Elan Dunaev had one goal and three assists to lead M2 California State Univ Long Beach to a 6-1 victory over M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of.

Dunaev scored 17:14 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M2 California State Univ Long Beach. Zac Zomaya assisted on the tally. Dunaev dished an assist on Zomaya's goal that made the score 1-0 M2 California State Univ Long Beach at 8:16 into the first period. He then added assists on Tanner Bleyle's goal at 8:13 into the second and on Evan Rusch's goal at 1:03 into the third.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's power play was ineffective against M2 California State Univ Long Beach's penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

M2 California State Univ Long Beach stifled M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. M2 California State Univ Long Beach forced M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of goalie Terry Martin to work between the pipes, taking 37 shots. M2 California State Univ Long Beach was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 26 penalty minutes.

M2 California State Univ Long Beach also got points from Zomaya, who also had one goal and three assists and Ian Hoang, who also racked up one goal and three assists. M2 California State Univ Long Beach also got a goal from Andrew Yelin as well. In addition, M2 California State Univ Long Beach received assists from Garrick Langer and Eric Malczewski, who contributed one each.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with 12 minors and one major for 49 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 26.0 minutes per game M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of had been spending in the box. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's offense operated below its season average. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of averages 3.5 goals per game. The defense for M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of tightened up when it had players in the penalty box, as it let in one goal on 11 M2 California State Univ Long Beach power plays.

M2 California State Univ Long Beach's Corey Jones stopped 24 shots out of the 25 that he faced. Terry Martin made 31 saves for M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of on 37 shots.