DURHAM, N.H. — The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1-0 to win the program’s second NCAA championship on Sunday.
The game — a rematch of the 2023 championship, which ended in a 1-0 Wisconsin victory — was scoreless through the first two periods. Joy Dunne, the national rookie of the year, scored the first and only goal of a tense, evenly-matched championship game featuring the top two teams in the national rankings.
Senior goalie Raygan Kirk made 27 saves for the win.
THE BUCKEYES BREAK THE SILENCE!!!!
📺 ESPNU#WFrozenFour x @OhioStateWHKY pic.twitter.com/O7S1rw5c36
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) March 24, 2024
4,378 people attended the game at the Whittemore Center Arena, the third-largest crowd in NCAA women’s hockey championship history and the largest since the 2006 final in Minneapolis, M.N.
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(Photo: Gil Talbot / NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
