FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's hockey team fell to the University of Michigan-Dearborn in both of their two-game series this weekend in a tightly contested contest between the last two undefeated teams in the WHAC standings.

On Friday, the No. 9 ranked Warriors would host the visiting No. 17 ranked Wolverines, as both sides were 8-0 in WHAC play entering the contest. Dearborn would score first in game one under ten minutes into the game, but Tech would answer six minutes later with a goal from Pavel Svoboda, assisted by Connor Funke and Alex Carrothers. Heading into the second period knotted up at one a piece, both teams would look to separate themselves in the game. The Wolverines would again score first in the period under four minutes in, but Tech would find an answer with just under five minutes remaining in the period when TJ Dougan scored off of Luke Anderson and Brandon Plummer assists. The second period would continue to be action packed in the final five minutes with two more goals scored before the horn went off. Dearborn would score to take a 3-2 lead with 2:03 to go and Tech would tie it back up at three at the 1:30 mark thanks to a goal from Connor Funke. Pavel Svoboda and Austin Buck would pick up assists on the goal. In the first minute of the third period, the Wolverines would score to go up 4-3. The remainder of the period would go pretty quietly on the scoresheet, but there would be four penalties in the period in what was a chippy game from the start. Tech would try to find a tying goal late but could not get another one past the UM-Dearborn netminder, only registering five shots in the final period. The Wolverines would add an empty net goal with five seconds left and win the game by a final of 5-3. Ty Barnhill would pick up the loss in goal for the Warriors, making 33 saves in the process.

In game two on Saturday, Tech would play the Wolverines at the UM-Dearborn Ice Arena in Dearborn, Michigan. This game, like the one before it, would be very tight from start to finish. In this one, however, it would be the Warriors who got off to a strong start first, taking a 2-0 lead in the opening ten minutes of action on goals from Mason Bazaluk and TJ Dougan. Alex Carrothers, Joey Mocnik, Luke Anderson, and Brandon Plummer would get assists on the goals. The Wolverines would claw back though scoring two goals to end the period and another midway through the second to go ahead 3-2. Avery Smith would score unassisted for the Warriors with 5:55 to go in the second period to tie it up at three. The third period would finish scoreless, meaning the teams would need overtime to find a winner. Ultimately, Dearborn would prevail in the extra period when Bailey Byrd scored his third goal of the game for the Wolverines, as they would win the game 4-3 in overtime and take a two-game lead over the Warriors for first place in the WHAC. Ty Barnhill would make 31 saves in the loss for the Warriors.

With the sweep, Indiana Tech falls to 11-4-0 on the season and 8-2-0 in the WHAC. The Orange & Black will face off with Rochester University in their next weekend series with an away game in Fraser, Michigan on Friday, November 17^th at 6:30pm and a home game on Saturday, November 18^th at 5:30pm at the SportONE/Parkview Icehouse.