FREMONT, Neb. – In their final home series of the season, Midland University split a pair of games with Lawrence Technological University over the weekend. The Warriors won the opener by a score on Friday night before falling in overtime to the Blue Devils 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. With the split Midland is now 19-4-1-0 overall and 17-2-1-0 in NAIHA play. Lawrence Tech moves to 13-9-1-1 overall and 7-9-0-0 in the NAIHA.

Blake Neumann and Luke Sanko each found the back on the net in Friday's win. Neumann's goal came as the first period was winding down off assists from Jake Mullendore and Zach Voss. Sanko scored on a power play midway through the third off a pass from Mullendore and Trevor Hillman. That goal put them up 2-0 in the game but LTU's Parker Hodges would pull the Blue Devils back to within a goal with 7:41 remaining.

The Midland defense would tighten up in the third as Sean Kelley earned the victory stopping 29 of 30 shots between the pipes.

Kelley looked sharp once again on Saturday, making some spectacular saves to give Midland a chance for the series and season sweep. He gave up a tough goal on the power play in the second period to Brendan Preiss at the 13:49 mark.

Sanko would even the score before the period would end though to knot things back up. He scored off of assists from Tyler Gallagher and Voss on the power play with just five seconds left on the clock.

 After neither team could break the tie in the third period. The game went to a 3-on-3 overtime period of five minutes. Each team fired up three shots in the extra session. Austin Petty, the Blue Devils' goalie stopped all three, 24 for the game, to get the win. Kelley made 35 saves in the game but couldn't stop the last one as Eric Randall scored the game-winner with just 54 seconds left in overtime.

Midland still remains atop the NAIHA standings with 35 points. Indiana Tech, the Warriors' next opponent is in second place 28 points. Lawrence Tech remains in third with 20 points while Lindenwood-Belleville is fourth with 14 points. Waldorf and Concordia-Ann Arbor round out the standings with 8 and 7 points respectively.

After a week off from games, the Warriors (19-4-1-0, 17-2-1-0 NAIHA) will travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana to take on Indiana Tech (19-3-0-0, 14-1-0-0 NAIHA) in a three game series that will go a long way in determining the top seed for next month's national tournament.