Madison, Wis. --- Minnesota State women's hockey lost its Western Collegiate Hockey Association series opener at No. 1 Wisconsin 6-0 inside LaBahn Arena on Saturday afternoon.  
 
Minnesota State (3-19-1, 1-14-0-0 WCHA) was outscored by Wisconsin (22-1-0, 13-0-0-0 WCHA) 2-0 in the first period, 3-0 in the second and 1-0 in the third to make the final score 6-0.
 
The Badgers received goals from six different players. Sam Cogan scored the eventual game-winning goal at 4:12 of the first period. Brette Pettet scored the second goal at 14:14 of the first. Cluadia Keppler, Baylee Wellhausen and Maddie Rowe each scored in the second period at 3:57, 6:13 and 8:31, respectively. Keppler's goal came on the power play. The final goal of the day was scored by Alexis Mauermann at 4:55 of the third period. 
 
Shots on goal were 42-16 in favor of Wisconsin. Minnesota State was led in shots by freshman forward Brittyn Fleming, who fired five pucks on net. 
 
Junior goaltender Katie Bidulka (1-14-0) made 16 saves for the Mavericks. Sophomore Chloe Crosby made 20 saves – in relief of Bidulka – over the final 31:29 of the game. Kristen Campbell (22-1-0) made 16 saves for the Badgers to record the shutout.   
 
The Mavericks went 0-of-2 on the power play and the Badgers finished 2-of-5.
 
Minnesota State and Wisconsin wrap up their two-game WCHA series at 1:07 p.m., on Sunday at LaBahn Arena.

Watch head coach John Harrington's postgame interview below.