Messiah 9, Lebanon Valley 6

LVC Starters
Garman, Minnich, Kudlak, Hudson, Weaver, Wagner, Campbell, Warmingham, Epple, Hackel

Messiah Starters
Knobloch, Stengel, Bradley, Gugliuzza, Lilienthal, Johnson, M. Franken, Doron, Gillisse, J. Franken

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley hung around but could never quite make the game-changing push it needed in the team's 9-6 loss to Messiah at Arnold Field on Wednesday afternoon.

After the Flying Dutchmen (7-7, 1-5 MAC Commonwealth) erased a two-goal deficit tied and tied the score at 4-4 midway through the third quarter, the Falcons (7-4, 5-0 MAC Commonwealth) took control of the contest by scoring three consecutive goals to end the period and begin the fourth.

Brett Kudlak slowed the Messiah momentum by scoring his third goal of the game off an assist from running-mate Klayton Garman with 12:10 remaining but the Falcons converted the game's next two scores, leaving LVC with little time to mount a comeback effort.

Garman completed the hat trick by capping the contest's scoring with a man-up goal off a feed from Max Warmingham with 11 seconds left to play.

The Dutchmen trailed 3-2 at halftime and eventually fell behind by two before Kudlak netted back-to-back goals off assists from Warmingham and Matt Torrence, respectively, midway through the third quarter to draw his team even with the visitors.

Inside the Numbers
- Messiah held a wide advantage in shots (55-23) and shots-on-goal (24-15)
- The Dutchmen struggled on the clear, finishing 17-25, while the visitors were a perfect 19-19.
- The Falcons scooped up 41 ground balls. By comparison, LVC gathered in 23.
- Messiah won the face-off battle 12-6.
- The teams combined to commit 14 penalties. LVC netted a pair of man-up goals and the Falcons converted one.
- Klayton Garman and Brett Kudlak accounted for all six of LVC's goals, with each player recording a hat trick. They each added an assist to total four points apiece.
- Max Warmingham tallied three points thanks to three assists.
- Coleman Wagner and Blake Weaver each caused a pair of turnovers for the Dutchmen.
- Barrett Campbell and Cameron Epple scooped up four ground balls each. Wagner and Courtland Hackel added three apiece.
- Blake Knobloch (3G) and Joseph Franken (2G, 1A) each recorded three points for Messiah.
- Epple, the reigning MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Week, made 15 saves for LVC.
- Falcon goalkeeper Sam Stengel made nine stops.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen travel to Alvernia for the team's final road game of the season on Saturday afternoon.