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The Wisconsin Badgers ladies’s hockey workforce is now the winningest program in NCAA historical past. With a 1-0 win over Ohio State on Sunday, the Badgers gained their seventh nationwide championship, which is a brand new report.
In its journey to the title sport, Wisconsin took down Long Island University, No. 3 Colgate and No. 2 Minnesota. The championship matchup in opposition to the defending champion Buckeyes wound up being a low-scoring defensive battle, and Badgers freshman Kirsten Simms tallied the sport’s solely purpose 13:28 into the primary interval.
From there, Wisconsin goaltender Cami Kronish slammed the door shut on Ohio State, and she or he made some massive saves within the course of. She ended the sport with 31 saves in an ideal championship efficiency.
Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson sang Kronish’s praises after the sport and credited her for benefiting from her alternative on the finish of an extended profession with the Badgers.
“I give lots of credit score to Cami, our goaltender,” Johnson stated, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I imply, she got here up massive. She took the torch this yr. She has labored arduous for 5 years and that is the primary yr she actually acquired a possibility to play. She needed the baton, she took us to the tip and at the moment she was the distinction within the sport.”
When the ultimate seconds ticked off the clock, the Badgers rushed Konish and celebrated a record-setting championship.
Wisconsin’s seventh nationwide title broke a tie with Minnesota, and the workforce has now gained three of the final 4 NCAA championships. This was additionally the third nationwide championship for six seniors, together with Kronish.
