Box Score

ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College men's soccer team earned a 1-1 tie against Eastern University in a non-conference match Wednesday afternoon at Herbert Field in the Flying Dutchmen's regular season home finale.

Lebanon Valley saw its record move to 9-4-3. Eastern is now 9-5-1.

After a scoreless first half, the Dutchmen got on the scoreboard in the 54th minute when freshman Nick Wanyo (Jonestown, Pa./Northern Lebanon) took a feed from senior Nick Buckwalter (New Holland, Pa./Pequea Valley) and deposited his team-leading sixth goal of the season.

The Eagles scored their lone goal in the 68th minute, as junior Daniel Carvalho drilled a penalty kick into the bottom left corner of the net for his second tally of the year.

Freshman John Mentzer (Myerstown, Pa./ELCO) saved eight shots for LVC while junior Brandon Ziegler made three saves for Eastern before leaving the game with an injury midway through the first overtime.

Eastern out-shot Lebanon Valley 16-6 in regulation and 4-1 over the two overtime sessions.

The Dutchmen, who have qualified for the Commonwealth Conference playoffs, conclude their regular season when they visit Albright College in a conference affair at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Lebanon Valley will compete in the Commonwealth Conference semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 2 against an opponent to be determined.

Eastern                0     1     0     0     -     1
Lebanon Valley   0     1     0     0     -     1

LV – Nick Wanyo (Nick Buckwalter), 53:25
E – Daniel Carvalho (penalty kick), 67:22

Shots: Eastern 20. Lebanon Valley 7.
Saves: Eastern (Brandon Ziegler [93:27] 3, Noah Bartelt [16:33] 0) 3. Lebanon Valley (John Mentzer) 8.
Corner Kicks: Eastern 8. Lebanon Valley 2.
Team Records: Eastern 9-5-1. Lebanon Valley 9-4-3

[Photo - Freshman Nick Wanyo, who scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season in Lebanon Valley's 1-1 tie against Eastern]

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