Brandon Rumble had one goal and two assists to lead the M1 Lindenwood University Lions to a 7-4 victory over M1 Illinois State University.

Rumble beat Marc Hayton with a shot 7:30 into the first period to make the score 1-0 M1 Lindenwood University. Michael Lozano assisted on the tally. Rumble dished an assist on Kevin Walters's goal that made the score 2-0 M1 Lindenwood University at 10:05 into the first period. He added another helper on Tobias Nasgarde's goal that made the score 7-4 M1 Lindenwood University at 19:03 into the third period.

M1 Lindenwood University found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. The Lions have scored at the pace of 3.8 goals per game during the current campaign. The defensemen of M1 Lindenwood University were also effective in M1 Illinois State University's zone, and came away with two goals. The 63 shots that the Lions put on net surpassed M1 Lindenwood University's average of 0.3 shots per game this season.

M1 Lindenwood University additionally got points from Graham Zagrodney, who also registered one goal and one assist. Jordan Klimovsky also scored for M1 Lindenwood University. In addition, M1 Lindenwood University received assists from Mitchell Riese, who had one and Tommy Heinzman, who had two.

M1 Illinois State University's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three M1 Lindenwood University power plays.

M1 Illinois State University was helped by Tim Talty, who finished with one goal. Talty scored 42 seconds into the second period to make the score 3-1 M1 Lindenwood University. Luke Morin picked up the assist. M1 Illinois State University also got points from Morin, who also grabbed one goal and one assist and Jeremy Gaddo, who also finished with one goal and one assist. M1 Illinois State University also got a goal from Clint Zumer as well. More assists for M1 Illinois State University came via Parker Johnson, who had two and Dj Mussey, Matt Marcin, and Kyle Melton, who contributed one each.

Cody Karpinski recorded 11 saves for the Lions. M1 Lindenwood University incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. M1 Illinois State University's Hayton stopped 56 shots out of the 63 that he faced. M1 Illinois State University incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.