Team Wisconsin scored four times in the opening period and never looked back as they cruised to an easy 9-2 win over the Northern Plains girls Thursday evening in America's Showcase at the RMU Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh.

Hannah Koniar, Megan Saari, and Ky Jansen scored in the first 4:45 of the first for a 3-0 lead. After a Northern Plains goal, Emily Bauer tallied midway through the first for a 4-1 lead.

Morgan Hobbs scored one minute into the middle period before Plains scored again to cut the lead to 5-2 six minutes in.

The final period was all TW, as Natasha Wanless scored twice, while Saari added her second goal and Taylor Treu put the final digit on the scoreboard with just over six minutes left in the game.

Johanna Cano tallied a playmaker for TW.

Abbey Weisrock (9) and Rebecca Binder (4) combined for 13 saves for TW, while Sydney Podrazik stopped 24 shots for Northern Plains.

TW outshot NP by a 33-15 margin.

The Team Wisconsin boys squad got a goal from Jake Berry in the first period for an early lead, but host Pittsburgh was anything but friendly as they scored three straight en route to a 4-2 win Thursday in the America's Showcase at Pittsburgh's RMU Island Sports Center.

Trailing 3-1 going into the third period, TW clawed back on Logan Conkey's goal five minutes in to cut the lead to one goal, but Pittsburgh scored an empty-netter with just over three minutes left for the 4-2 final.

Alex Jones stopped 45 shots for TW. Pittsburgh held a 48-25 shot edge in the contest.