Lebanon Valley 9, Marymount (Va.) 5
 
LVC Starters
Keefer, Warmingham, D. Fisher, Bushong, Beaver, Weaver, Wagner, Campbell, Epple, Torrence
 
MU Starters
Akers, Williamson, Beard, Smolens, Ferrigno, Imbruglia, Griffin, Ruleman, McGeeney, Lutz
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley's offense got back on track and the defense continued its steady performance in the team's 9-5 non-conference victory over Marymount (Va.) at Arnold Field on Saturday afternoon, March 10.
 
The Flying Dutchmen (3-2) were paced by hat tricks from Koty Keefer and Matt Torrence, while the defense was led by Cam Epple's 16 saves in goal. Barrett Campbell and Coleman Wagner, along with Torrence, forced two turnovers each.
 
LVC struck first when Keefer put a snipe past Marymount goalkeeper Patrick Ruleman three minutes into the first quarter. Keefer doubled the Dutchmen advantage with his second goal of the afternoon at the 5:49 mark and Matt Torrence added his first marker with 4:52 left in the first to make it 3-0 right out of the gate.
 
After the Saints (2-5) got on the board late in the first, Max Warmingham pushed the lead back to three points with a goal at the 12:38 mark of the second quarter. 
 
The visitors cut the deficit to one after converting two consecutive goals midway through the period but Keefer halted the Marymount momentum with his third score of the afternoon with 1:11 left before halftime.
 
The Saints came out hot in the second half and drew even at 5-5 with back-to-back markers in the third quarter but Dustin Fisher ended the Marymount run with a nice goal off a nice find from Nick Mowry at the 6:45 mark after Mowry won a faceoff and Alex Bushong scooped up the ground ball.
 
The Dutchmen defense stepped up big time and held the Saints scoreless in the final 21 minutes, while the offense added three goals in the fourth quarter. Torrence twice found twine early in the final period off assists from Keefer and Kevin Beaver, respectively.
 
Beaver closed out the game's scoring with an unassisted marker with 6:30 left to play after Torrence forced a turnover and grabbed a ground ball just seconds before.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Marymount outshot the Dutchmen 32-to-23 overall and 21-to-11 in the shots-on-goal category.
- LVC turned it over 17 times, while the Saints committed 15 turnovers.
- Lebanon Valley finished 13-of-16 on clear attempts, while the Saints were 10-of-11 on the clear.
- The visitors scooped up 32 ground balls, while the Dutchmen grabbed 23 of them.
- Nick Mowry was 6-of-12 on the faceoff for LVC.
- In addition to his three goals, Koty Keefer also added one assist to total four points.
- Matt Torrence netted a trio of markers to go along with four ground balls and a pair caused turnovers.
- Coleman Wagner and Barrett Campbell caused two turnovers apiece.
- Wagner, Nick Mowry, and Blake Weaver gathered in three ground balls each.
- Cam Epple was stellar in goal for the Dutchmen, making 16 stops in earning the victory.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen finish up their recent four-game home stand when they host Gordon at Arnold Field on Tuesday afternoon, March 13.

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