How It HappenedAn eight-goal third quarter by Frostburg State gave them control of the game to win, 15-6, in Lebanon Valley's 2015 debut at Arnold Field.
LVC stayed in contact in the first half with goals by
Klayton Garman and
Matt Aldridge to trail 4-2 at halftime after the visitors took a 3-0 lead, but the Bobcats (2-0) put together a big third despite two goals from freshman
Koty Keefer and Garman's second to lead 12-5 heading into the fourth.
Mason Hoff's first career goal was LVC's only strike of the fourth.
Notables- Freshman
Koty Keefer scored twice in his collegiate debut, and classmate
Mason Hoff had a goal and an assist. Sophomore transfer
Brett Kudlak also notched a helper in his LVC debut.
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Klayton Garman made his return after missing 2014 and scored twice for the Dutchmen.
- A young LVC squad had six first-time starters including four freshmen. The four frosh were pairs of high school teammates: Ephrata's Keefer and
Blake Weaver, and Warwick's
Coleman Wagner and
Alex Bushong. Sophomore
Eric Wilcoxson made his first career start and classmate
Kevin Masterson relieved him in the fourth quarter.
- Frostburg's Nick Stailey had a superb game with five goals, and Devin Colegrove handed out six assists with a marker.
- The Bobcats led 13-11 on face-offs paced by Eric Geiser's 10-of-16 clip.
Jeremy Beaver was 8-of-18 and
John Kolp 3-of-6 for LVC.
- Frostburg scored the only man-up goal of the game, cashing in once on three chances. LVC was 0-for-6, including a two-up situation late in the first half.
- The Bobcats led 37-25 on shots. LVC committed 22 turnovers to the visitors' 13, and was 12-of-18 on clearances to Frostburg's 14-of-17 clip.
Next TimeLVC starts a three-game road swing at La Roche March 4.
