Vice-captain James Duggan and his Brentwood side made the short journey to Upminster brimming with positivity after a series of emphatic victories that have seen the club hit top.
They met an Upminster side who were lying second in the table and looking to utilise the adverse weather conditions and home advantage to frustrate this Brentwood side and reduce the gap with the league leaders.
With six players missing from the usual Brentwood starting 11 they knew it would be a tough ask to extend their lead at the top.
After a positive start to the game Upminster pinned the visitors back with breakaway attacks resulting in a succession of well rehearsed penalty corners.
However this was matched by a committed Brentwood defence, with keeper Simon Barrass making a number of saves.
The deadlock was broken with an Upminster player finding a gap at the top of the D and placing a soft shot into the top corner of the goal.
Brentwood responded with a series of penalty corners and a well hit strike from Robert Fryer was matched by the keeper.
Going into the second half, Brentwood tried repeatedly to break into the Upminister half, but found an Upminster team that were not going to give up three points easily.
The game closed out with a series of Brentwood penalty corners, and a last minute deflected shot was dramatically saved by the Upminister keeper, to save the points for the hosts.