As college men open practice Saturday, the Division I women’s season is underway.

On Friday in the WCHA, two ranked teams lost at home as Ohio State defeated Minnesota Duluth 3-1 at Amsoil Arena and Minnesota State-Mankato rallied to beat North Dakota 3-2 in Grand Forks, N.D.

The News Tribune has a UMD game story here and the Grand Forks Herald details the Mankato win at Ralph Engelstad Arena here.

Senior forward Drew LeBlanc of Hermantown has been named a St. Cloud State co-captain this season. A news release from the school is here.

Chris Peters of the United States of Hockey previews the CCHA (including UMD’s first two opponents, Ohio State and Notre Dame) in a post here.

Penn State has opened its first Division I season with practice and a Twitter photo shows the fans who showed up here.