Lebanon Valley 9, Widener 7

LVC Starters
Anderson, Kelley, Eck, Mellendick, Federowicz, Maleski, Bannan, Brewer, Strack, Jones, O'Neill, Oliveras (GK)

Widener Starters
Rohrer, Steffney, Baricko, Parent, Morales (GK), Coates, Racioppi, Ciro, Peters, Horchak, Lynch, Bert

How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley came from behind to defeat Widener 9-7 on Saturday afternoon at Arnold Field. The win is the Dutchmen's second straight and they jumped to 2-7, 2-0 MAC Commonwealth, while the Pride fell to 3-6, 0-2 MAC Commonwealth. LVC's stout defense and goaltending gave up just one goal in the second half.

At the start of the second half, LVC found itself down by a goal at 6-5 after the Dutchmen opened up the game by scoring two consecutive goals. The squad responded in a big way in the second half and scored four straight goals, beginning with a Kirsten Bannan tally at 24:13 to tie the contest at 6-6. Later, Emma Jones scored her third of the game at 18:07, and the junior added another goal on the free position at 16:54 to put the Dutchmen up by two at 8-6.

Jones continued her dominant second half with another goal at 3:43, making it a 9-6 game. The Pride struck for a late goal with 1:35 to go, but that's all that Hannah Oliveras and the Dutchmen defense would let in, as LVC came away with the exciting 9-7 win behind clutch offense and solid defense.

Inside the Numbers
 - Jones finished with five goals for the second consecutive game. The captain added two ground balls, one caused turnover, and one draw control.
 - Bannan tallied three scores on the day and went 1-for-1 in free positions.
 - Mackenzie Kelley let loose seven shots on the afternoon and scored once, while adding a draw control.
 - Jen Eck was a force today during draw controls. She controlled a game-high seven and added a caused turnover to her impressive day.
 - Widener's Angie Baricko led her squad with three goals on the day.
 - The Dutchmen outshot the Pride 23-20, however Widener held the edge in shots on goal at 17-11.
 - LVC went 7-for-8 on clears and the Pride were 9-for-14, another credit to LVC's suffocating defense.
 - Ground balls were all square at 8-8.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen look to keep rolling when they head into Glenside on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for a date with Arcadia.