The No. 16 Omaha Mavericks secured the program's first ever sweep over North Dakota tonight with their 4-1 victory against the No. 3 Fighting Hawks.

It didn't take the Mavericks long to get the scoring started tonight. On the power play, Zach Urdahl buried his 10^th goal of the season, putting home a rebound just 3:52 into the game. With 1:44 remaining in the opening 20 minutes, Griffin Ludtke threw a shot from the point off the back wall and senior forward Matt Miller was in the perfect spot to corral the puck off the bank and fire it home to extend Omaha's lead to 2-0.

The Mavericks picked up right where they left off in the first period as Kirby Proctor scored just 79 seconds into the second frame to put Omaha up 3-0.
North Dakota's lone goal of the night came on a 5-on-3 power play two minutes after the Mavericks went up 3-0.

Like last night, the Mavericks did a good job of keeping everything in front of them and limiting North Dakota's chances for the remainder of the game.

Two-time captain of the Mavericks, Nolan Sullivan, secured the sweep when he fired a puck from the defensive zone all the way down into the empty UND cage with 2:02 remaining in regulation.

Locking up the fifth seed in the NCHC, Omaha will head to Colorado Springs next weekend for the quarterfinal round of the NCHC playoffs against Colorado College.
 
NOTES
Omaha closed out the regular season with a record of 20-10-4. They went 11-5-3 on home ice this year winning five of their final six home games and tying the other
When lighting the lamp first, Omaha is now 15-7-0
When holding the lead after the first period, the Mavericks are 10-3-0 and 13-1-1 when leading after 40 minutes
Graduate netminder Seth Eisele was a brick wall all night long stopping 37 of the 38 shots he faced including 12 in the final 20 minutes of regulation
Before tonight's game, the Mavericks recognized their 2023-24 senior class. That group was made up of Defenseman Nolan Krenzen, Forwards Jimmy Glynn, Brock Bremer and Matt Miller along with Hockey Ops assistant, Jake Harrison. Omaha also recognized their six graduate student athletes in Kirby Proctor, Dom Vidoli, Nolan Sullivan, Jesse Lansdell, Jack Randl and Seth Eisele.