June 21, 2026

Women’s D-I: Ohio State peaking at right time, looking to return to NCAA tournament

Andrea Brändli of Ohio State has been very important to the team’s success. (Ohio State Athletics) The Ohio State Buckeyes made their program’s first-ever Frozen Four last season and are looking make that more of an annual accomplishment then a one-off. They’ve got their work cut out for themselves as they head into the postseason, but coming off a weekend where they kept Wisconsin from winning the WCHA regular-season title, their confidence is understandably high. In a lot of ways, OSU feels like their postseason started two weeks ago with their own senior weekend. Emotions were high, and they lost a close game to Bemidji State on Friday, but they responded with an emphatic 5-1 win on Saturday. Then they traveled to Madison for the final regular-season series of the year at a sold out LaBahn Arena for the Badgers’ own senior weekend. They played two tense, loud games and…

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