USA Hockey announced today their women’s team roster, headed to Italy to play in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Cayla Barnes, Hannah Bilka, and Joy Dunne will represent Ohio State women’s hockey in the XXV Winter Olympiad.

Barnes and Bilka played their fifth years for the Buckeyes during the 2023-24 national championship season. Barnes will play in her third Olympic Games for Team USA after helping the team win gold in 2018 and silver in 2022. Bilka and Dunne are set to make their Olympic debuts this year in Italy.

Bilka led the team with 48 points. She recorded 22 goals, 26 assists and a team-high four power play goals and nine points on the power play. Barnes earned All-America honors and finished the season with a team-high +71 on ice rating and had 62 blocked shots. The duo earned First Team All-WCHA honors.

Dunne, a two-time World Championships team member with Team USA, is an alternate captain for the Buckeyes this season and leads the team in goals (17) and is second in points (30). She was WCHA and HCA Rookie of the Year in 2024 and has been named a two-time Frozen Four All-Tournament Team member.

The Ohio State women’s hockey team has had a representative at every Olympic Games since women’s ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998. Since then, 11 Buckeyes have made a total of 21 appearances at the Olympics through the games in 2022.