Box Score MADISON, Wis. --- Minnesota State used a goal in each period from three different seniors and a career-best 51-save performance from senior Danielle Butters to stun second-ranked Wisconsin, 3-0, in Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff action Saturday night at LaBahn Arena.
 
With the victory, the Mavericks improve to 13-22-1 overall and force a decisive game three tomorrow afternoon, while the Badgers drop to 26-6-2 on the season. No. 2 Wisconsin is the highest-ranked team MSU has ever defeated, and it is the first Maverick win over the Badgers since Feb. 12, 2010 and their second-ever in Madison.
 
Minnesota State pounced on the host Badgers early staking claim to a 1-0 lead just 1:43 into the contest. Junior Natalie Stoltz (St. Paul, Minn.) drove the net and fired a shot that squeaked between the pads of Wisconsin senior Alex Rigsby, before MSU senior Melissa Klippenstein (Neubergthal, Man.) slapped home the rebound for her sixth goal of the season and the only marker of the first period.
 
The Mavericks extended the advantage to 2-0 entering the second intermission on senior Kari Lundberg's (Woodbury, Minn.) 10th tally of the year. Lundberg took a feed from Stoltz and beat Rigsby with a wrist shot from the right circle that deflected off the left post and in at 5:31. Senior Danielle Butters (London, Ont.) displayed prime form for the Mavericks backing up her 17-save performance in the first period with 14 additional saves in the second stanza.
 
The trend of early MSU goals continued in the third period when senior Kelsie Scott (Souris, Man.) picked up a Badger turnover and deked out Rigsby before lifting a short-handed goal over her left pad at 3:08 increasing the Maverick lead to 3-0. The marker was Scott's sixth of the season and her second short-handed tally of the year, which is tied for second-most in program history. Junior Shelby Moteyunas (Cicero, N.Y.) was credited with an assist on the play. From there, Minnesota State used 20 saves from Butters, including 10 on the penalty-kill, to deny a trio of Wisconsin power-plays and claim the upset victory.
 
Stoltz's pair of assists are a new career-high, while Butters recorded 51 saves to earn her first shutout of the year and the first-ever MSU shutout of Wisconsin. MSU could not convert on its only power-play opportunity, while UW finished zero-of-three as Rigsby totaled 19 saves in a losing effort.
 
Minnesota State will look to make its first appearance in the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF since 2008-09 tomorrow afternoon when the two teams battle in a decisive game three at 4:07 p.m.