Box Score GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Davenport men's Division I hockey team pulled off the upset of No. 2 Lindenwood on Saturday by the final score of 3-2 to split the weekend series with the Lions. The Panthers improved to 10-2-0-1 this season and did so behind one goal in each period.
Cody Walsh got DU on the board at 15:30 of the first with assists from
Kody Polin and
Jordan Simmonds on the power play. Lindenwood saw themselves go down 2-0 at 14:53 of the second period as
Travis White got the goal assisted by
Everett Thompson.
Lindenwood got their two goals in the third period at 0:32 from Riley Spraggs and 10:56 from Mike Lozano.
Chris Eckler took advantage on a late penalty by the Lions and scored on the power play at 17:20 from
Matt Ogden and Simmonds.
"I am happy with how we played this weekend," said head coach
Phil Sweeney. "I thought we played good yesterday, we had an unfortunate bounce and ended up losing a tough one. We bounced back today and played at a very high level. Lindenwood is solid, and they deserved to be ranked where they are. These were two great hockey games this weekend. It is good for all of our guys to get the hard earned win, they deserved it. I'm very proud of this team. This was a great team win. This gives us a lot of momentum moving into this upcoming weekend where we play four games in six nights."