Five Things to Know: WCHA Final Faceoff Championship

Sunday, March 7

Minneapolis, MN

2 PM

Wisconsin Badgers

Ohio State

Five Things to Know: WCHA Final Faceoff Championship

March 06, 2021 | Women's Hockey

Badgers to face Buckeyes for the second-straight year

Wisconsin

13-3-1

Ohio State

12-5-0

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MINNEAPOLIS — After winning the WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals against Minnesota, the No. 1/2 Wisconsin women's hockey team is headed to the WCHA Final Faceoff championship game where UW will face No. 3 Ohio State for the second-straight season.

Puck drop is at 2 p.m. and fans can watch the game live on FloHockey or listen to the game on Fox Sports 1070.

1. SEMIFINAL RECAP: The Badgers defeated the Golden Gophers 5-3 on Saturday afternoon to advance to the championship game. Sophie Shirley scored to open the game, Makenna Webster scored two goals and Lacey Eden and Britta Curl both lit the lamp once each.

Check out the #Badgers top plays from their playoff #BorderBattle win! #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/aHZ38lUekZ
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) March 6, 2021

2. FINAL FACEOFF FACTS: Wisconsin leads the league with eight WCHA Final Faceoff championships, all under head coach Mark Johnson. The team has won four of the last six tournaments and is looking to increase their league-best with a ninth win. Last season, the Badgers defeated Minnesota Duluth 4-1 in the semifinals before falling 1-0 to OSU in the title game.

3. ROOKIE'S RACKING THEM UP: Freshmen Lacey Eden and Makenna Webster have been on a roll the past few weeks. Eden, recently named CHA Rookie of the Month, has 12 career points in just 11 games with the Badgers. Webster scored her ninth and 10th career points off two goals against Minnesota in the WCHA Final Faceoff semifinal game. Five of her last 10 points have come from the last five games and four of those are goals.

First multi-goal game as a Badger - ☑️

Congrats @makweb8! #Badgers || #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/4lCCteq9dH
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) March 6, 2021

4. AGAINST OSU: UW split its series against OSU this year, going 2-2 against the Buckeyes. Sophie Shirley has six goals and 10 assists in her previous 14 games against Ohio State while Daryl Watts has 13 points in nine games against the Buckeyes.

5. SELECTION SUNDAY: The Badgers will find out their NCAA tournament fate on Sunday night as the NCAA will have its selection show at 8 p.m. Fans can watch the selection show live on NCAA.Com. UW looks to advance to its eighth-straight NCAA tournament.