The question wasn't whether or not the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team was going to have league players of the week, it was simply a matter of how many.

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association crowned sophomore goaltender Ève Gascon WCHA Goaltender of the Week and freshman center Caitlin Kraemer WCHA Rookie of the Week Monday, just one day after the duo helped the Bulldogs sweep Ohio State University in Columbus -- the first sweep of a No. 1 team since 2010.

Gascon faced 79 shots on the weekend and responded with 75 saves including 39 Saturday in a game UMD was outshot 40-14. In addition to making the most saves in a series in her career, the Mascouche, Quebec native added an assist on Kraemer's game-tying goal on Sunday for her first collegiate assist. With a series average of 37.5 saves a game, the two triumphs were the first for Gascon against a top-3 team, and the first series sweep of her career.

Kraemer scored two goals in third period Sunday against the top-ranked Buckeyes to equalize and give UMD the 4-3 lead to help secure the series sweep. Kraemer's end to end goals included one unassisted effort on the game-winner with less than five minutes left in regulation. A product of Waterloo, Ontario, Kraemer also added an assist on UMD's first goal of the game -- that helper doubled as her first collegiate point. It also marked the first goal of her career and first multiple point game.

Gascon, Kraemer and the rest of the 2-0-0 Bulldogs will open up at AMSOIL Arena this weekend when they host Syracuse University for a Saturday-Sunday non-conference series. Saturday's game will get underway at 7:00 p.m.