Field Hockey
ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship
#16 Lebanon Valley 4, Alvernia 1

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READING, Pa. - Tournament Most Outstanding Player Jocelyn Novak scored twice in the second half, setting the new national record for points and leading #16 Lebanon Valley past Alvernia, 4-1, for the ECAC Mid-Atlantic title.

The Dutchmen (16-5) avenged their loss to the Crusaders (15-8) from the Commonwealth Conference semifinals, outshooting the home team 25-12 and scoring three times in the second half to win their first ECAC title since 2004, when they also beat Alvernia.

Novak had two goals and an assist, breaking the NCAA Division III points record of 297 with her second-half goal, and her second goal made her the first player in Division III history to reach 300 points. She finishes as NCAA Division III's undisputed greatest scorer, with the career records for goals (141) and points (300). Both of her totals are third all-time across all NCAA divisions.

Lauren Brumbach scored the lone goal of the first half, finishing a broken penalty corner on Novak's cross with 54 seconds left in the half, finishing a period of sustained pressure by the Dutchmen.

Novak struck quickly in the second half to go up 2-0, dribbling around a defender and shooting from space to beat the goalkeeper 3:55 into the half. Alvernia cut the lead in half less than two minutes later, however, running on the counter as Katy Eby slotted it home at 40:42.

Both teams had chances to change the game but it was Novak that sealed it, taking a cross from Kirsten Martzall on the hour for her 300th point and her 35th of the season. Cate Cusack put the exclamation mark on the championship, redirecting Martzall's cross from the right at 63:08 to score her third of the tournament and give LVC the late insurance goal.

Christine Poletti made five saves to earn the win, and Erin Wunsch kept her side in it with 12 stops, including two big point-blank saves in the first half. LVC led 8-7 on penalty corners.