Ohio State Buckeyes women ' s ice hockey The Ohio State Buckeyes women ’ s ice hockey team represents Ohio State University . The Buckeyes currently participate in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . History . The Buckeyes competed in the WCHA championship in March 2001 . Ohio State defeated St . Cloud State in the first round . In the next round , the Buckeyes blanked No . 1 Minnesota to advance to the championship final . The Buckeyes were defeated by eventual national champion Minnesota Duluth . The Buckeyes had an 18 - 16 - 3 overall record , including 11 - 10 - 3 in the WCHA . The Buckeyes finished No . 8 in the national polls . During the regular season , the Buckeyes were 12 - 5 - 1 in their last 18 contests and finished 7 - 1 - 0 . The 2001 - 02 season had a breakthrough season by defeating several nationally - ranked teams . OSU upset No . 3 New Hampshire and No . 4 St . Lawrence and also tied No . 6 Dartmouth . Five players received postseason honors . Jeni Creary was named the WCHA Rookie of the Year and All - WCHA First Team selection after leading the nation in scoring for the first half of the season . Emma Laaksonen earned JOFA / AHCA Second Team All - America accolades and All - WCHA Second Team honors despite missing 10 games while representing her native Finland at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games . In 2006 - 07 season , Ohio State reached the 20 - win mark for the first time in program history . The team finished with a 20 - 13 - 4 mark . In addition , the team set the record for the Buckeyes ’ longest unbeaten streak at 10 games ( 9 - 0 - 1 , Oct . 28 - Dec . 8 ) . Ohio State also posted a team - best 30 points in the WCHA with a 13 - 11 - 4 conference mark . The Buckeyes had a 12 - 5 - 3 home record at OSU Ice Rink . The Buckeyes finished fourth in the league standings . OSU swept Minnesota State in the best - of - three series and advanced to the WCHA semifinals against eventual national champion Wisconsin . The Buckeyes completed the season as the 10th - ranked team in both the USCHO . com and USA Hockey national polls . Jackie Barto recorded her 200th career win November 24 , 2007 with a 4 - 1 victory against St . Cloud State at the OSU Ice Rink . In 2008 , Tessa Bonhomme was Ohio State ' s first two - time Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award , given to the top Division I women ' s hockey student - athlete in the nation . She was also the team captain of the 2007 - 08 Buckeyes . Bonhomme also made Ohio State history when she was named both WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year , becoming the first Buckeye to receive either award . Last spring , Liana Bonanno became the program ' s first ESPN The Magazine Academic All - America at - large selection , earning a place on the third team . Jody Heywood also was a two - time finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2007 and ' 08 , the first Buckeye on either men ' s or women ' s teams to be a finalist for the award . Natalie Spooner scored 21 goals in 2009 to lead the Buckeyes and rank seventh in the OSU single - season records . She had a six - game point streak , Nov . 15 - Jan . 9 , that included a five - game goal streak to tie for the second - longest in Buckeye history . On December 12 , 2008 , Natalie Spooner set the Ohio State record for goals in a game with four in a 6 - 5 win at Minnesota State . She scored a natural hat trick in the second period of that game with three goals in a span of 1 minute , 56 seconds . The opening game of the 2009 - 10 season was Jackie Barto ' s 500th career game behind the bench . Coaches . Jackie Barto is the first and only head coach of the Ohio State women ' s ice hockey team . Barto has led Ohio State to a program record of 147 - 185 - 34 ( . 448 ) . During Barto ’ s first 10 years as coach , Ohio State has received a total of 14 All - WCHA honors . Barto served on the NCAA Women ' s Ice Hockey Championship Committee 2000 - 06 and also is a member of the American Women ' s Hockey Coaches Association .