{{featured_button_text}} Badgers players celebrate Nicole LaMantia’s go-ahead goal in the third period Friday. VICKI DOMBECK, UW ATHLETICS Todd D. Milewski | Wisconsin State Journal Ohio State has been the toughest foe for the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team to defeat at home in the past few seasons. So it went without saying that when the top-ranked Badgers drew the Buckeyes to play their first game at LaBahn Arena in nearly 11 months, it was going to be no picnic. That was confirmed when Ohio State took a lead into the third period Friday afternoon and generally made things difficult for UW. The charge to the Badgers for the third period was a reiteration of the basics: Get pucks and bodies to the net. The payoff for doing just that was No. 1 UW’s first victory when trailing after two periods since the 2017-18 season. Goals by Daryl Watts and…
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