Wisconsin to Meet Minnesota for Title DULUTH, Minn. - The Wisconsin women's hockey team advanced to the national championship game after beating Boston College, 6-2, Friday night in the semifinal round of the N.C.A.A. Frozen Four tournament. 1-ranked Badgers will face their Western Collegiate Hockey Association foe Minnesota in the final Sunday. Minnesota, the No. 2 seed, beat Cornell, 3-1, to earn their spot in the championship game. The decisive win Friday was led by Wisconsin's offense, outshooting the Eagles, 38-24. Wisconsin is now one win away from achieving back-to-back national titles and a win Sunday would be the program's fifth championship in seven years. The Badgers started slow, allowing the Eagles to score just 59 seconds into the game. B.C. forward Emily Field went around Wisconsin's defender and put the puck past the Badgers" sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby. However, Wisconsin turned its play around quickly, scoring two goals of their own in the first period. The sophomore forward Brittany Ammerman tied the score, 1-1, at 6 minutes 44 seconds in the period. "That's why you play the game, that's why you drop the puck, it's why you practice and prepare your teams because here is going to be adversity within a game hopefully you have some strength and can challenge," Wisconsin Coach Mark Johnson said. For the most part, it is was one of the better games we've played in the last couple of weeks. On a penalty kill at 13:47, the Wisconsin senior forward and assistant captain Carolyne Prevost found herself in a breakaway situation after forcing a turnover near Wisconsin's offensive blueline. Prevost knocked the puck past B.C. goaltender Corinne Boyles to give Wisconsin a 2-1 lead heading into the second period. "I saw [the defenseman] kind of fumble with the puck at the blue line so I just tried to poke at it," Prevost said. The goalie challenged me a little bit so I was able to just move to the outside and almost, basically had an open net. The senior forward and captain Hilary Knight scored the third goal for Wisconsin at 1:34 in the second period. After the teams exchanged power plays for most of the second period, both sending three players into the box, Ammerman again scored from a wrist shot inside the left circle during even play. Boston College remained competitive throughout the game. A five-on-three opportunity midway though the third period gave way for the Eagles" second goal, scored by their freshman forward Alex Carpenter. The senior forward Brittany Ammerman and Knight each added a goal for Wisconsin in the final period. Rigsby recorded 22 saves for Wisconsin and remains top in the nation with a .952 save percentage. "Rigsby is just one of those players you are so fortunate to have," Knight said. There were a bunch of opportunities where the puck could have gone the wrong way for us, which it did, and fortunately she was right there keeping the puck out of the net. When you can rely on your goal tender it gives you a lot of confidence up front. Looking ahead to the title game, Wisconsin and Minnesota have met four times already this year during the regular season. While Wisconsin won the regular-season league play with the top record of 23-3-2 in the W.C.H.A, they hold a 1-2-1 record against the Gophers this season. Minnesota went on to win the W.C.H.A league tournament against Minnesota-Duluth, which defeated the Badgers in the semifinal round of the tournament. The national championship game is set for 3 p.m. CT Sunday at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minn.