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03/20 19:49 CDT Ohio State women shut out Northeastern 5-0 at Frozen Four to reach title game Ohio State women shut out Northeastern 5-0 at Frozen Four to reach title game UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) --- Ohio State scored four goals in the final 10 minutes of the first period, and the No. 1 overall seed Buckeyes beat fifth-seeded Northeastern 5-0 on Friday in the first of two semifinals Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena. Ohio State (36-4-0), which set the program's single-season wins record with 36, advanced to its fifth straight national title game to improve to 14-4 in the NCAA Tournament and 7-4 in the Frozen Four. Northeastern (29-9-1) was making its fourth Frozen Four appearance in program history and first since 2023 when Ohio State defeated the Huskies 3-0. The Huskies dropped to 5-7-0 in the NCAA Tournament. Five different players scored for the Buckeyes and 10 players recorded a point. Joy Dunne, a Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalist, scored on a rebound 10 minutes into the game for her 27th goal of the season. Then Kaia Malachino and Sanni Vanhanen scored a minute apart for a 3-0 lead. Emma Peschel beat the first-period buzzer with a slap shot to make it 4-0 and Sara Swiderski sent a shot from the blue line that deflected into the goal in the third. Hailey MacLeod recorded her fifth shutout this season with 15 saves --- five coming in the first 10 minutes. She ended a breakaway chance five minutes in and finished the frame with eight saves. Northeastern goaltender Lisa Jnsson made 37 saves.

Up next The Buckeyes will face the winner of the second semifinal between No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 3 Penn State. ___ AP women's hockey: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-hockey

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