Badger Women's Hockey Team Demolishes Harvard
Team Looking For Third-Straight Championship
Updated: 7:34 am CDT March 21, 2008
DULUTH, Minn. -- Hopes of a third straight title remain alive for the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team.Jinelle Zaugg scored twice, Jessie Vetter stopped 33 shots, and the Badgers beat Harvard 4-1 today in the semifinals of the NCAA Women's Frozen Four in Duluth, Minnesota.Erika Lawler and Jasmine Giles also scored, and Meghan Duggan had two assists for the fourth-ranked Badgers (29-8-3), who will face either Minnesota-Duluth or New Hampshire in Saturday's title game.Top-ranked Harvard (32-2-0) lost for the first time in 22 games. It was just the second time this year that Harvard allowed more than two goals -- both were losses.After Jen Brawn gave the Crimson a 1-0 first period lead, Lawler and Giles scored two minutes apart early in the second for Wisconsin. Zaugg scored on a feed from Lawler midway through the second to make it 3-1, and on a feed from Mallory Deluce early in the third period.Wisconsin beat Minnesota-Duluth 4-1 in last year's title game, and beat Minnesota 3-0 in 2006.
Previous Stories:
- March 19, 2008: While Defending Champs, Badgers Women's Hockey Team Relishes Underdog Role
- March 18, 2008: Badgers Women's Hockey Looking For Three-Peat NCAA Championship
- March 2, 2008: UW Women's Hockey: Badgers Sweep First Playoff Series
- February 22, 2008: 4 Badgers Have Chance To Compete On Women's National Hockey Team
- January 20, 2008: UW Women's Hockey: Badgers Sweep Buckeyes
- January 6, 2008: UW Women's Hockey: Badgers Sweep Minnesota State
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