MANKATO, Minn. — The Wisconsin women's hockey team swept Minnesota State with a 6-2 win on Sunday to continue its undefeated streak for the 2021-22 season.
Makenna Webster recorded a four-point game and a natural hat trick to lead Wisconsin (12-0-0, 8-0-0 WCHA) in the win over Minnesota State (5-5-0, 1-5-0 WCHA) on Saturday afternoon.
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The Badgers fell down 1-0 early in the game, but tied the game thanks to a timely power-play strike from
Katie Kotlowski. The sophomore defender tallied her fourth goal of the year to knot things at 1-1 heading into the first intermission.
UW took a 2-1 lead minutes into the second period as
Casey O'Brien scored her NCAA-leading 13th goal off a feed from
Daryl Watts.Â
Minutes later,
Maddie Posick scored her second of the season off a pass from
Delaney Drake to lift UW to a 3-1 advantage after two periods.Â
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Webster potted all three goals for Wisconsin in the third period to mark her first career collegiate hat trick and natural hat trick.Â
The Mavericks ended the game with a power play goal to bring the score to 6-2.
Three Notes of the Game
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Webster notched the Badgers' second natural hat trick of the season as linemate Casey O'Brien also had a natural hat trick in the Badgers' win at Lindenwood on September 25.Â
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Wisconsin earned its 18th straight win dating back to February 27, 2021, which is tied for the second-longest streak in school history.Â
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After earning an assist this afternoon, Daryl Watts moved into a tie for eighth place in NCAA history for career points with 262. The three-time All-American is tied with UW legend Hilary Knight on the all-time scoring list.Â
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Straight from the Rink
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On Saturday's game:
"Start of the second period, the first three or four minutes we really hemmed them in and did a nice job. We finished off in the third period doing a similar type of thing."
On learning on the road:
"The big things for us is that we've only had four home games out of our 12 and we've had eight games on the road. Up in Minnesota Duluth and even our games out at Merrimack and our games at Ohio State, those are games that will make you better because you're going to make mistakes within those contests. It's all a learning process, we're about done with October so now we move into November and get ourselves in a position to try to keep getting better every weekend."
Makenna Webster
Up Next:
The Badgers return home to LaBahn Arena to face Bemidji State next weekend. Puck drop on both Saturday and Sunday is set for 2 p.m. CT. Tickets are still available on UWBadgers.com.
