Minnesota Duluth stretched its Division I-leading unbeaten streak to 12 games Friday night by the smallest of margins, edging Ohio State 5-4 in overtime in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's game before 892 fans at the DECC.
Junior left winger Laura Fridfrinnson scored her team-leading 18th goal of the season, and second of the game, with 67 seconds left in sudden death. The No. 3-ranked Bulldogs (22-7-2 and 18-5-2 WCHA) have won nine straight games and are 10-0-2 the past 12 games. UMD pulled within two points of league-leading Minnesota with three games to play in the regular season.
Ohio State (14-13-4 and 11-12-2) led 1-0 and 2-1 before needing to rally to tie the game on Natalie Spooner's power-play goal with 4:47 left in the third period. Winger Laura McIntosh had four assists. The Buckeyes are 3-41-4 lifetime against UMD.
Center Jessica Wong had a goal and two assists for the Bulldogs.
UMD freshman goalie Jennifer Harss made 41 saves, her second-most this season, in setting a program single-season high at 860 saves in
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29 games. Kim Martin made 843 in 2007-08.
Frifinnson's goal came on UMD's only shot in overtime on an assist from Blais.
The teams meet at 6:07 p.m. today.
