MADISON, Wis. – Thanks to a balanced attack featuring nine different goal scorers, the No. 5 Wisconsin women's hockey team dispatched Lindenwood, 10-0, on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at LaBahn Arena. 

Nine Badgers (3-1-0) potted the 10 goals against the Lions (0-4-0), including Casey O'Brien, Britta Curl, Jesse Compher, Lacey Eden, Laila Edwards, Nicole LaMantia, Sophie Shirley, Kirsten Simms and Maddi Wheeler. 

The Badgers got on the board quickly in the first period as O'Brien scored her third goal of the season 1:03 into the game.

Midway through the period, Curl scored on the power play to double the UW lead before Compher scored with 3:40 left in the frame to give UW a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes. 

UW tacked on four in the second period as Eden scored her team-leading fifth of the year to lift UW to a 4-0 advantage. 

Laila Edwards collected her second goal of the year on a 2-on-1 rush with O'Brien before LaMantia scored a power-play strike to give UW a 6-0 lead.

Sophie Shirley tallied her third of the weekend with 1:30 left in the second to give UW a 7-0 advantage after two periods. 

Following her first penalty of the season, Simms bounced back by scoring her first goal at home in the third period to put UW up 8-0.

Wheeler scored her third of the weekend less than two minutes later, with Compher scoring her second of the night right after, making it three goals in three minutes for the Badgers. 

Three Notes of the Game
- In her first home start for the Badgers, Jane Gervais stopped all 11 shots she faced to earn her first career shutout. 
- Olympian Caroline Harvey enjoyed her best night of her young career, collecting five assists and a +4 plus/minus rating. She was one assist shy of matching the school record for most assists in a game set by Meghan Hunter during the 2000-2001 season. 
- Eden and Wheeler both posted seven points against the Lions as each forward recorded three goals and four assists during the sweep. 

Straight from the Rink
UW Head Coach Mark Johnson
On the overall game:
"Tonight was good for the locker room, good for the young kids and it was a lot of what we saw last night. We got a good start, are making progress and continuing to try to play our game."

Freshman Caroline Harvey 
On the depth of the team:
"It truly does speak volumes about our depth here. Just everyone is an amazing player, so it just shows that we have a lot of talent."

On her play tonight:
"I mean I feel like I was just finally settling it took a little bit so just to ease those nerves and just feel confident and know that I can handle the puck and put it in the right space"

Senior Jesse Compher
On the triumph:
"We had some keys to focus on before the game as a team, and I think we did a good job on capitalizing on those, and I think it was fun to see on the offense side all four lines roll and all four lines produce, so it was a fun weekend."

Up Next: 
UW continues its home stand against St. Thomas next weekend at LaBahn Arena. Puck drop next Friday is at 7 p.m. while the series finale against the Tommies is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday.