| | March 28, 2009 | #6 | | Northeastern (25-12-4) |
| | NCAA First Round Game | #9 | | Cornell (22-9-4) |
| | Grand Rapids |
| | Northeastern | 1 1 0 - 2 |
| | Cornell | 0 1 2 - 3 |
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| | Period | 1 |
| | 19:20 | NU | Liotti (Silva, Maley) |
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| | Period | 2 |
| | 09:21 | NU | Silva (Donovan) |
| | 17:58 | Cor | Blake Gallagher (Colin Greening, Michael Kennedy) |
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| | Period | 3 |
| | 16:04 | Cor | pp | Colin Greening (Brendon Nash, Evan Barlow) |
| | 19:43 | Cor | Evan Barlow (Riley Nash, Blake Gallagher) |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Ben Scrivens | 60:00 | 19 | x | 21 |
| | NU | L | Thiessen | 59:42 | 29 | x | 32 |