Fenwick wasted no time in beginning their quest to defend their title at the state tournament on Thursday night, as they reeled off 11 first quarter goals and led 13-0 at one point before cruising to a 22-7 win over Schaumburg in the final quarterfinal game of the day. Chris Wendt and Andrew McKernin each scored 4 goals in the win for the Friars, while Brian Barron tallied 3 scores and Terry Sweeney and John Pavlik both scored 2 times for Fenwick.

Schaumburg stopped Fenwick on their first two possessions of the game, but Wendt forced a turnover and scored a breakaway goal, then assisted McKernin on a 2-meter goal to give the Friars an early 2-0 lead. Brian Barron made a steal and eventually scored on the counterattack for Fenwick, followed by two goals by Wendt on breakaway chances to give the Friars a 5-0 advantage. After Wendt assisted McKernin on a goal after a drive to make the score 6-0, Barron dropped a pass in front of the net as Schaumburg goaltender Neal Salemi came out of the crease and McKernin pushed the ball in to give Fenwick a 7-0 lead. The Friars would score four more times in the final minute of the period to lead 11-0 after the opening quarter.

Will Rigali and Will Schulenberg each tacked on goals in the second quarter for the Friars, but Schaumburg's Chris Corbett put the Saxons on the board with a goal from 2-meters out to make the score 13-1. Wendt and Corbett traded goals in the next minute, then Fenwick's Ed Osmolak and Mark Ryden both tallied goals to increase the advantage to 16-2 late in the half. Schaumburg's Pat Kraulis scored from 5-meters out in the final minute of the half to make the score 16-3 at halftime.

The Friars went on a 3-0 run in the third period, with goals scored by Terry Sweeney, Joe Ahern, and Colin Corvino. John Pavlik added his first goal of the game for the Friars at the start of the fourth quarter before Schaumburg's Brandon Kase scored a breakaway goal after a steal to cut the lead to 20-4. Rigali assisted Sweeney on his second goal midway through the final quarter, then Schaumburg's Drew Cinelli rattled off two straight goals to make the score 21-6. Corbett added his third goal after a drive to the left post, but Pavlik closed out the scoring with a goal from 2-meters out in the final minute as Fenwick eventually won 22-7.

Corbett led the Saxons with 3 goals, while Cinelli added 2 scores in the losing effort.