Wisconsin Badgers
13-1-1, 9-1-1
St. Thomas
8-9-0, 3-8-0
No. 1 Badgers take down No. 15 Tommies
November 20, 2025 | Women's Hockey
Wisconsin shuts out St. Thomas, 8-0
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin women's hockey team garnered an 8-0 win over St. Thomas returns to home ice this Thursday, boosting its record to 13-1-1.
Seven Badgers scored to keep Wisconsin's early season prowess going, with Lacey Eden (two goals, two assists) and Caroline Harvey (one goal, three assists) each recording four-point games.
After a few good looks in the first, alternate captain Kelly Gorbatenko put the Badgers on the board with 11:11 remaining after an electric pass from alternate captain Lacey Eden. Eden charged down the ice to prevent an icing, before making a backhanded pass on the move to Gorbatenko.
With 2:30 remaining in the first period, captain Caroline Harvey found the back of the net from an Adéla Šapovalivová pass.
With less than 30 seconds of play remaining, senior Claire Enright made the score 3-0.
Lacey Eden collected her second point of the game halfway through the second period where she scored for the Badgers.
Laney Potter opened the final period of play to add to the Badger's lead, receiving a cross-ice pass from Emma Venusio and Lacey Eden. Th puck bounced off the board and redirected right to Potter, who made the scoreboard 5-0.
Eden struck again after she deflected a shot from Caroline Harvey with 10:25 remaining in the third.
Freshman Charlotte Pieckenhagen scored the Badger's seventh goal before sophomore Grace Bickett collected her first career goal just seconds before the game ended.
Wisconsin recorded its eighth shutout of the season, with Ava McNaughton securing 13 saves.
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On getting out in front in the first period:
"Through effort and being first on pucks, if you're willing to do that consistently then you are probably going to play in the offensive zone or at least get scoring opportunities out of it."
Lacey Eden
On the hunger for the puck:
"I think that just comes from consistency at practice. A big focus is competing, winning those 50-50 battles. I think when you're doing that as a team collectively, when every person wants to win their 50-50 battles, that's when you're the most successful as a team. That's when you control the puck more and have more puck possession."
Charlotte Pieckenhagen
On the ability to drive the net:
"That was kind of my main focus, getting in, and just winning every battle in the corner. I knew that's what I kind of wanted to focus on. I'm a big body, so being able to drive the net, I have the ability to box people out and stuff like that, where a smaller person wouldn't have the ability to do."
Notes to Know:
- Caroline Harvey and Lacey Eden each had four-point nights, the first players to do so for the Badgers this season. This is Eden's fourth career four-point game, and Harvey's seventh.
- Ava McNaughton now has six shutouts on the season, and 19 in her career. She now has the fifth most shutouts in school history behind Christine Dufour, Kristen Campbell, Alex Rigsby, Jessie Vetter, Ann-Renee Desbiens.
- Harvey now has 120 assists in her career, moving into the Badger's all-time top-five. Her 165 points are now three points away from becoming the most ever scored by a WCHA Defender. She also has a 12-game point streak, the second longest in the country.
- Sophomore Grace Bickett scored her first career goal in the third period.
