The Blue Streaks played conference rival and nationally ranked Grove City on Saturday, March 20 in Grove City, PA. John Carroll came into the game feeling good after a productive week at practice and it showed with freshman Andy Seil putting in the game's first goal which gave JCU a 1-0 lead. From there, JCU struggled a bit in transition against Grove City's offense giving up a few unanswered goals. John Carroll's freshman attackman Chad Riley found the back of the net late in the first to keep the game within reach leaving JCU down 5-2.

The Streaks' lack of numbers seemed to hurt them as the game went on as they fell behind further in the second.  The team was playing overly aggressive, leading to too many penalties, which Grove City capitalized on with 4 extra man goals, while the offense went stagnant.  JP Washington held strong in the goal, making some incredible saves, but the Grove City offense proved to be too much. Even with the Streaks' hustle and physical play, and goals from long-pole Kyle Sepesy, midfielder Brian Jaska, and another goal from Chad Riley, the goaltending of Grove City's All-Amercian Andrew Dymski allowed Grove City to pull away and take the game 13-5.