Freshman Chad Niddery scored in overtime to give the fourth-ranked Ohio State men a 3-2 victory over Miami last night in a Central Collegiate Hockey Association game in Oxford, Ohio.

The Buckeyes (13-4-1, 10-3-1-1) salvaged a series split to remain in first place in the CCHA.

After a scoreless first period, the RedHawks struck first at 11:14 of the second, but OSU freshman Tanner Fritz tied the score at 1 less than two minutes later.

In the third period, Miami (9-9-2, 5-7-2-1) scored on a power play at 8:21, but again the Buckeyes got the equalizer quickly when senior Danny Dries tallied at 10:32.

Niddery’s goal came one second after an OSU power play expired in overtime. He put in a rebound after Alex Carlson’s faceoff win in the RedHawks’ zone.

Brady Hjelle (2-2-0) had 37 saves for Ohio State.

Women

Ohio State gave up three goals in the first seven minutes and fell to second-ranked Minnesota 4-1 in a Women’s Collegiate Hockey Association game in Minneapolis.

Danielle Gagne’s second-period tally, when the score was already 4-0, was the only goal for Ohio State (9-6-2, 6-6-1).

Rachel Ramsey opened the scoring for the Golden Gophers (16-3-0, 10-3-0) with a power-play goal at 5:14 of the first period while OSU’s Hokey Langan was in the penalty box for slashing. Only 26 seconds later, Rachael Bona made it 2-0 Gophers. Emily West added another goal with 13:06 to play in the period, giving Minnesota three goals in a span of 1:40.

Amanda Kessel made it 4-0 in the second with her 19th goal of the season.

Ohio State goaltender Lisa Steffes (7-4-0) faced 11 shots in the first period and 32 in the game. She stopped 20 of 21 shots after the first period.