The University of Minnesota women’s hockey team is head to the NCAA Frozen Four for the second time in three years.

Men’s hockey defeated Colgate, 3-0, in game two of the ECAC quarterfinals, sweeping the Raiders and advancing to ECAC championship weekend. It is the Red’s third sweep in the quarterfinals in as many years.

Abbey Murphy scored a pair of power-play goals to lead the fourth-seeded Gophers women's hockey team to a 3-2 victory over fifth-seeded Colgate in a NCAA Tournament Regional Final on Saturday at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.

The Gophers women’s hockey team is returning to the Frozen Four, and the game that got it there — a 3-2 win over the Colgate Raiders on Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena — was a microcosm of the Gophers’ season. As a whole, they painted a pretty picture, but not without having to cover up some errant strokes.

The Gophers will play top seed Wisconsin in the NCAA semifinals in Ridder Arena.