The 14th-ranked Milwaukee School of Engineering hung on for a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University on Friday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
MSOE (11-5-0, 8-3-0 MCHA) built a 3-1 lead and withstood a third-period charge by the Vikings (5-8-3, 4-4-3).
Connor Toomey stopped 36 shots to pick up the win for MSOE. Peter Emery made 31 saves for the Vikings.
Josh Keizer got the Raiders on the board just nine seconds into the opening period. Lawrence finally tied it on Huck Saunders’ second goal of the season at the 1:43 mark of the second period.
West Bauman gave MSOE a 2-1 edge on his goal at the 9:02 mark of the second. The Raiders made it 3-1 on Bradley Tierney’s power-play goal with just 1:35 remaining in the second period.
Lawrence trimmed the lead to 3-2 on Phil Buschbacher’s goal at the 7:45 mark of the third. Lawrence did pull the goaltender for the final 30 seconds of the contest but could not get the equalizer.
The teams wrap up the series Saturday night in Milwaukee.