ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – Men's ice hockey continued their success up at WHAC rival Rochester today when they defeated Rochester 8-3.

Tech came out of the gate ready to play scoring their first goal at the 14:20 mark when Adam Vannelli found the back of the net from Zach Bennett and Vaughn Treppa on a power play. About six minutes later Rochester tied it up with a goal from Billy Mihelich. Exactly three minutes later Vannelli struck again with the assist by fellow defenseman Axel Low to put Tech ahead 2-1. At 4:52 Rochester got a penalty that resulted in a power play for Indiana Tech. Joel Holmberg made sure to take advantage of the situation and scored at the 3:20 mark with assists by Filip Schultz and Alex Arnold. Tech ended the first period up 3-1.

Rochester opened the second period with back to back goals, only two minutes apart with the second goal being a power play goal to tie the game 3-3 with 13:36 on the clock. Eight minutes later Tech answered with Holmberg once again from Arnold at the 5:15 minute mark. Under three minutes later the pair connected again on a power play to give Indiana Tech a 5-3 lead. The Warriors weren't done yet. With 54 seconds left in the second Cam Chabot scored from Bennett and Pete Cascagnette and then Tech scored again with 23 seconds left with Vannelli once again from Low and Bear Ross. Indiana Tech led 7-3 after two periods of play.

Indiana Tech kicked the defense up a notch and held Rochester scoreless while the Warriors scored a short-handed goal by Chabot unassisted. Tech won the game 8-3 to advance to 2-1 in the WHAC and 3-5 overall.

Tech is back in action tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. where they host Rochester for another meeting of the Warriors.