of the Year Dunn scored her 23rd goal of the season, and Hartmets followed with an empty-netter.
Ohio State (34-4-0), which has been named Frozen 4 for the fourth consecutive season, will seek its second national championship in program history after 2022 on Sunday.
Clarkson (33-5-2) scored on a power play in the fourth overtime to defeat Minnesota 3-2 in the regional final and advance to its first national title game since winning in 2018. Ta.
Less than three minutes into the game, Clarkson took the lead when Anne Czerkowski received a pass from captain Brooke McKeege, spun in front of the net and fired a shot past Raegan Kirk. .
Makenna Webster single-handedly found the back of the net off a turnover to tie the game at 1-all with 6:07 left in the first, beating Michelle Pasiechnik.
The Buckeyes will face rival University of Wisconsin in Sunday's championship game. The two met in last year's final, with the Badgers winning 1-0. Since 2019, either Wisconsin or Ohio State has won Frozen 4.
