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melissa brosious

Field Hockey by Tim Flynn '05

Late Goals Rally Dutchmen Into CC Semis

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Field Hockey
Commonwealth Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
[4] Lebanon Valley 3, [5] Stevenson 2

ANNVILLE, Pa. - Goals by Melissa Brosious and Megan Arnst in the final 3:41 of the game helped Lebanon Valley rally back from a 2-1 deficit and beat Stevenson, 3-2, to move on in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament.

The Dutchmen (10-9) will head to top-seeded Elizabethtown on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. semifinal. LVC beat E-town 1-0 last week in the regular-season finale, a game they had to win just to qualify for the postseason.

Stevenson (10-10) had taken a 2-1 lead in the 54th minute and seemed to have all the momentum in the second half. That shifted quickly when LVC changed tactics and Brosious ripped a fierce hit from the circle to level at 66:19, and Arnst redirected a Lauren Brumbach shot at 68:06 to put the hosts ahead.

Chloe Baro, the reigning CC Defensive Player of the Week, had a nine-save performance and used some aggressive play to shut down Stevenson's dangerous counterattack, while her counterpart Gabriella Brooks had a fine 10-save game. Brosious also made a pair of defensive saves, including a diving stop to deny Caitlin Dempsey in the 49th minute.

Brumbach opened the scoring at 7:44, blasting a shot off Brosious' corner injection in the back corner for a quick 1-0 lead. Stevenson wasted no time equalizing as Dempsey notched her 18th of the year on an emphastic close-range finish from Ariella Hopp.

Allyson Moody put the visitors ahead at 53:27 to cap a string of four penalty corners, but after an LVC timeout, the Dutchmen switched to an attacking style and it paid off. Off her own restart just inside the 25, Brosious dribbled to the circle and rocketed a shot into the netting to tie it up at 2-2, and Brumbach put a hard hit from the right past Brooks for Arnst to redirect moments later to send LVC into the semifinals.

Shots were an even 16-16 and Stevenson led 10-8 on penalty corners. Megan Harris led LVC with four shots, and Brumbach and Laura James each had three.
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