MADISON, Wis. – Five different Badgers scored as the top-ranked Wisconsin women's hockey team opened its season at home Thursday night with a win over Boston College at LaBahn Arena. 

Lacey Eden, Sarah Wozniewicz, Marianne Piard, Britta Curl and Chayla Edwards each lit the lamp for the Badgers (3-0-0) to lead UW to their eighth-straight win over the Eagles (0-3-0). 

Boston College struck first before Eden got Bucky on the board with her sixth of the season. 

Wozniewicz added onto the lead early in the first period, but the Eagles were able to add on two more to take a 3-2 lead after 20 minutes of action. 

Picard found the back of the net early in the second period to tie things up, while Curl put the Badgers back in the lead with a snipe later in the period. 

Chayla Edwards extended the lead late in the third period with her second career goal. 

Jane Gervais stopped 15 of the shots she faced for her second win of the season. 

Three Notes of the Game
- Wisconsin outshot Boston College 56-18 in the series opener. The Badgers have now outshot their opponents 174-40 in the first three games of the season. 
- UW remains undefeated against BC as they advance to 3-0-0 against the Eagles at home and 8-0-0 all-time against BC 
- It marked Chayla Edwards' first goal since she scored on Oct. 18, 2019 against LIU. 

Straight from the Rink
Head Coach Mark Johnson
On how the team handled being down early in the game:
"I thought they played very well early on. They got some energy and put us on their heels. I thought we responded well. I thought we played really well, but again, it's just too loose for me, but it's great teaching points."

On the team goals for the opening games:
"My big thing in these first three games is with the team, the first thing we have to do is compete. That's the foundation. We have to compete for 60 minutes. And then the second part is we have to communicate.

Senior Captain Britta Curl
On battling back against the Eagles:
"It's early in the season. I think we had just a couple of defensive breakdowns, and they were really taking advantage of those, but I mean, sometimes it's good just to see how we can respond and kind of try to claw back. I felt like we had some good moments where we were pushing, getting some momentum, and then they'd score. So it's just like, how do you keep that energy up?"

Up Next:
The Badgers wrap up the series with the Eagles on Friday with a 7 p.m. tilt at LaBahn Arena. UW will raise its 2023 NCAA Championship Banner at 6:45 p.m. and members of last year's NCAA championship team will be back in attendance. The game is sold out, but fans can listen to the game on 1070 AM or watch on B1G+.