Women's hockey | Ohio State takes series over Minnesota State to proceed to WCHA Final Faceoff

Liz Schepers scored the only goal Ohio State needed as Andrea Braendli held off Minnesota State in the Buckeyes’ 1-0 win on Saturday.

The win secured a trip to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Faceoff in Minnesota after the Buckeyes took the first two games over the Mavericks to end the best-of-three series early.

With the two wins, Ohio State’s record improved to 22-8-6 (13-6-5).

On Friday, Emma Maltais scored the winning goal on a third-period power play to lead Ohio State to a 4-2 victory. Maltais made it 3-2 at 5:37 of the third and Liz Schepers added a power-play goal at 14:04 for Ohio State.