MADISON, Wis. -- Captain Brandon Schwartz tallied three points, including an empty-net goal with :28 left in the third period to help seal a 4-2 win for the Michigan Tech (3-13-1, 2-8-1 WCHA) hockey team over No. 1 ranked Wisconsin (13-2-2, 10-1-2 WCHA) in front of an announced crowd of 12,718 at Kohl Center Friday night. Chris Conner notched a goal and an assist, while netminder Michael-Lee Teslak made 31 saves in the win.

For the third time this season, the Huskies scored the first goal of the game, a shorthanded marker at the 2:00 mark of the first period. Conner lit the lamp for the 10th time in his senior campaign with a breakaway goal off an assist from defenseman Jake Wilkens. After receiving a tape-to-tape pass from Wilkens near the Wisconsin blueline, Conner skated in all alone and beat Badger goaltender Brian Elliott with a nifty backhanded shot five-hole. Wilkens' helper was the first of his two-year career at Tech.

UW 's Tom Gilbert tied the game at 1-1 at the 3:45 mark of the second period.

Schwartz gave the Huskies a 2-1 advantage at 15:26 of the middle frame with Tech's second shorty of the contest. With the puck on the stick of a Badger defenseman behind the net, Conner stole the puck and found Schwartz open in the front of the net. Schwartz quickly released a shot that squirted through the legs of Elliott. Conner's helper was his seventh of the year and 17th point of the season.

MTU outshot Wisconsin 12-7 in the second frame.

The Huskies gained a two-goal cushion with a power-play marker at the 3:43 mark of the final stanza, as Nick Anderson buried a rebound off a Lars Helminen shot from the point. Anderson's tally was his fourth of the season and third with a man advantage. Helminen notched his team-best ninth assist of the year, while Schwartz was credited with his seventh helper of the season on the play.

Ross Carlson quickly answered for the Badgers with an unassisted goal at 7:52 of the period to make the score 3-2.

UW was forced to pull Elliott with :55 remaining in order to muster one final attempt at a late-game comeback. The Huskies weathered the storm, however, and Schwartz culminated a great personal performance with an empty-net goal at the 19:32 mark. The winger's tally was his third point of the evening. Mike Batovanja and Jimmy Kerr each earned an assist on the empty-netter.

Wisconsin finished with a slight 33-27 shot advantage, but Michigan Tech scored the game's lone power-play goal.

Elliott compiled 23 saves in the loss for the Badgers.

The Huskies will look to record their first sweep of the season tomorrow night in the series-finale at the Kohl Center. The opening faceoff is scheduled for 9:07 p.m., one hour later, because a Wisconsin men's basketball game Saturday afternoon.

Notes: Tonight represented Tech's first win over an opponent ranked in the top five since Jan. 22, 2005, when the Huskies defeated third-ranked Minnesota, 3-1, at Mariucci Arena ... The last time MTU won on the road was Feb. 5, 2005, in a 3-2 triumph at Minnesota Duluth ... Tech snapped Wisconsin's 13-game conference unbeaten streak back on Jan. 10, 2004, and ended the Badgers' 12-game league unbeaten stretch tonight ... Conner's two-point effort was his sixth multi-point game of the season and his 29th career multi-point performance ... Conner now has a team-high (6-6--12) in 10 career games vs. Wisconsin ... Conner, who now has 62 career goals, moved into a tie for 28th place on Tech's all-time goals list with Ted Olson (1946-50) ... The winger extended his career shorthanded goal total to 13, tops all-time among MTU players ... Schwartz tied a career high with three points (2-1--3) and scored two goals for the third time in his career ... It was Schwartz's third multi-point game of the year ... Schwartz is tied for first in the WCHA in shorthanded points (2-2--4) ... Anderson now has 12 career power-play tallies ... Tech scored four goals for the first time this year and for the first time since beating Minnesota State, 4-2, in the final game of Winter Carnival Feb. 12, 2005 ... MTU is the first team to score four goals on the Badgers in 2005-06.