Wisconsin women's hockey defeated the rival Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-2 on Friday in the NCAA Women's Frozen Four semifinal. The triumph sent the Badgers back to the national championship game, where they will meet the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday afternoon.

The Gophers women's hockey team was just never able to figure out its border rival. The fourth-seeded Gophers struck first, but Laila Edwards had a hat trick for top-seeded Wisconsin, which dominated the latter two periods in a 6-2 victory in a Frozen Four semifinal Friday night at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS – Wisconsin takes another step in its pursuit of an eighth NCAA women’s hockey championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a Frozen Four semifinal against Minnesota at the Gophers’ Ridder Arena.