M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville almost clawed its way back from a three-goal deficit, but M2 Miami(OH) University managed to pull out a 5-4 win in the end.

M2 Miami(OH) University led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when M2 Miami(OH) University's Chad Olson scored at 10:44 in the second period to put M2 Miami(OH) University up 4-1.

Michael Frenzel had a great game for M2 Miami(OH) University, netting two goals. Frenzel's tallies came at 2:52 into the first period to make the score 1-0 M2 Miami(OH) University and 17:33 into the third to make the score 5-4 M2 Miami(OH) University.

M2 Miami(OH) University struggled on the penalty kill, allowing M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville to score three power play goals on five chances. M2 Miami(OH) University got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game. By firing 44 shots on goal, M2 Miami(OH) University exceeded the 0.4 shots it averages per game this year. M2 Miami(OH) University was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 14 penalty minutes.

M2 Miami(OH) University also got a goal from Benjamin Romanski as well. More assists for M2 Miami(OH) University came via Brendan Walters, Wesley Guenther, Mason Schultz, and Michael Rispoli, who each chipped in one and Mark Azarian and Matthew Walsh, who contributed two each.

M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on five M2 Miami(OH) University power plays. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 14 minutes in penalties during the game.

M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville was led by Nick Edwards, who racked up two goals. Edwards scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 17:18 into the second period to make the score 4-3 M2 Miami(OH) University. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville had gotten the advantage when M2 Miami(OH) University's Azarian was sent off for tripping. Matthew Burton picked up the assist. Edwards' next tally on the power play made the score 4-4 with 19:12 left in the third period. Ryan Tinsley provided the assist. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville also got points from Burton, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Taylor Emerick also scored for M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. In addition, M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville received assists from Nicholas Edwards, who had one and Andrew Bond, who had two.

Jake Gerdes made 23 saves for M2 Miami(OH) University on 27 shots. Justin Nosser recorded 39 saves for M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.