SHREVEPORT, La—In front of large home crowds at George's Pond in Hirsch Coliseum, East Texas Baptist University split their Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference (TCHC) series with the Texas A&M University Aggies. ETBU fell in game one on Friday night, 4-3, but won on Saturday, 4-1. The Tigers are now now 3-1 on the year and in the TCHC.
 
Timothy Ruf led the weekend in points for the Tigers with three off of a goal and two assists. Jason Guntow, Dmitrii Sergeev, Dominic Desjardins, and Brendon Zeis all recorded two points, while Trevor Begley, Blake Lind, Dante Petrini, Justin Brien, Ronald Bregante, and Carson Loos all one point. Gavyn McCutcheon had a good weekend between the pipes with 55 saves for a 0.917 save percentage.
 
In the Friday night game, Ruf opened the scoring 12 minutes into the first period, assisted by Bregante and Brien. The Aggies would put in two of their own in the first (14:46, 18:03) for the one-goal lead, 2-1, into the first intermission. TAMU would score again on a power play halfway through the second period to extend their lead to two, 3-1 (9:35). Guntow would get one goal back for the Tigers two minutes later (11:21) to cut the deficit to one, 3-2, where it would remain going into the second intermission. Lind would draw the game level early in the third at 2:27, but some late-game dramatics were in the cards. The Aggies would score again late in the period at 17:13 on a power play, then ETBU would have a goal called back for a crease violation, which gave the Aggies the 4-3 win.
 
Saturday brought a new day and a new game. ETBU corrected their mistakes from Friday night as it paid off in a big way. After a scoreless first, Desjardins would open the scoring early in the second at 1:52, but the score was quickly evened by the Aggies at 3:25. Desjardins gave the Tigers the lead once again, 2-1, late in the period (15:18) and the ETBU offense would not stop there. Sergeev (16:47) and Loos (17:19) would both net late in the third to bring the score to at final at 4-1.
 
The Tigers will be on the road for their next three games in Colorado against the Colorado University, twice, and Colorado State.