MADISON, Wis. – The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team scored three goals in the final nine minutes to defeat Cornell, 3-0, on Friday night at LaBahn Arena.
Junior Baylee Wellhausen scored her fifth of the season with nine minutes to go in the third before senior Sarah Nurse tacked on an insurance goal four minutes later. Junior Annie Pankowski scored an empty-net goal with 50 seconds to go to put the game out of reach for Wisconsin (13-1-1).
Freshman Nikki Cece, in only her third career start, stopped all 11 Cornell (6-3-1) shots to earn her first career shutout.
The Badgers outshot Cornell 54-11, including a 43-6 advantage during the final 40 minutes of play.
Wisconsin enjoyed its second sellout of the season and leads the NCAA with an average of 2,154 fans per home game.
The two teams wrap up their series on Saturday with an 8 p.m. contest at LaBahn Arena.
