Lebanon Valley 1, Stevenson 0
 
LVC Starters
Alunni (LW), Hepler (C), Acker (RW), Yingst (D), Straub (D), Sorgio
 
Stevenson Starters
Watt (LW), Patrick (C), Benitez (RW), Williams (D), Panelin-Borg (D), McVeigh (G)
 
How It Happened
REISTERSTOWN, Md. – Travis Acker netted a goal with 5:28 remaining in the third period to break a 0-0 tie and propel Lebanon Valley to a 1-0 victory over Stevenson in a very chippy UCHC and MAC men's ice hockey game on Friday night. The Dutchmen improved to 4-3-2, 3-2-2 UCHC, 2-0-1 MAC, while the Mustangs dropped to 5-6-0, 3-5-0 UCHC, 1-3-0 MAC.
 
With just over seven minutes to go in the third period, Stevenson was called for a major boarding penalty, allowing LVC to go on the extended man-advantage for an attempt to break the 0-0 tie. A minute and 21 seconds later, Acker found the back of the net off assists from TJ Sneath and Brad Nolan to give LVC the huge 1-0 lead.
 
The Dutchmen remained on the power-play for the next several minutes, but were unable to pad their advantage. Then, with 90 ticks left on the clock, Stevenson pulled its goalie to bring out an extra attacker. Nick Sorgio was brilliant tonight and remained stellar even with the Mustangs' extra attacker on the ice, as he stopped Nick Gray's shot in the final seconds to preserve the lead. A scrum broke out as time expired after Stevenson committed another penalty for contact to the head and a slew of penalties were dished out at the end of the game. Nevertheless, LVC escaped Reisterstown with the huge UCHC and MAC victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Felix Takacsi-Nagy, Brett Johnson, Tyler Romel, and Sneath all finished with three shots on goal apiece.
 - Acker, Cole Hepler, and Nolan added two shots on goal each.
 - Sorgio stopped all 34 shots he faced en route to the shutout-victory.
 - Hepler went 16-for-24 from inside the faceoff circle.
 - The Dutchmen led in total faceoff wins at 35-27.
 - Stevenson's Luke Benitez, Alfred Panelin-Borg, and Oleg Potemkin had four shots on goal apiece.
 - The Mustangs' Riley McVeigh suffered the loss and stopped 21 shots.
 - 22 total penalties were called in the game.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen are back in UCHC action tomorrow when LVC travels to Pittsburgh to battle Chatham at 7:30 p.m.
 
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