Kevin Mccollum lifted M2 Virginia University of to a 5-3 victory with a hat trick against M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of.

M2 Virginia University of pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 19 penalty minutes.

M2 Virginia University of put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of to score on any of its eight power plays. M2 Virginia University of kept M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of's goalie busy throughout the game, and Daniel Ritter made 33 saves on 38 shots.

M2 Virginia University of additionally got points from Trip Burke, who also racked up one goal and three assists to lead the team in points. Steffen Herter also scored for M2 Virginia University of. Other players who recorded assists for M2 Virginia University of were Davis Mcnulty, who had two and Maury Winter and Ben Foley, who contributed one each.

M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of did not challenge the opposing netminder, only getting three shots on net to force zero saves.

M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of was helped by Jeremy Maragno, who registered one goal. Maragno scored 19:56 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of. Sean Hopper picked up the assist. M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of also had goals scored by Eric White and Greg Driscoll, who scored one goal each. In addition, M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of received assists from Sam Reedy, Sean Burke, Kevin Hilla, Andrew Miller, and Eric Mura, who each chipped in one.

M2 Virginia University of registered one goal on four power play opportunities. M2 North Carolina-Charlotte Univ of incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.