Undaunted by a two-goal deficit, M3-Mississippi University of battled back to claim a 6-5 victory over M3-Vanderbilt University.

M3-Mississippi University of never led in the game until netting the game winner. M3-Mississippi University of fell behind 5-3 after a goal by M3-Vanderbilt University's John Longman at 8:00 in the third period. M3-Mississippi University of tied things up at 5-5 on a goal by Nick Bitetto at 17:25 in the third period. M3-Mississippi University of netted the game winner at 17:39 in the third period on a goal by Bitetto.

Matt Obstarczyk and Bitetto provided the spark for M3-Mississippi University of, combining for two goals and four assists. Obstarczyk finished with one goal and two assists and Bitetto also notched one goal and two assists.

M3-Mississippi University of excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. M3-Mississippi University of found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. M3-Mississippi University of has scored at the pace of 3.4 goals per game during the current campaign. M3-Mississippi University of got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game. By firing 35 shots on goal, M3-Mississippi University of exceeded the 0.2 shots it averages per game this year.

M3-Mississippi University of also got points from Bitetto, who also grabbed one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. M3-Mississippi University of also had goals scored by Quinten Humphrey, John Chicoli, Anthony Pedulla, and Cameron Cook, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for M3-Mississippi University of were Dan Warnecke, who had two and Sean Rogers, Phil Jacquot, and Daniel Bates, who each chipped in one.

M3-Vanderbilt University's offense rang up 40 shots on M3-Mississippi University of's net.

M3-Vanderbilt University additionally got points from Daniel Hogue, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Ryan Doppelheuer, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Anthony Bilotta, who also tallied one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. In addition, M3-Vanderbilt University received assists from Andrew Dellapina and Matt Murphy, who contributed one each.

M3-Mississippi University of's starting goalie, Josh Hukill, made 25 saves and finished with the win before he was taken out in favor of Justin Ragland, who stopped 10 shots. M3-Mississippi University of incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Jake Rubinstein made 29 saves for M3-Vanderbilt University on 35 shots. M3-Vanderbilt University incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.