M3-Santa Rosa Junior College tried its best to erase a three-goal deficit, but M2 San Jose State University would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 5-4.

M2 San Jose State University made the score 4-1 on a goal by Zach McKeithan at 8:24 in the second period, and M3-Santa Rosa Junior College got as close as 4-3 when Josiah Nikkel scored 4:39 into the third period.

Schuyler Krawczuk had two goals to lead M2 San Jose State University to victory. Krawczuk's tallies came at 13 seconds into the second period to make the score 1-0 M2 San Jose State University and on the power play 16:00 into the third to make the score 5-4 M2 San Jose State University.

M2 San Jose State University kept M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's goalie busy throughout the game, and Christopher Tomaszewski made 34 saves on 39 shots.

M2 San Jose State University also got a goal from Christian Rendino as well. More assists for M2 San Jose State University came via Erik West and Timothy Fredrickson, who each chipped in one and Romeo Sandoval, Spencer Archer, and Cody Murphy, who contributed two each.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College forced M2 San Jose State University's goalies to work between the pipes, racking up 37 shots and forcing 33 saves. Edward Berlin made 16 stops and Mario Retana made 17.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College additionally got points from Stephen Wolmarans, who also grabbed one goal and two assists. In addition, M3-Santa Rosa Junior College received assists from Kurtis Klinger, who had two and Lane Beliveau and David Lundgren, who each chipped in one.

M2 San Jose State University incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.