Mar. 7—MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Duluth felt it made a strong statement about its NCAA tournament qualifications in its regular season finale last weekend at Amsoil Arena when it took four out of six points from Wisconsin via a 4-2 win and 4-3 overtime loss, and the Bulldogs hoped to cement an at-large bid Saturday against Ohio State with a win in the WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals. Instead, the second-seeded Bulldogs may have allowed doubt to creep back into the minds of the NCAA tournament committee by getting routed 7-2 by the third-seeded Buckeyes on Saturday evening at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. After an even first, the Buckeyes unloaded on UMD in the opening 8 minutes of the second period, scoring four goals to take a 5-1 lead and chase WCHA Goaltender of the Year Emma Soderberg from the net. Soderberg, the Bulldogs junior, finished with 10 saves on 15 shots.…
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