MADISON, Wis. — The top-ranked Wisconsin women's hockey team dominated Bemidji State on Sunday, scoring six goals in the second period to earn an 8-1 win at LaBahn Arena.Â
Wisconsin (13-0-1, 9-0-1-1) was able to take down Bemidji State (2-6-2, 1-6-1-0) thanks to a hat trick from
Daryl Watts and multi-point games from
Chayla Edwards,
Nicole LaMantia,
Kendra Nealey,
Casey O'Brien,
Caitlin Schneider,
Maddi Wheeler and
Sarah Wozniewicz.
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The Beavers opened the game early with a goal to get one up over the Badgers. Wisconsin did not take long to answer as Wozniewicz and Schneider each lit the lamp to give Wisconsin a 2-1 edge headed into the second period.
The Badgers controlled the second frame with six goals. LaMantia put one in the net just under a minute into play. Watts then scored her first just a couple minutes later. O'Brien scored her 14th goal in 14 games. Watts then scored a power play goal, followed by her third goal of the game to collect her second hat trick at Wisconsin and her fourth collegiate hat trick. Schneider closed out the period with her second goal of the game, putting the Badgers up 8-1 over the Beavers.
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Neither team scored in the final period and the game ended at 8-1.
Goaltender
Kennedy Blair held down the ice for the first two periods, making 11 saves on 12 shots.
Cami Kronish made her home ice debut in the third period, stopping two shots.
Three Notes of the Game
-With her four points in the second period,
Daryl Watts moved into sixth place in NCAA history with 266 points. Watts passed UW legend HIlary Knight for eighth place with her first assist before moving past Nicole Corriero (Harvard) and Monique Lamoureaux (UM/UND) for sixth in NCAA history. Watts also is in sole possession of eighth place in NCAA history for career goals with 119 tallies.Â
-It marks the second time that the Badgers have scored six goals in a period as UW also scored six goals in the second period against Lindenwood on Sept. 25, 2021.Â
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Caitlin Schneider recorded her first multi-goal game as a Badger. She also recorded one assist to make it a three point game.
Straight From the Rink
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On the game:
"The first period, I wasn't overly happy with how we played. I didn't think we did enough in the neutral zone to manage the puck and from the faceoff dots to the boards behind the net we weren't working, so they hemmed us in three or four shifts and they were outworking us. I made a couple of points between periods that if we were going to do something we needed to be better in those areas. What I liked about the first eight minutes of the second period is that we were moving our feet, we were getting the puck and we were transitioning quick and those resulted in breakaways and scoring opportunities and people finding the back of the net."
On the second period:
"It started with the second shift that we were moving our feet, our transition was quick and we were creating outnumbered situations. You look at a bunch in the second period, we were moving the puck through the neutral zone quickly, we were getting speed and our transitioning was good. The end result was outnumbered situations, quick scoring opportunities and people finding the back of the net. Yesterday, we had some similar stuff going on, but we couldn't get the puck in the back of the net.Â
Senior forward Daryl Watts
On climbing the record board:
"It's definitely an honor and cool to climb a record ranking. But it's definitely not my focus when I get on the ice. I'm just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win and hopefully help win another National Championship."
Senior forward Caitlin Schneider
On getting the game rolling:Â
"Yeah I think kind of as a team we thought that, if we could get one in on her we could get a couple. I mean last night the goalie played unreal and she made some good saves today. But we were able to capitalize on that."
Up Next:
The Badgers have a bye this upcoming weekend. The team will be back on November 20 and 21 as they travel to St. Paul to take on St. Thomas. Both games will start at 2 p.m.
