MADISON, Wis. - Alaska Anchorage's hopes of earning a berth in next week's WCHA Final Five came to an end here at the Kohl Center Saturday night as No. 3-ranked Wisconsin downed the Seawolves, 7-2, and swept the best-of-three-game series, 2-0.

The win by the Badgers (24-9-4) propels them into next weekend's WCHA Final Five tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., while UAA's (11-23-2) 2009-10 season comes to an end.

The Seawolves erased an early 2-0 Wisconsin lead on goals by senior defenseman Trevor Hunt late in the first period and sophomore forward Curtis Leinweber early in the second. But the Badgers answered with back-to-back power-play goals in the second, and three more scores in the third.

Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion and Michael Davies put the Badgers on the board with even-strength tallies at 3:32 and 16:46 of the opening period of play. Four seconds after a 5-on-3 situation in favor of UAA, Hunt fired a shot through traffic and hit mesh, closing the gap to one goal - his first goal of the season. Junior defenseman Kane Lafranchise and freshman forward Daniel Naslund picked up the helpers at 19:36.

The Seawolves tied the game when Wisconsin's goalie Scott Gudmandson went behind his net to retrieve the puck and was greeted by freshman forward Tyler Currier, who in turn fed the puck to Leinweber for the empty net goal. Freshman forward Mitch Bruijsten assisted on the play at 15:27.

The Badgers responded with two power-play goals by Derek Stepan (18:11) and Justin Schultz (19:22), sending UAA into the locker room with a two-goal deficit.

Wisconsin increased its lead in the third period with a pair of goals by Aaron Bendickson - just 12 seconds apart - and Geoffrion's second goal of the evening for the 7-2 final.

Receiving the nod in net for UAA was junior goaltender Bryce Christianson (3-8-0). The Anchorage native registered 31 saves, while Gudmandson (16-3-4) blocked 35 shots.

The Seawolves surrendered a season-high 20 shots on net in the third period, giving the Badgers the final lead in shots, 41-37.

UAA was held scoreless on the man advantage for the second straight night, going 0-for-7. UW was able to strike on 2-of-10 opportunities.

Saturday's game ended the college career for seven Seawolf seniors - Nils Backstrom, Kevin Clark, Hunt, Josh Lunden, Jon Olthuis, Ken Selby and Jared Tuton.