Messiah 6, Lebanon Valley 5

LVC Starters
Keefer, Brown, Garman, Mercer, Kudlak, Bushong, Wagner, Campbell, Epple, Torrence

Messiah Starters
Goglio, Bry, Ruger, Marburger, Pstrak, Margosian, Mayes, Arnold, Rogers, Olson

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley dropped a 6-5 heartbreaker in the final seconds of the team's regular-season finale at Messiah on Saturday evening.

After Koty Keefer was turned away by Messiah goalkeeper Sam Stengel with 40 seconds remaining, the Falcons (10-6, 6-2 MAC Commonwealth) burned a timeout with 23 seconds left to play. Following the break in the action, Matthew Franken converted the game-winner off a Joseph Franken find with just seven seconds left.

LVC (10-6, 5-3 MAC Commonwealth) broke a 4-4 tie early in the fourth quarter when Austin Minnich found Klayton Garman for a strike at the 11:47 mark. The Flying Dutchmen held the slim advantage until Messiah's Tyler Goglio netted the equalizer with 5:08 left to play.

The Dutchmen bookended a pair of Falcons goals in the third period with two markers of their own as Garman opened the second half scoring at the 8:52 mark and Alex Bushong sniped an attempt past Stengel with 4:13 remaining in the quarter.

Brett Kudlak opened the game's scoring with the only goal of the first quarter. He netted his team-leading 28th of the season midway through the period before Messiah took its first lead of the game with back-to-back markers during a 1:13 span in the second quarter.

Keefer buried a shot off a Garman assist with 1:32 left in the second to draw the Dutchmen even at 2-2 heading into the break.

Inside the Numbers
- LVC finished the regular season with a 10-6 overall record. It is just the second 10-win regular season since the re-introduction of the program in 2010.
- Messiah outshot the Dutchmen 38-27 overall and held a 20-10 shots on goal advantage.
- Lebanon Valley committed 11 turnovers compared to just six by the Falcons.
- LVC won just three of the game's 12 face-offs.
- Each team converted all but two of its clear attempts.
- Messiah corralled 27 ground balls. The Dutchmen scooped up 20.
- Lebanon Valley had eight man-up opportunities but converted just two. The Falcons had just one extra-man advantage on the day.
- With a pair of scores and an assist, Klayton Garman tallied a team-high three assists for LVC.
- Barrett Campbell grabbed a team-best four ground balls for the Dutchmen, while Austin Minnich and Austin Farwell scooped three apiece.
- Cameron Epple made 14 saves for Lebanon Valley. Messiah's Brooks Arnold and Sam Stengel combined to stop five shots.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen move on to postseason play and will host Albright in the play-in game of the MAC Commonwealth postseason tournament at Arnold Field on Monday night at 7 p.m.