COLUMBUS, Ohio (Interstat) — The Ohio State Buckeyes scored three times in the first period and cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions in a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game Saturday at Value City Arena.

Ohio State’s Kaia Malachino and Sloane Matthews scored 1:17 and 5:55 into the game, respectively, before Penn State’s Tessa Janecke answered on a power play at 7:50. The Buckeyes’ Mira Jungåker restored the two-goal lead before the first intermission. Jocelyn Amos added a second-period goal. Goaltender Hailey MacLeod made 20 saves for the Buckeyes before an announced crowd of 676.

The win improved Ohio State to 17-3, while Penn State fell to 18-3. The Buckeyes swept the weekend series after a 5-1 win Friday.