June 20, 2026

Teamwork, leadership push Ohio State women's hockey to Frozen Four


Sophie Jaques and Clair DeGeorge had just combined to help send the Ohio State women’s hockey team to the Frozen Four on Saturday night when the conversation turned to … Wordle.  Of course.  “We play Wordle a lot,” DeGeorge said of the now ubiquitous online word game that has spawned seemingly limitless spinoffs. “We get the Wordle and the Quordle going. She’s real good at Quordle. Have you failed yet?”  “One time,” Jaques responded.  “One time,” DeGeorge said. “We have a great time off the ice. She’s fun to be around.”  Off the ice, in addition to being a Quordle expert, Jaques is an engineering major set to graduate in May who has a 3.75 GPA at Ohio State and was named the conference’s outstanding student-athlete of the year. An undergraduate teaching assistant in the college of engineering, the star defenseman has earned a fellowship for graduate studies as well. …

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