Wisconsin, Ohio State, Cornell will fill out Women’s Frozen Four field at Ridder Arena

Kelly Gorbatenko scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, Ava McNaughton made 19 saves and Wisconsin will play in the Women’s Frozen Four for the 16th time after a 4-1 victory over Clarkson on Saturday in Madison, Wis.

Ava Murphy scored the tying goal in the second period for the Badgers, while Laila Edwards scored on a power play with 4:36 remaining in the third for a two-goal lead. Lacey Eden added an empty netter.

Kristen Simms and Casey O’Brien each had two assists for Wisconsin (36-1-2), which is on a 25-game unbeaten streak (23-0-2)

and seeks its fourth national championship after winning it all in 2019, ’21 and ’23.

The Badgers will play the Gophers on Friday in a national semifinal at Ridder Arena, a rematch of last weekend’s WCHA championship game.

Nicole Gosling scored a first-period power-play goal for Clarkson (25-13-2).

Cornell 1, Minnesota Duluth 0: Alyssa Regalado scored in the third period, Annelies Bergmann made 28 saves for her 10th shutout of the season and the host Big Red (25-4-5) edged the Bulldogs (22-15-2) to make the Frozen Four for the first time since 2019.

“We had a lot of really good looks tonight, and unfortunately we couldn’t put one away,” UMD coach Laura Schuler said.

Eve Gascon stopped 20 shots for UMD; Gascon and Bergmann are two of the three finalists for National Goalie of the Year.

Ohio State 5, St. Lawrence 1: Sloane Matthews and Joy Dunne scored first-period goals before the host Buckeyes (28-7-3) pulled away in the third period against the Saints (21-12-5). Ohio State, which beat Wisconsin 1-0 for last year’s national championship, will play Cornell on Friday.