Arcadia 4, Lebanon Valley 3
 
LVC Starters
Lysakowski, Steenkamer, Kat, Dombroski, Dennis, Poltonavage, Fox, Garman, Gorman, Lupold, ByDeLey
 
Arcadia Starters
Ferlow, Bechtold, Brennan, Cyr, Ahern, Stierle, Dougherty, Houser, Hassett, Sedares, Stern
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley stayed within striking distance all day long but was never able to take the lead in a 4-3 loss at Alvernia on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 21.
 
A stretch that saw the Knights (9-8, 2-4 MAC Commonwealth) net back-to-back goals late in the second half proved the difference, as a Liz Stierle score in the 51st minute followed by a Michaela Ferlow marker with less than six minutes to play gave the home team a 4-2 advantage in the closing moments.
 
Rachel Gorman scored her second goal in as many games when she gathered a pass from Karli Alichwer through traffic and finished off her attempt to cut the deficit to one goal with 2:59 left to play. Unfortunately for the Flying Dutchmen (6-10, 2-4 MAC Commonwealth), the equalizer never came.
 
Faith Dinger tied things up at 2-2 heading into halftime when she put her shot past Arcadia goalkeeper Maya Stern and into the left side of the cage in the 25th minute off Alichwer's first assist of the game.
 
The Knights' Isabelle Houser gave her team the lead in the 15th minute after Cecile Kat got LVC on the board 10:26 into the contest when she worked her way through the Arcadia defense and put her shot into the lower left side of the cage.
 
Stierle opened the game's scoring with off a Houser helper to put the home team on top 1-0 just seven minutes into the contest.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Shots were fairly even, with Arcadia getting off 16 and LVC managing 14. The Knights held an 11-8 edge in shots on goal.
- The Dutchmen racked up 11 corner opportunities, while the home team finished with 10 chances.
- Casey Dombroski got off a team-high five shots for Lebanon Valley. Cecile Kat, Maddie Fox, Rachel Gorman, and Faith Dinger each managed a pair.
- Kat's goal total now stands at a team-leading nine on the season.
- Dinger's marker was the first of her career.
- LVC goalkeeper Tori ByDeLey made seven saves in net.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen wrap up conference play when they host Alvernia at Arnold Field on Wednesday night, Oct. 25.

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