A rivalry on the rise? The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team and Ohio State have the necessary elements. They’ve been competitive against each other. The Badgers and Buckeyes split four regular-season games a season ago. They’ve been in high-stakes games. UW won last season’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff championship game in overtime, returning the favor from Ohio State’s triumph in 2020. The Badgers also won last season’s national semifinal game against the Buckeyes. It now is No. 1 UW against No. 2 Ohio State at LaBahn Arena at 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Here are five things to know: Solid against the best The Badgers are 8-2-2 in the last 12 games they’ve played that have matched the top two teams in the USCHO.com poll. The last was the overtime victory against Northeastern for the 2021 NCAA championship. The previous 11 were against Minnesota between January…
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