No. 15 Messiah 4, Lebanon Valley 0

LVC Starters
Reinhold (GK), Garbrick, Zimmermann, Scott, Sokolsky, Santoleri, Evitts, Bost, Robeson, Shutt, Gorton

Messiah Starters
Yunez (GK), Cole, Strachan, Weaver, Merson, Sollenberger, Snare, Deckert, Gelnovatch, Biener, Ulry

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley dropped a 4-0 contest to No. 15 Messiah in each team's opening MAC Commonwealth match of the 2016 season. The Dutchmen fell to 6-3, 0-1 MACC, while the Falcons jumped to 7-2, 1-0 MACC.

The brutal portion of LVC's schedule continued with the middle game of a rough three-game stretch. In the opening 15 minutes, action was controlled by Messiah and it eventually broke through when Erin Sollenberger sent a pass into the box for Marisa Weaver and Weaver had the mini breakaway where she juked Taylor Reinhold and scored to make it 1-0 in the 18th minute.

The Falcons struck again in the 27th minute when Sollenberger got loose and ripped a shot that was saved by Reinhold, but Sollenberger was able to get her own rebound and put one past Reinhold to make it 2-0 heading into halftime.

In the 61st minute of the second half, Weaver found the back of the net again off a long pass from the left side, and Weaver completed the hat trick in the 67th minute when her right-side corner kick somehow found the back of the net for the 4-0 Messiah lead.

Inside the Numbers
 - Reinhold kept LVC within striking distance and made an impressive eight saves for the Dutchmen.
 - Johnna Garbrick, Rileigh Jo Evitts, Teanna Shutt, Kira Pushart, and Samantha Machin all had shots for LVC.
 - Messiah's Sara Yunez made two stops between the pipes.
 - The Falcons outshot LVC 22-5 and 12-5 in shots on goal.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen's next contest doesn't get easier, as LVC heads to Glenside to battle No. 13 Arcadia on Tuesday at 7 p.m.