MADISON, Wis.— The No. 3-ranked Wisconsin completed a sweep against Minnesota State with a 7-2 win on Saturday evening at LaBahn Arena. A successful Senior Night saw the Badgers record their 23rd win of the season in the final regular-season home game of the year.

Wisconsin (23-4-4, 18-4-3-2-0-2) saw goals from five different players in the victory over Minnesota State (12-17-1, 8-17-1-1) as the Badgers outshot the Mavericks 40-9. Delaney Drake, Casey O'Brien, Grace Shirley, Daryl Watts and Makenna Webster all found the back of the net while Grace Bowlby, Drake, Watts and Webster all enjoyed multi-point games.

The start of the game was quiet and neither team was able to score in the first period, though the Badgers outshot the Mavericks 13-3. The second began tied at 0-0.

Webster got things going with a goal just under a minute into the second period. Watts notched the Badgers' second goal less than two minutes later to double the lead. Drake then added a goal two minutes after Watts to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead.

Minnesota State added two goals after Wisconsin's three to cut the lead to just one. O'Brien brought the Badgers' lead back to two after lighting the lamp in the final minute of the second period. Wisconsin went into the third up 4-2 over Minnesota State.

Drake put up her second goal of the game to give the Badgers a three-point lead in the third. Shirley netted her first goal of the year just 30 seconds later to get Wisconsin up 6-2.

Watts then added another goal to increase the Badgers' lead to five and close the game out at 7-2.

Netminder Kennedy Blair made seven stops over the three periods.

Three Notes of the Game
- After two goals and three assists in today's game, Daryl Watts has 293 points and is just 10 points shy of tying Meghan Agosta for all-time points in the NCAA at 303. She put up a total of nine points over the weekend against Minnesota State.
- Wisconsin celebrated seniors Kennedy Blair, Grace Bowlby, Delaney Drake, Kendra Nealey Brette Pettet, Maddie Posick, Caitlin Schneider and Daryl Watts in a pregame ceremony for Senior Night.
- Saturday marked the 99th sell-out of LaBahn Arena.

Straight from the Rink
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On Senior Night:
"I'm happy for them. Obviously with their parents in town it's a fun weekend, an enjoyable weekend, a sad weekend. A lot of things come into play from an emotional standpoint. For Delaney to get a couple goals and Daryl to get a couple highlight goals, I'm excited for them and certainly excited for the team. It was a good day."

On Daryl's second goal:
"The last one was a highlight goal. She went through and navigated around and backhanded it into the empty net. It's sort of fitting. Our fans got to see a wonderful player score a highlight-type goal to end the regular season here for us."

Senior Delaney Drake
On experiencing Senior Day: 
"It was really special. I've gone five years with this group and we've all gotten super close. I think they would all say the same thing, we're all best friends. It was great to experience that with them. Last year we might not have gotten that because of COVID, so it was fun to have the fans out there celebrating with us."

On her first goal:
"It was a great pass by Mak (Webster) obviously, kudos to her. She put it right on my tape and all I had to do was get it past the goalie at that point."

Senior Daryl Watts
On the team right now:
"It feels great. My line especially I feel like we're really clicking and it's a lot of fun to play right now. We're winning games, there's not much more you could ask for. I think there still are a few little areas we can improve upon moving forward, like just tape to tape passes and little details like that will go a long way. It was a really good weekend."

On her second goal: 
"The goalie was pretty aggressive so she really bit hard then went around the net. Luckily there was just enough space and time to put the puck in. It was fun."

Up Next: Wisconsin heads to Ohio State for the final regular-season series of the season next weekend. The teams will face off at 5 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Fans can watch both games on B1G+.