Lebanon Valley College Athletics

Lebanon Valley 4, Alvernia 3

LVC Starters
Heck, Sheaffer, Fleisher, Dombroski, Youngs, Poltonavage, Arnst, Fox, Gorman, Garman, Moll

Alvernia Starters
Krall, Liberto, Epler, Wentzel, Knowlton, Smith, Messaros, McCoy, Lowry, Kelly, Brosious

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley held off a late charge by Alvernia to win its fourth straight, a thrilling 4-3 Homecoming contest, and stay undefeated in MAC Commonwealth play on Saturday night.

After the Crusaders (7-5, 1-2 MAC Commonwealth) erased a 3-0 halftime deficit late in the second half, Brittany Fleisher came up clutch when she deflected Rachel Gorman's shot past the Alvernia goalkeeper and into the back of the net for what proved to be the game-winner with just under four minutes left to play.



The Crusaders' Alexis Krall netted the equalizer in the 56th minute with a shot from right of goal after Natalie Messaros swung the momentum in favor of the visitors when she scored a pair of goals off penalty corners in the 36th and 52nd minutes, respectively.

Maddie Fox got the scoring started when her shot was deflected into the back of the goal by an Alvernia defender in the 12th minute. She added her second of the night less than a minute later when she hammered home her attempt past Crusader keeper Rebecca Brosius to make it 2-0 LVC (7-5, 3-0 MAC Commonwealth) in the early going.

Lyndee Sheaffer converted her fourth score of the fall with 17:08 remaining in the first half when she chased down a long ball, outran an Alvernia defender, made a nice move to free herself around Brosius and pushed her shot across the goal line.

Notable Performance
Maddie Fox – Brittany Fleisher was clutch once again but Maddie Fox gave the Dutchmen enough a cushion in the first half to make it possible to hold off Alvernia's second-half charge. Her back-to-back goals came within a one-minute span and her two-score outing was her first multiple-goal game of the season.

Inside the Numbers
- LVC has won four consecutive games. It's the team's longest win-streak of the season.
- Brittany Fleisher's goal was her team-leading eighth score of the season and her third game-winner of the fall.
- Maddie Fox's two-score game was her first multiple-goal outing of the year. She joins Fleisher, Lyndee Sheaffer, and Caity Stevens as Dutchmen players with multiple-score games this season.
- In a losing effort, Alvernia held advantages in penalty corners (11-to-6), shots (18-to-10), and shots-on-goal (12-to-8).  
- The game's lone green card was assessed to the Crusaders.
- Lebanon Valley starting goalkeeper Kendra Moll made five saves on the night while reserve Victoria ByDeLey made one key stop late in the game. Alvernia goalkeeper Rebecca Brosius made four saves.
- LVC held Margaret Wentzel, the MAC Commonwealth's leading-scorer, scoreless on Saturday night.

Who's Next?
LVC wraps up its recent three-game homestand when FDU-Florham visits Arnold Field for non-conference action on Wednesday night, Oct. 14. Game time is set for 6 p.m.