No. 11 Lebanon Valley 4, Daniel Webster 1

LVC Starters
Healy (G), Skerlick (F), Hall (F), Horst (D), Pessig (D), Thompson (F)

Daniel Webster Starters
Perron (F), Hawkins (F), McCarthy (D), Murray (F), Bellafiore (F), Hudson (G)

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley began the new year with a 4-1 victory over Division III opponent Daniel Webster on Saturday night at Hersheypark Arena. The Dutchmen won their fourth straight game and improved their record to 16-3, while the Eagles fell to 3-11.

Zach McKown got things going for LVC five minutes into the opening period when he rocketed a shot from the blue line that beat Daniel Webster's Morgan Hudson for the 1-0 lead. The Dutchmen kept the Eagles off the scoreboard for the rest of the period and went into the first intermission with a 1-0 advantage.

Daniel Webster, out of Nashua, New Hampshire, evened the contest at 1-1 at 6:12 of the second period with a goal from Dan Bellafiore. In the final minute of the second period, LVC drew a penalty and went on the power play and was unable to score in the final minute, however the Dutchmen still had just over a minute left of the power play to open the final period.

With a few seconds left on the power play, LVC broke through and took the lead when Bryan Hovanec scored is team-leading 20th goal off an assist from McKown to make it 2-1. Four minutes later, the Dutchmen extended the lead when Nate Kohlenhoefer's slap shot from the right side beat the goalie to make it 3-1. Just a minute remained when LVC put the game out of reach with Travis Acker's goal from Brad Nolan and Matthew Reno to put it at 4-1.

Inside the Numbers
 - The Dutchmen won their fourth consecutive game tonight and the goaltenders have given up a total of four goals in those victories.
  - LVC was 2-for-3 on the power play in tonight's contest.

Stars of the Night
Tonight's third star was goaltender Matthew Healy, who improved to 3-0 on the season in a 22-save effort. The second star went to McKown, who tallied a goal and an assist for the Dutchmen. The star of tonight's game was Hovanec, who scored the game-winner on the power play in the beginning of the third period.

What They're Saying
"(It) was the fast game we played all year", said head coach Don Parsons. "(We) limited our mistakes and got rewarded for it. It was a total team effort".

Dutchmen Go for Five in a Row Tomorrow
LVC finishes the season series with Daniel Webster tomorrow at Hersheypark Arena at 2 p.m.