Box Score National Tournament Central 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – After leading by just a single goal entering the second, Davenport posted two goals, both via the power play to open a 3-0 lead over Marquette and the Panthers cruised home to the 6-2 win. Top-seeded Davenport is now 2-0 in Pool C and will face off against the second seeded Kennesaw State Owls on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. EST. KSU is tied with Marquette with identical 1-1 records after the Owls defeated SUNY-Maritime 4-2 today.

After opening pool play yesterday with a 7-1 win over SUNY-Maritime, the Panthers took the ice on Wednesday against Marquette who had pulled off an upset in their opening game over Kennesaw State. Davenport controlled a majority of the play in the opening twenty minutes and finally got on the board with 6:22 remaining in the period when Zack Feher took a pass from Blake Damerow and put it by the MU netminder. The Panthers had a few more opportunities to extend the lead but the Eagle goaltender came up with some big saves as DU led in shots 14-66.

Needing a goal to put a little breathing room between them and the Golden Eagles, Davenport had to fight off three early MU power plays but then got on the board at the 8:17 mark of the second period when Jordan Steger converted a power play goal on assists from Branden Burton and Donald Sund. Then as MU almost had a five on three killed off, Garrett Garber scored from the point on two perfect passes from Damerow and Feher. That would be all of the scoring for the second period as Davenport held a 37-13 edge in shots after 40 minutes.

The scoring surge continued into the third period when Jake Otto scored his fourth goal of the tournament just 44 seconds in on assists from Sund and Burton. The lead grew to six when Dugan Kelly got his first of the tourney but that would be the last of the scoring for DU as Marquette finally got on the board with 9:31 to play and then followed with their second just 17 seconds later. Davenport ended up outshooting Marquette 61-29.


Post-Game Notes

Davenport improves to 3-0 this season against Marquette…DU is now 9-4 all-time in the ACHA D3 National Tournament…A win on Thursday would clinch a berth in Friday's national semifinals which will be played at 2:00 p.m. EST against the winner of Pool D

POOL C MATCHUPS: 
Day 1 – Marquette 4, Kennesaw State 2 | Davenport 7 – SUNY-Maritime 1
Day 2 – Kennesaw State 5, SUNY-Maritime 2 | Davenport 6, Marquette 2
Day 3 – Davenport vs. Kennesaw State | SUNY-Maritime vs. Marquette

A LOOK at DAVENPORT - Davenport claimed their first ever MCHC West Division Title by going 13-1 in league play including their first ever sweep of rival Hope College...DU has played six of the 20 teams appearing at the National Tournament and went 6-4 in those matchups...Jordan Steger and Donald Sund lead the team in points (44) and goals (22) while Branden Burton is tops in assists with 24...John Cruse finished with a GAA of 1.94
 
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