MADISON, Wis. — Minnesota State (2-4-0, 0-4-0) lost to Wisconsin (6-2-0, 2-2-0) 12-1 Saturday at LaBahn Arena. Minnesota State was outshot 62-23, while its goaltenders finished with 50 saves over 60 minutes. Minnesota State's goal came in the third period, and they went 0-for-2 on power-play chances while Wisconsin converted 2 of 4.
Ayla Puppe scored the lone goal and finished with three shots. Puppe's goal was her team leading third this season.
Neely Hawn recorded an assist and blocked two shots.
Kamryn Van Batavia added an assist, her first assist of the season.
Jaya Schippel finished with 33 saves.
Kaydence Roeske made 17 saves prior to being pulled.
Sophie Stramel has now won 250 faceoffs in her career.
Minnesota State held Wisconsin off the board through the opening 12 minutes and generated early looks, including a first-period power play and saved shots from
Makayla Moran,
Mercury Bischoff and Puppe. Roeske absorbed extended Wisconsin pressure, with the Mavericks also getting blocks from
Lauren Zawoyski,
Lucie Tenenbaum and Moran before Rosalie Tremblay scored at 12:04 and Nela Lopusanova added another goal 29 seconds later for a 2-0 lead. Emma Venusio scored at 14:12 off assists from Adéla Šapovalivová and Maggie Scannell, and Mackenzie Jones pushed Wisconsin's lead to 4-0 at 15:29 with help from Cassie Hall and Charlotte Pieckenhagen. Schippel replaced Roeske after the fourth goal and made stops on Scannell, Tremblay and Charlotte Pieckenhagen. Minnesota State continued to get pucks on goal late through
Lila Deis,
Audrey Garton,
Lucie Tenenbaum and
Payton Finnie, but Wisconsin carried the 4-0 lead into the first intermission.
Wisconsin generated the early second-period chances, forcing several saves from Schippel before Minnesota State answered with attempts from Bischoff and Puppe against Ava McNaughton. Tremblay's even-strength goal at 13:59 from Haley Box made it 5-0, and after Minnesota State got looks from
Ava Guillemette and Garton, Hall scored at 12:21 off a Lopusanova assist to make it 6-0. Minnesota State continued to search for chances through Stramel, Tenenbaum and Finnie and blocked several Wisconsin looks in the back half of the period, including plays by
Mika Cichosz, Hawn and Moran. Moran recorded a career-high three blocked shots. Wisconsin kept Minnesota State off the board and carried a 6-0 lead into the second intermission.
After an early Minnesota State power play was cut short by a penalty, Wisconsin converted a later advantage when Laney Potter scored on the power play at 15:24 to make it 7-0. Minnesota State answered 58 seconds later as Puppe scored at even strength from Van Batavia and Hawn, bringing the score to 7-1 and getting the Mavericks on the board. Minnesota State generated looks through Van Batavia, Bischoff, Finnie,
Mia Miller, Hawn and Garton, while Schippel made saves and Zawoyski, Moran, Tenenbaum and Garton blocked shots to handle Wisconsin pressure. Wisconsin added an even-strength goal by Venusio at 7:59, then struck twice late with Haley Box scoring at 3:54 and Tremblay completing a hat trick at 3:32. Finley McCarthy added a power-play goal at 2:21 and Tremblay scored again at 1:36, sending Wisconsin to a 12-1 final.
Up next, Minnesota State competes in the Ice Breaker tournament, starting against Robert Morris on Friday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. at Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Mass.
