Lebanon Valley 15, Arcadia 8

LVC Starters: Kelley, Kuntz, Moatz, Mellendick, Maleski, Brewer, Jones, O'Neill, Morris (GK), Stoltzfus, Bingham, Boyce

Arcadia Starters: Bellesheim, Misner, Brockman, Santoli, Hutson, Obuchowski, Finnegan, Benites, Capehart, Faranetta, Stierle, Dunacusky (GK)

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley outscored Arcadia 6-2 in the second half en route to a 15-8 win over the Knights on Saturday afternoon. The win is the Dutchmen's fifth-straight, and fourth consecutive victory in MAC Commonwealth action. LVC now sits at 8-4, 4-0 MAC Commonwealth, while Arcadia slipped to 4-8, 0-4 MAC Commonwealth.

The Dutchmen began the game on fire, scoring three goals in the first two minutes before adding four more in the next 10 minutes to take a 7-0 lead at 18:48 of the first half. Three of the six were scored by Sam Boyce, who finished with four on the day. Arcadia got two back to come to within four at 7-2 with 12:19 remaining, but Tori Kuntz scored her second of the game a minute later to make it a 8-2 contest.

The Knights did not go quietly in the first, scoring three in a row to make it 8-5 with just over four minutes left. Alyse Bingham added a goal with 55 seconds, but Adeline Bellesheim scored in the closing seconds of the first and Arcadia was down by just three goals at 9-6 at the halftime break.

It was the Knights who struck first in the second half off a goal by Erin Misner to make it 9-7, however Brenna O'Neill found the back of the net followed by two consecutive goals from Kuntz to push the lead to five at 12-7. Boyce added another late, as did Emily Moatz who notched two goals in the final 1:39 as LVC went on to cruise at the end to a 15-8 victory.

Inside the Numbers
 - Kuntz and Boyce each finished with four goals, while Moatz and Bingham added two apiece.
 - Emma Jones finished with a game-high three assists, while Bingham added two.
 - Jones, Katie Bialas, and Brook Stoltzfus each picked up three ground balls, while Jones, Stoltzfus, and Moatz caused three turnovers apiece.
 - Jones won a game-high six draw controls.
 - As a team, LVC outshot Arcadia 32-15 and had 22 shots on goal compared to the Knights' 13. The Dutchmen forced 18 Arcadia turnovers as well.

Boyce Approaching History
 - With four goals today, Boyce needs just two more goals to become the second player in program history with 200 or more career goals.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen look to stay perfect in conference action when they travel to Williamsport to take on Lycoming on Wednesday at 4 p.m.