MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Cassie Hall scored twice and Maggie Scannell recorded three assists as Wisconsin defeated Boston University 4-1 in a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game at Mariucci Arena. The Badgers, playing at home, improved to 4-0. The Terriers, the visiting team, fell to 0-2. Wisconsin scored three times in the third period to break open a tie game. The game was the second meeting between the teams this season. Attendance was 2,273.

Wisconsin goaltender Ava McNaughton made 13 saves on 14 shots. Boston University opened the scoring in the first period when Lo Lachapelle scored at 15:18, with Eden Bergman and Tessa Demain assisting. Lachapelle, a 5-foot-6 left wing who previously played at Northwood School, finished with one goal and six shots on goal. She also had one hit. Boston University finished with one goal. McNaughton’s 13 saves helped Wisconsin remain unbeaten.

Wisconsin tied the game in the second period when Hall scored at 29:34, with assists from Scannell and Nela Lopusanova. Hall, a 5-foot-6 center, added five shots on goal and one hit. Scannell, a 5-foot-10 right wing from Wynantskill, N.Y., had seven shots on goal to go with her three assists. Scannell assisted on Wisconsin’s first three goals. The Badgers responded with four unanswered goals. McNaughton, a 6-foot goaltender, earned the win. Hall’s two goals gave her goals in four straight games to open the season.

The Badgers took control in the third period. Hall scored again at 50:57, with Scannell and Ava Murphy assisting. Lopusanova made it 3-1 at 53:15, with Adéla Šapovalivová and Scannell assisting. Laney Potter capped the scoring at 55:54. Potter, a 5-foot-11 left defenseman, had two shots on goal. Lopusanova, a 5-foot-8 left wing who previously played at Bishop Kearney High School, finished with one goal and one assist on two shots. Wisconsin’s three third-period goals came in a span of 4 minutes, 57 seconds.

Murphy, a 5-foot-9 right defenseman, had one assist and three shots on goal. Šapovalivová, a 5-foot-4 center, had one assist and five shots on goal. Rosalie Tremblay, a 5-foot-8 center who previously played at Stanstead College, recorded four shots on goal. Finley McCarthy, a 5-foot-9 left wing, had five shots on goal and two penalty minutes. McCarthy was called for slashing at 5:44 of the first period. Wisconsin’s Haley Box received a five-minute boarding penalty at 10:23 of the first period. Boston University’s Keira Healey was assessed a two-minute crosschecking penalty at 28:45 of the second period. The Badgers had two penalties, while the Terriers had one.

Wisconsin has won all four games this season and has outscored opponents 23-3. The Badgers entered the game after a 7-0 win over Boston University in the previous meeting and two wins at Saint Lawrence. Hall had one goal and three shots on goal in the previous meeting with Boston University. She also had one goal and two assists in the first game at Saint Lawrence and one goal and one assist in the second. Boston University remains winless in two games after also falling in the previous meeting. Wisconsin’s four wins have come against Boston University and Saint Lawrence.

Boston University’s upcoming schedule includes games at New Hampshire and Holy Cross, home games against Colgate, Yale, Northeastern, and Maine, and a road game at Boston College. Wisconsin’s upcoming schedule includes two games at Ohio State, a home series against Minnesota State, two games at Saint Cloud State, and home series against St. Thomas and Bemidji State.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Wisconsin 6, Boston University 1. Its ELO system gave Wisconsin an 88.8 percent probability to win.