Lebanon Valley 21, Lycoming 10

LVC Starters
Kelley (M), Eck (D), Mellendick (D), Ernst (D), Maleski (M), Bannan (A), Brewer (D), Little (M), Jones (M), O'Neill (M), Venezia (A), Oliveras (GK)

Lycoming Starters
Rockey (D), Peti (A), Kimble (M), Mitchell (A), Lazarich (M), Rutherford (D), McGinniss (M), Hudson (D), Tchou (M), DiJoseph (A), Schroeder (A), Hagan (GK)

How It Happened
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Makenzie Kelley netted nine goals to lead Lebanon Valley to a 21-10 victory over Lycoming in each team's MAC Commonwealth opener on Thursday afternoon. The Dutchmen won their fourth straight and moved to 6-3, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth, while the Warriors fell to 3-6, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth.

LVC hopped out to an early 3-0 lead just under five minutes into the contest, thanks to goals from Jaclyn Little, Veronica Venezia, and Kelley. Lyco responded with a 4-0 run that spanned five minutes to jump ahead 4-3 with 17:57 remaining in the first half. After Emma Jones netted her first of the game at 15:14 to even the score at 4-4, the Warriors' Kelly McGinniss put Lyco back up by one at 5-4 with 13:55 to go. From there, the Dutchmen rattled off six consecutive goals, including Kayci Strous' first collegiate goal, to take a 10-5 lead. During that significant spurt, Kelley netted three more goals and Venezia and Jones each scored one. Lyco scored with 4:45 remaining in the opening half, but LVC still took a solid 10-6 advantage into the second half.

The Dutchmen opened up the second half with three straight tallies, which included a pair from Jones and one from Little, to extend their lead to 13-6. Lyco's Hailey Kimble stopped the bleeding momentarily with a score at 18:10, but Kelley followed with yet another goal, followed by a Venezia tally and another from Kelley to give LVC a cushion at 16-7. The high-scoring game continued, as Taylor Herberger scored two straight for the home team to make it 16-9, but Kelley scored her seventh of the game at 4:59 and Emily Federowicz made it 18-9 Dutchmen just 20 seconds later.

With 4:16 to play, Kelley found the back of the net for her eighth of the game, and with 29 seconds remaining, she scored her ninth of the game to tie LVC's single-game record and give the Dutchmen a 21-10 lead in the statement victory.

Inside the Numbers
- Kelley tied Hannah Krechel's single-game record for goals with nine. Krechel achieved it back on April 14, 2012 at Alvernia and April 21, 2012 at Widener. Kelley now has 32 goals on the season.
 - LVC's 21 goals ties a team-record for most goals in a game. The Dutchmen also achieved this at Misericordia back on April 15, 2014. 
- Jones scored four goals and added two assists to go along with one caused turnover and six draw controls. The senior captain now has 40 goals through nine games so far this season.
- Venezia netted four tallies and two assists to total six points while picking up a pair of ground balls.
- Little finished with two goals for the Dutchmen.
- Jen Eck scooped up three ground balls and controlled a team-high seven draw controls. She also caused a team-high four turnovers.
- Morgan Ernst also picked up three ground balls.
- Leah Franklin relieved starting goalie Hannah Oliveras and played the final 42:26 to earn the win. The sophomore made 13 saves between the pipes.
- Lyco was led offensive by Kimble (four goals) and McGinniss (three goals).
- The Warriors held a slight edge in shots at 34-33, but LVC led in shots on goal at 26-24.
- Lyco led in total ground balls at 24-19, however the Dutchmen held the edge in draw controls at 18-13.
 - The Dutchmen avenged a loss to the Warriors in last season's MAC Commonwealth Play-In Game.

Who's Next?
LVC returns home on Wednesday for a showdown with No. 14 Messiah under the lights of Arnold Field at 7 p.m. The game will also serve as the Dtuchmen's Lax-4-Life Game.

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