Tonight's top 20 bout between the No. 20 Omaha Mavericks and No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes officially goes down as a 2-2 tie.

Ohio State found the back of the net first tonight at the 12:56 mark of the 1^st period to take a 1-0 lead on Omaha. The Buckeyes lead wouldn't last long as Senior forward Brock Bremer tipped home a shot from the point for the equalizer, 1:18 later for his first lamp lighter of the season. Griffin Ludtke and Jesse Lansdell registered the helpers. Ludtke extended his point streak to three games with the primary assist.

All knotted up after the opening 20, Omaha and Ohio State would each find the back of the net one more time in the 2^nd period. Graduate blueliner Kirby Proctor broke the deadlock at the 7:14 mark of the middle frame when he went in on a 2-on-1 and rifled a shot top shelf to capitalize on the Buckeyes offensive zone turnover. Sophomore Michael Abgrall tallied his third assist of the year on the goal.

The Buckeyes had multiple chances to take the lead with breakaway opportunities, but sophomore goaltender Simon Latkoczy had other ideas as he stonewalled them on all attempts. The Slovakian netminder turned aside 26 of the 28 shots he faced this evening. Omaha outshot Ohio State 36-28 in the contest.

The Mavericks shined in the faceoff circle winning the dot battle 40-21 for a 65.6 win percentage. Ty Mueller and Nolan Sullivan went a combined 25-10 in the circle. Individually, Mueller went 13-6 for a 68.4 win percentage while Sullivan posted a 75.0 percentage going 12-4.

Omaha's penalty kill remained perfect on the campaign neutralizing all three Buckeye man-advantage opportunities. They improved to 9-9 through all three games.

The Mavericks and Buckeyes will do it all again tomorrow night from Baxter Arena in the series finale. Puck drop slated for 7:07 p.m.