DULUTH — Women’s college hockey has more teams, and elite players, than ever before. And yet, if top-seeded Ohio State fails to repeat as champions on Sunday against Wisconsin, it would mark a swerve from the recent norm. All three of the national title-holders before the Buckeyes — including the Badgers, who bookended the 2020 COVID-canceled NCAA tournament with titles in 2019 and 2021 — won two championships in a row. Ohio State will carry the wisdom gleaned from recent championship success to the finale. Only four underclassmen featured in the Buckeyes’ semifinal lineup against Northeastern. “I think bringing [last season’s experience] into this year was really great because we had so much leadership and so many seniors to kind of bring up even our younger players,” said Ohio State graduate student Gabby Rosenthal, who has 21 goals this year. “I think that’s what makes us so good is we’re…
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