STEVENS POINT, Wis.--Junior Kyle Brothers scored twice for Adrian College, but Willem Nong-Lambert scored the game-winner in the third-period to lift Wisconsin-Stevens Point to a 4-3 non-conference win on Saturday evening. The two top-5 NCAA Division III men's hockey powerhouses thrilled the audience during the two-game weekend series with up-and-down action and physical play.

THE BASICS
= Final Score: UW-Stevens Point 4, Adrian 3  Box / Text / Sheet

= Location: K.B. Willett Ice Arena; Stevens Point, Wis.

= Records: UWSP Pointers 9-2-2, 2-0 WIAC ; Adrian Bulldogs 8-2-2, 7-1 NCHA-South

= National Rankings: Adrian #2 D3hockey.com/#2 USCHO.com ; UWSP #4 D3hockey.com/#2 USCHO.com

TOP 'DAWGS
= Brothers now has 38 career goals to take over sole possession of 11th place that he shared with Josh Cousineau (36 goals from 2010-14) on the Adrian all-time list. He finished with a plus-2 and led Adrian with five shots on goal.

= Sophomore Connor Armour went 11-for-16 in the face-off circle, leading all student-athletes with 11 face-off wins.

THE OPPOSITION
= Kyle Sharkey had three points on a goal and two assists.

= Tanner Karty posted two assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
= Nong-Lambert scored on the power-play with 7 minutes and 20 seconds left in regulation for the go-ahead goal.

= Adrian had a good look to get the potential game-tying goal with 2.2 seconds remaining. Sophomore Trevor Boyd won the face-off on the right face-off dot to Brothers, who ripped a shot from the right wing that UWSP goalie Max Milosek saved.

= The Pointers went 2-for-5 with the man-advantage and killed off all four Bulldog power plays.

= The two teams combined for four goals in the first period. Freshman Vincent Paquette notched his eighth of the season at 6:24 when he was left all alone in front of the goal, taking a feed from Boyd below the goal line in the right corner. Sharkey and Stephan Beauvais scored 3:33 apart to take a 2-1 lead with 4:09 left before Brothers scored on a mini-breakaway to knot things up at 2-all after 20 minutes.

= In the second period, Ethan Strong gave UWSP back the lead, 3-2, with a power-play goal on the backhand just 2:02 in.

= However, Brothers answered for Adrian 2:03 later on a breakaway goal along the right wing, beating Milosek between the leg pads. Freshman Tyler Currie earned an assist. The score was tied 3-3.

= The Pointers led 33-31 in shots on goal.

= Sophomore Bryan Yim had a golden opportunity to give Adrian a 4-3 lead in the second period, but his shot hit left post from close range at 4:50 remaining on the clock.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
= The regular-season series ends with the teams tied 1-1-1, as the host Pointers hold a slim 6-5-1 advantage over the Bulldogs.

= Brothers inched closer to the 100-point plateau with two goals tonight. He now lists 12th on the Adrian career point-scoring list with 97 points.

= The Bulldogs' 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2)--the longest one this season--has come to a heartbreaking end. (Top-ranked Oswego State also lost 5-1 Saturday at Buffalo State to snap a 10-game win streak.)

= Adrian lost for the first time in the month of December (7-1-1) under third-year head coach Adam Krug '12.

= Paquette tied Boyd and Yim for the Bulldogs lead with eight goals.

UP NEXT
= Adrian will close the fall semester schedule with a New Year's Eve day game hosting Trinity College, of Hartford, Conn., at the Arrington Ice Arena. Opening puckdrop is 4:05 p.m.

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