Box Score MARQUETTE, Mich. -- Northern Michigan's Billy Smith scored in overtime to defeat the Mavs 4-3 and complete the sweep of Nebraska-Omaha Saturday night in Central Collegiate Hockey Association play.

Senior forward Mick Lawrence recorded his 100th career point, 50th career goal, 20th season goal and 15th season power-play goal in the loss.

The Mavs scored first during four-on-four play with a goal from senior forward Bill Bagron with an assist from Lawrence at 2:48 of the first.

The Wildcats equalized the score at 5:19 with a goal from Jared Brown.

Freshman forward Joey Martin lifted UNO to a 2-1 lead with assists from senior forwards Brandon Scero and Lawrence. Nebraska-Omaha extended its lead just under three minutes later with Lawrence's power-play goal off of helpers from juniors Juha Uotila and Dan Charleston.

Matt Siddall scored for Northern Michigan at 12:56 to send the Wildcats into the third just one goal behind UNO.

NMU evened the score at 12:34 with a power-play goal from Siddall to send the teams into extra play.

At 3:40 of overtime Smith beat junior goalie Jerad Kaufmann five-hole to top the Mavericks.

UNO is now 14-16-4 on the overall season and 11-13-4 in the CCHA, while the Wildcats rose to .500 in the conference, 12-12-2 and 15-16-3 overall.



First Period
1, UNO, Bill Bagron (Mick Lawrence), 4x4, 2:48.
2, NMU, Jared Brown (Gregor Hanson), 5:19.
Second Period
3, UNO, Joey Martin (Brandon Scero), 8:22.
4, UNO, Mick Lawrence (Juha Uotila, Dan Charleston), pp, 11:14.
5, NMU, Matt Siddall (Andrew Sarauer, Blake Cosgrove), 12:56.
Third Period
6, NMU, Matt Siddall (Nick Sirota, Jerad Brown), pp, 12:34.
Overtime
7, NMU, Billy Smith (Phil Fox, Mark Olver), 3:40.

Power Play: UNO 1-4; NMU 1-4
Penalties: UNO 7/14; NMU 6/12
SOG: UNO 8-14-15-2--39; NMU 13-4-7-1--26
Saves: UNO, Jerad Kaufmann, 22; NMU, Brian Stewart, 36
Attendance: 2,797