The Ohio State women’s hockey team beat the nation’s second- and third-ranked teams in overtime this weekend at Ridder Arena to earn the program’s first WCHA tournament championship and an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The Buckeyes’ reward: a return trip to the Twin Cities next weekend. The Gophers will face Ohio State again Saturday, as the eight-team NCAA tournament field was revealed Sunday night. The Buckeyes beat the Gophers 4-3 in Saturday’s WCHA semifinals, then defeated defending national champion Wisconsin 1-0 Sunday. But the fifth-ranked Buckeyes (24-8-6) were not one of the four teams seeded for the NCAA tournament. The Gophers (27-6-3) were named the No.?4 seed and will play Ohio State for the sixth time this season; the Buckeyes have won three of the first five meetings. “We’re really honored to be in position to host and to be one of eight teams left in the country,”…
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