Lebanon Valley 9, Marywood 7

LVC Lineup
1. Puglisi cf, 2. Kiessling lf, 3. Albright c, 4. Fundell 1b, 5. Z. Smith ss, 6. Orlando dh, 7. Berry 3b, 8. Williams 2b, 9. Harned rf, P. Smith p

Marywood Lineup
1. Hull ss, 2. Goetz lf, 3. Rebar 2b, 4. Smith c, 5. Nieto rf, 6. Jones 1b, 7. Clemons 3b, 8. Ortiz dh, 9. Meehan cf, Reed p

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley erased an early deficit and held off a late Marywood rally in a 9-7 victory in the team's final non-conference outing of the spring on Wednesday afternoon.

Trailing 2-0 entering the third inning, the Flying Dutchmen (16-20) posted a crooked number by scoring four runs in the bottom of the frame. Zach Smith got LVC on the board with an RBI single and Greg Orlando's double plated Smith and Colin Albright to put Lebanon Valley out in front for the first time. Jacob Williams capped the scoring in the stanza with an RBI single to make it 4-2 after three.

A bases-loaded walk with Brett Fundell at the plate drove in another run for the Dutchmen in the fourth and Orlando tallied another RBI with a sacrifice fly to left field that allowed Albright to come across. Williams worked the team's second bases-loaded walk to increase the advantage to 7-3.

The Pacers (10-18) cut the deficit to two after scoring a pair of runs in the top of the fifth before drawing even with a pair of RBI doubles in the top of the sixth.

LVC responded in the bottom half when Smith drove in Fundell with his second RBI single of the afternoon before a Marywood error allowed Mike Puglisi to push across as an insurance run in the seventh to finish off the game's scoring.

On the Mound
- Paul Smith got the start for LVC and threw 86 pitches in five innings. He allowed six hits and two walks but just two earned runs to go along with his five strikeouts.
- Troy Hunter picked up his first win of the spring. He surrendered two runs on three hits.
- Jared McCabe was solid in a two-inning relief effort, allowing just one hit.
- Nathan Smith picked up his fourth save of the season, throwing a hitless ninth inning and striking out one batter.
- Casey Reed got the start for Marywood but was chased from the game after LVC racked up six runs on eight hits in the first three innings.
- Justin Perez took the loss, surrendering three runs on four hits and three walks in four innings of work.

At the Plate
- The teams combined to hit six doubles. Marywood had four and the Dutchmen had a pair.
- Mike Puglisi, Marshall Kiessling, Colin Albright, and Zach Smith all had multi-hit games for LVC.
- Greg Orlando drove in a team-high three runs, while Smith and Jacob William had two RBI apiece.
- Puglisi, Albright, and Brett Fundell scored two runs each. Fundell walked twice on the day.
- Vince Rebar, Alan Nieto, and Joseph Meehan all recorded multi-hit games with two.

Around the Diamond
- Marywood stole a pair of bases. Vince Rebar and Chase Jones had one apiece.
- LVC runners were thrown out twice attempting to steal second base.
- The teams combined to commit 11 errors. The Pacers committed seven and Lebanon Valley had four.
- Glenn Dietrich had five putouts in right field.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen travel to Hood on Friday afternoon for game one of their final regular-season series.