Lebanon Valley 3, Eastern 0

LVC Starters
Reinhold, Ross, Garbrick, Cummings, Santoleri, Bost, Kleeschulte, Goldsmith, Barron, Robeson, Shutt

EU Starters
Swinehart, Davis, Lozzi, Cole, Le, Peachey, Zemeski, Laurie, Imperatore, Martin, Bomberger

How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley scored two first-half goals and never looked back as the Dutchmen defeated Eastern 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Herbert Field. LVC remains perfect with a 6-0 record, while the Eagles fell to 3-3-1.

Last year against Eastern, the Dutchmen scored less than 20 seconds into the match, and it nearly happened again today when Taylor Kleeschulte hit a free kick which was caught by the goalie, however it popped out and LVC put home the rebound, however the side referee had called offsides before the goalie dropped it and negated the goal.

Nevertheless, the Dutchmen soon found the back of the net when Rachel Cummings received an excellent cross from Meghan Ross and beat Eastern's goalie Adrianna Swinehart on the left side to give LVC a 1-0 lead just over six minutes into action.

In the 33rd minute, the Eagles nearly tied the game when Emily Cole's shot from 20 yards out drilled the crossbar, but Eastern was unable to push it past Taylor Reinhold.

In the 43rd minute, the Dutchmen increased the lead when Ross received a terrific header pass from Sammy Bost which led to a breakaway where Ross beat Swinehart and LVC went into halftime with a 2-0 advantage.

After the break, the Eagles came to within one in the 60th minute when Cole received a long pass from Courtney Davis and had a mini breakaway and kicked it past Reinhold on the left side to bring Eastern within one goal at 2-1.

In the 83rd minute, the Dutchmen put away the Eagles for good when Kira Pushart connected on a penalty kick for her first collegiate goal as LVC went on to win 3-1.

Inside the Numbers
 - The Dutchmen have still not lost this season and bettered their best start in program history with their sixth straight today.
 - LVC's offense was steady all day, firing off 17 shots and putting eight of them on goal. Eastern 12 shots and put five on net.
Reinhold came up big for the Dutchmen in several spots and had four saves.
 - Ross led the offense with five shots, while Pushart did well off of the bench and had two shots on goal.

Outstanding Performer
Pushart was playing in just her sixth career game and was called on as a substitute and made the most of her chance, beating Swinehart in a penalty kick in the final minutes to put the game away for LVC.
Who's Next?

The Dutchmen's three-game homestand comes to an end on Wednesday when LVC welcomes Haverford to Herbert Field for a 4 p.m. match.