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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats spotted the UNO Mavericks an early lead but came back to win 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at the TD Bank Sport Center.  The win gave the Bobcats a sweep of the non-conference series.

The loss dropped the Mavericks to 11-8-1 on the year while Quinnipiac stretched its nation-best unbeaten streak to 12 games (11-0-1) and improved its record to 14-3-2.

UNO took advantage of an early power play to grab the lead.  The Mavericks won the faceoff back to defenseman Michael Young who slipped a pass to Ryan Walters.  He fired a shot from the top of the faceoff circle that beat goalie Eric Hartzell for his team-leading 12th goal of the year.

The Bobcats answered less than three minutes later when Clay Harvey got free in front of the UNO net and beat John Faulkner with a shot just under the crossbar.

Quinnipiac took the lead on a power play later in the period.  Connor Jones slipped a shot past Faulkner just inside the far post at 15:59.

The Bobcats stretched their lead to 3-1 early in the second period.  On their fourth power play of the game, Ben Arnt knocked in the rebound of a shot by Matthew Peca for his fourth goal of the year.

Faulkner suffered the loss with 34 saves as UNO was outshot 37-29 for the game.  Hartzell got the win with 28 saves.

Walters' goal helped him extend his goal-scoring streak to four games.  He now has points in 11 of the last 12 games (12-13-25).

The Mavericks return home to resume their WCHA schedule on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 4-5 when they host Colorado College.