Bennett Clark gave the M3-North Carolina - Wilmington Seahawks the lead in the first period, and the M2 North Carolina State University Wolfpack was never able to catch up in a close game that ended 4-2.

Clark provided M3-North Carolina - Wilmington with the game-winning tally when he scored 10:15 into the first period. Rob Sprankle picked up the assist.

Tyler Evangelous had a great game for the Seahawks, netting two goals. Evangelous found the back of the net 17:00 into the third period to make the score 3-1 M3-North Carolina - Wilmington and again while 19:47 into the third to make the score 4-2 M3-North Carolina - Wilmington.

M3-North Carolina - Wilmington put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M2 North Carolina State University to score on any of its four power plays. The Seahawks' offense was clicking better than usual and put 35 shots on goal during the game, better than the 0.1 shots per game they average.

M3-North Carolina - Wilmington also got points from Clark, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Giovanni LaManna also scored for M3-North Carolina - Wilmington. In addition, M3-North Carolina - Wilmington received assists from Henry Frantz, Alex Furtado, Jordan Ricci, and Ryan Eng, who contributed one each.

The Wolfpack were held below their usual level of production. M2 North Carolina State University puts an average of 4.8 pucks into the net per game. The Wolfpack put 38 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.6 they average per game.

M2 North Carolina State University was helped by Peter Hayman, who grabbed one goal. Hayman scored 19:13 into the third period to make the score 3-2 M3-North Carolina - Wilmington. Mitchell Gallagher assisted on the tally. M2 North Carolina State University additionally got points from Gallagher, who also tallied one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. More assists for M2 North Carolina State University came via Sam Banasiewicz and Alec Engel, who each chipped in one.

M3-North Carolina - Wilmington's Nick Lenker stopped 36 shots out of the 38 that he faced. The Seahawks incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Calvin Stone made 31 saves for the Wolfpack on 35 shots. M2 North Carolina State University incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.