Lebanon Valley 8, Hood 6

LVC Starters
Warmingham, Bushong, Beaver, Weaver, Croyle, Wagner, Campbell, Hoff, Torrence, Epple (GK)

Hood Starters
Jaworski, LeBarron, Rhoads, Zubradt, Kooser, Somerville, Hurley, Wittler, Mulligan, Waterlander (GK)

How It Happened
FREDERICK, Md. – Matt Torrence scored a hat trick for Lebanon Valley to lead the Dutchmen to a 8-6 conference victory over Hood College on Wednesday night. LVC jumped to 7-5, 2-2 MAC Commonwealth, while the Blazers fell to 6-4, 0-3 MAC Commonwealth.

Hood took control momentarily in the first quarter when Bentley LeBarron netted an unassisted goal at 7:37, but LVC quickly tied things back up when Torrence scored at 6:15 of the first from Max Warmingham to complete the scoring of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Blazers scored back-to-back unassisted goals at 8:52 and 3:55 to go up 3-1, however the Dutchmen answered when Alex Bushong and Torrence scored at 3:35 and with 18 seconds left, respectively, to tie things up at 3-3 heading into halftime.

LVC outscored Hood 2-0 in what turned out to be a critical third quarter. Just 23 seconds in to action in the third, Evan Crawford scored off a feed from Bushong to put the Dutchmen up 4-3. Then, with 2:01 left in the period, Kevin Beaver got in on the action and found the back of the net to make it 5-3 in favor of LVC heading into the fourth quarter.

Early on in the fourth, at 12:56, Mason Hoff netted a man-up goal from Beaver to extend the Dutchmen's advantage to 6-3. The Blazers then came to within a goal thanks to back-to-back tallies at 11:45 and 9:33, but at 7:52, Beaver scored another goal on the man-advantage for LVC to put the Dutchmen back up by two at 7-5. LeBarron made it a one-goal game with 4:17 to go, but Torrence iced the game and completed the hat trick when he scored with 27 seconds remaining to give LVC the eventual 8-6 victory.

Inside the Numbers
 - Torrence finished with three goals on four shots and he added a ground ball.
 - Beaver netted a pair of goals and added an assist.
 - Bushong had a goal and an assist on four shots.
 - Cam Epple made 12 saves between the pipes to earn the victory for LVC.
 - Barrett Campbell, Nick Mowry, and Courtland Hackel scooped up three ground balls each.
 - Eli Hudson caused a team-high three turnovers.
 - The Blazers led in total shots at 28-28 but shots on goal were even at 18-18.

 Who's Next?
LVC travels to Owings Mills Md. next Wednesday to take on Stevenson at 4 p.m.

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