M3-Santa Clara University opened up a five-goal lead after the first period and did not look back en route to an 11-2 win over M3-San Francisco State.

AJ Hood had five goals to lead M3-Santa Clara University to victory. Hood notched his first tally 3:47 into the first period. He then added goals at 6:58 into the first, at 8:27 into the first, at 16:33 into the first, and at 8:01 into the second.

M3-Santa Clara University pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 31 penalty minutes.

M3-Santa Clara University forced M3-San Francisco State's goaltenders to work hard to keep the puck out of the net, racking up 52 shots and forcing 41 saves. Patrick Maris made 20 stops and Travis Koonze made 21. M3-Santa Clara University bested its season scoring average. M3-Santa Clara University has scored at the pace of 3.2 goals per game during the current campaign. The defensemen of M3-Santa Clara University were also effective in M3-San Francisco State's zone, and came away with four goals.

M3-Santa Clara University additionally got points from Austin Lambert, who also finished with two goals and two assists and John Pereira, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Kyle Perez also scored for M3-Santa Clara University. In addition, M3-Santa Clara University received assists from Dakota Binegar, who had two and Philip Park and Carl Graczyk, who contributed one each.

M3-San Francisco State put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M3-Santa Clara University to score on any of its three power plays. M3-Santa Clara University was unable to stop M3-San Francisco State from sending pucks towards the net, and M3-San Francisco State eventually piled up 36 shots on goal.

M3-San Francisco State was led by Paul Klein, who racked up one goal and one assist. Klein scored 7:16 into the second period to make the score 5-1 M3-Santa Clara University. M3-San Francisco State also got a goal from Collin Finegan as well. More assists for M3-San Francisco State came via Cillian Variot, who had one.

Francis Nix recorded 34 saves for M3-Santa Clara University. M3-Santa Clara University ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Hood was ejected from the game. M3-San Francisco State incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors.