July 17, 2026

Left chasing for most of the game, No. 1 Badgers fall in overtime to No. 4 Ohio State

{{featured_button_text}} UW defenseman Nicole LaMantia shoots on Ohio State goaltender Andrea Braendli as Tatum Skaggs defends on Saturday at LaBahn Arena. TOM LYNN, UW ATHLETICS Todd D. Milewski | Wisconsin State Journal On Saturday morning, the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey coaching staff showed players clips of the pressure Ohio State used to force mistakes in the neutral zone a day earlier. “We tried to get them to understand what was coming at them and where to put pucks and distribute pucks,” Badgers coach Mark Johnson said. “We didn’t do a very good job again.” That wasn’t directly to blame for the overtime goal later in the afternoon as the fourth-ranked Buckeyes earned a 2-1 victory against the top-ranked Badgers at LaBahn Arena. But it played into the Badgers being on their heels for most of the game. Liz Schepers scored 62 seconds into 3-on-3 overtime as the Buckeyes won…

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