Drew Palmisano made 24 saves while Seth Soley, Ben Arnt and Aaron Lewadniuk scored to give the Lancers a 3-0 win over Sioux City in game one of their Clark Cup quarterfinal playoff series Tuesday night at the Mid-America Center.
Soley got on the board at 16:32 of the first period, assisted by Jake Hauswirth and Joe Sova.
Arnt deflected a shot from the blue line on a power play for a 2-0 advantage at 12:35 of the second period, assisted by Patrick Wiercioch and Travis Novak.
Lewadniuk took a shot from along the right sideboard that found the back of the net, assisted by Matt Thurber.
Game two of the best-of-five series will be in Sioux City Friday night at 7:05 PM.