Castleton threatened in the top of the third as Allen White doubled with one out. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and Joe Borowski followed with a walk before a fly out ended the frame. 

Husson looked poised to score in the bottom of the fourth as Brandon Gendreau singled and J.T Whitten walked with no outs. 

The Spartan finally broke through in the fifth. Soren Pelz-Walsh led off with a single over the head of the third baseman and Taylor Vile bunted him over to second. Tyler Lord flied out but Allen White came through with double to the right field wall, scoring Pelz-Walsh for the 1-0 advantage. 

Castleton added to its lead in the sixth. Matt McNamee laced a one-out double to the outfield wall and Macyn Clifford followed with a double of his own to right field to extend the lead to 2-0. A strikeout and fly out ended the frame. 

Husson got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as Jurkiewicz allowed back-to-back one-out walks. The southpaw induced a pop-up for the second out, but the runners advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. Swahn tried to gun down the runner going to second but his throw went into center field, allowing the Eagles to score and cut the deficit to 2-1. 

The Spartans came back in the top of the seventh. Lord drew a one-out walk and White followed with a double. Borowski then walked to load the bases. Lord was forced out at home on a fielder's choice but McNamee drove in a run with a walk one batter later for the 3-1 lead. Clifford followed with a two-run single to center to push it to 5-1 Castleton. 

Allen White extended the Spartan lead to 6-1 in the eighth with his fourth double of the game, scoring Tyler Lord from first. Jurkiewicz polished off his complete game by sending the last six batters down in order.