MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Wisconsin women's hockey senior forward Daryl Watts scored twice to lead the No. 4 Badgers to a 3-1 win over St. Thomas on Monday night at the St. Thomas Academy Ice Arena. 

Neither team was able to put up a goal in the first as the Badgers (20-3-4, 15-3-3-2-0-2 WCHA) outshot the Tommies (4-20-1, 2-19-1-0-0-0 WCHA) 17-3.

Sophie Shirley put up the first goal of the game, giving the Badgers a 1-0 edge over the Tommies. St. Thomas answered to tie the game at 1-1 but  Watts lit the lamp to give the lead back to the Badgers.Wisconsin ended the second period with a  2-1 over St. Thomas.

Watts up Badger fans???#Badgers back in the lead pic.twitter.com/9lBypU5xAz

— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) February 1, 2022

Watts sealed the deal in the third period with her second goal of the game, this time on an empty net.

Three Notes of the Game
-Daryl Watts recorded her 150th career point at Wisconsin, making her the 12th player to reach that milestone wearing the Cardinal and White. She also netted her 125th and 126th career goals, moving her into sole possession of sixth place in NCAA history. 
-Cami Kronish made her second start of the season with five saves and allowed just one goal.
-With the win, the Badgers moved into first place in the WCHA standings with a point percentage of .762.

Straight from the Rink
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On the long weekend:
"I treated them like an NHL team. We talked about it prior to coming up here, you know, we played three games in four days and all road games. I wanted to see how we were going to react after losing a couple tough games up in Minneapolis."

On getting the game in against St. Thomas:
"It was important and we were hoping to get a second one and have them travel down to us but things didn't work out that way. It was important to get it in and it wasn't hard for us from a logistics standpoint."

Senior Daryl Watts
On the game:
"I'm happy we secured the win on game three of our long road trip. The St. Thomas goalie played great. Tonight's game reinforces how important it is to capitalize on our chances moving forward."

Redshirt junior Cami Kronish
On the win:
"It felt great to finally get my first complete-game win. I'm so thankful for my amazing teammates who made my job easier and also make coming to the rink the best part of my day."

Up Next:
The Badgers return to LaBahn to play their first regular-season home games since Jan. 1-2 as UW hosts No. 5 Minnesota Duluth on Friday and Saturday. Puck drop on Friday is set for 7 p.m. while Saturday's game begins at 8 p.m. A limited number of tickets are still available on UWBadgers.Com.