UNIVERSITY PARK — The No. 3 Penn State women’s ice hockey team will face No. 2 Wisconsin in the Frozen Four at Pegula Ice Arena on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The national semifinal game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

The Nittany Lions are in the Frozen Four for the first time in program history. Penn State secured the program’s first win at the NC Women’s Ice Hockey Championships against No. 6 UConn on March 14 in a 3-0 shutout. The four-time defending AHA champions have won 33 games this season, a single-season program record.

This is the fifth meeting between Penn State and Wisconsin with Wisconsin leading the series with a record of 3-1-0 against the Nittany Lions. At Pegula Ice Arena, the series is split 1-1.

This is the first time meeting of these teams since Sept. 23, 2022 at Pegula Ice Arena.

Penn State’s lone victory in the series came on Sept. 22, 2022. The Nittany Lions won by a 4-1 margin. In her first career game, Tessa Janecke scored two goals and assisted on another, setting the stage for a legendary career at Penn State.

Wisconsin finished the regular season first in WCHA standings. The Badgers fell to No. 1 Ohio State, 2-1, in the WCHA Championship.

The Badgers beat No. 7 Quinnipiac, 6-0, to reach the Frozen Four against Penn State. This is the fourth Frozen Four appearance in a row for the defending national champions.

Penn State is hosting the Frozen Four for the second time after being home to the event in 2022 as well. For information about tickets, parking and other events at Pegula, you are asked to visit 2026 Women’s Frozen Four Central website.

As part of the festivities, Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center on campus will be the home of the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award ceremony Saturday. Penn State’s Tessa Janecke, Wisconsin’s Caroline Harvey and Minnesota’s Abbey Murphy are the finalists for the most prestigious award in Division I women’s ice hockey. The ceremony will start at 12:30 p.m. with a live broadcast on the NHL Network.