Ally Tarr and Kari Schmitt scored third-period goals as Ohio State rallied past Minnesota Duluth to win 3-2 on Saturday night at Amsoil Arena and even the teams' Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's quarterfinal series at one game apiece.
UMD (14-14-6) and Ohio State (15-16-5) meet in a decisive Game 3 at 6:07 p.m. today at Amsoil. The winner advances to the WCHA Final Faceoff next weekend in Bemidji, Minn.
Zoe Hickel gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead midway through the second period with her 11th goal of the season, but the Buckeyes evened matters when Kendall Curtis scored on a power play at 12:05.
Jamie Kenyon, who scored the lone goal in UMD's 1-0 win Friday, notched her team-high 16th of the season 3:51 into the third period for a 2-1 lead. But Tarr and Schmitt responded with goals 2:04 apart -- Schmitt's coming with an extra attacker -- to keep the Buckeyes' season alive.
Ohio State goaltender Lisa Steffes made 32 saves, including 18 in the third period; Kayla Black stopped 13 shots for the Bulldogs.
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Ohio State 0-1-2--3
Minnesota Duluth 0-1-1--2
First period -- No scoring.
Second period -- 1. UMD, Zoe Hickel 11 (Meghan Huertas, Ashleigh Brykaliuk), 9:27; 2. OSU, Kendall Curtis 8 (Claudia Kepler, Annie Svedin), 12:05 (pp).
Third period -- 3. UMD, Jamie Kenyon 16 (Brykaliuk), 3:51; 4. OSU, Ally Tarr 11 (Taylor Kuehl), 4:07; 5. OSU, Kari Schmitt 9 (Tarr, Sara Schmitt), 6:11 (pp).
Saves -- Lisa Steffes, OSU, 10-4-18-32; Kayla Black, UMD, 1-7-5--13.
Att. -- 605.
Stevens Point knocks out UWS
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Megan Menotti broke a scoreless standoff with 49 seconds to play and lifted Wisconsin-Stevens Point to a 1-0 victory over Wisconsin-Superior in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference semifinal Saturday night at Stevens Point.
The defeat ended the Yellowjackets' season at 14-7-6.
Janna Beilke-Skoug made 10 of her 21 saves in the third period for the Pointers (19-4-4), who swept the two-game series to set up a championship game against Wisconsin-River Falls.
Shanley Peters stopped the first 29 shots she faced before allowing Menotti's power-play goal.
