In a surprise turn of events the lower seeds in Saturday's semifinals were victorious as No. 4 seeded Hartwick defeated the No. 1 seed Maryland Terrapins 8-7. Hartwick came out of the half to
| Game 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| #1 Maryland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #4 Hartwick | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Maryland Goals: Lewis 3, Campbell 1, Gerrity 1, Ruth 1, Tobin 1
Maryland Saves: Reyes 7
Hartwick Goals: Bass 2, Martinez 2, Freeborn 1, J. Dendy Young 1, Kosich 1, Zakirova 1
Hartwick Saves: Cox 10
In the second semifinal game the Michigan Wolverines earned their first victory of the year against the Indiana Hoosiers to win 10-7. The game was tight throughout and it came down to the fourth quarter with the game tied at six. The Michigan offense took over and outscored Indiana 4-1.
Indiana actually led 6-3 in the third quarter with 3:02 left, but then Michigan went on to score six unanswered goals to go up 9-6 before winning 10-7. During that 6-0 run four of those goals were scored by Kelsey Nolan, and on the day Nolan had five goals.
Here is postgame audio from Nolan and Michigan head coach Matt Anderson.
| Game 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| #2 Indiana | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #3 Michigan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Indiana Goals: Creighton 2, Fournier 2, McNaught 2, Eimstad 1
Indiana Saves: Wyckoff 11
Michigan Goals: Nolan 5, Moore 2, Cobb 1, Colton 1, Ivry 1
Michigan Saves: Turner 6
The finals are now set with No. 4 Hartwick taking on No. 3 Michigan for the right to earn one of the top two seeds heading into the Eastern Championships in two weeks. This game will kick off at 12 p.m. ET.
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