MANKATO, Minn. --- Minnesota State (10-15-0, 4-14-0 WCHA) fell to No. 2 Wisconsin (20-4-0, 14-4-0 WCHA) by a final of 7-2 Saturday afternoon at the Mayo Clinic HSEC.

Both teams capitalized on scoring opportunities seeing three goals scored in under three minutes to start regulation. After Wisconsin notched two goals in the first two minutes, the Mavericks top-line duo responded.

On an odd-man rush off the faceoff following UW's second tally, sophomore Whitney Tuttle stole the puck who rocketed a pass that connected with senior Sydney Langseth for her eleventh goal on the season.

"Those two are on the same page every time they hit the ice," stated head coach John Harrington when asked about the Tuttle-Langseth connection. "They play very similar styles of hockey that allows them to feed off each other resulting in production consistently. It's no surprise they are both on points streaks."

After falling into a two-goal hole in the second period, Minnesota State's fourth line answered the call as freshman Lauren Zawoyski found fellow freshman Kamryn Van Batavia in the slot from behind the net for her third career goal in the purple and gold. On the play, freshman Ava Guillemette notched her third assist of the year.

The Badgers jumped on the Mavericks finding the back of the net three times while outshooting Minnesota State 12-6 in the final 20 minutes to complete their sweep.

Minnesota State is back in action Friday as they take on #4/5 Minnesota for its third home-and-home series of the season. Action on Friday starts at 6 p.m. from Ridder Arena