Riley Draper scored the go-ahead goal in the first period, and M3-Hope College held off the challenges of M3-Grand Valley State University in a tough 3-1 win.

M3-Hope College's Eric Lipon was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 35 saves and let only one puck past him. Lipon certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 2.62 entering the contest.

M3-Hope College was led by Evan Augustine, who racked up one goal. Augustine scored 18:28 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M3-Hope College. Wortz picked up the assist.

The 29 shots that M3-Hope College put on net surpassed M3-Hope College's average of 2.4 shots per game this season.

Peter Stewart also scored for M3-Hope College. Other players who recorded assists for M3-Hope College were Ryan Restum, Jakub Myska, Evan Fall, and Elliott Digison, who contributed one each.

M3-Grand Valley State University was held below its usual level of production. M3-Grand Valley State University puts an average of 5.0 pucks into the net per game. M3-Grand Valley State University's offense rang up 36 shots on M3-Hope College's net.

M3-Grand Valley State University was led by Tyler Stoller, who scored the team's only goal. Stoller scored 12:00 into the third period to make the score 2-1 M3-Hope College. Mitch Kahl assisted on the tally.

M3-Hope College totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 0-for-2 on the power play. Jack Lindsay made 26 saves for M3-Grand Valley State University on 28 shots. M3-Grand Valley State University incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.