Lebanon Valley 8, Arcadia 7 (OT)

LVC Starters
Keefer, Warmingham, Bushong, Beaver, Weaver, Croyle, Wagner, Campbell, Epple, Hoff
 
Arcadia Starters
Beck, Manion, Pajakinas, Williams, Hartline, Keitz, Muscara, Cunningham, Crawford, Moulton
 
How It Happened
Kevin Beaver's goal 54 seconds into overtime completed his hat trick and gave Lebanon Valley a thrilling 8-7 come-from-behind victory at Arcadia on Wednesday night, April 25.
 
Beaver paced the offense with four total points, while Coleman Wagner caused a game-high three turnovers on the defensive side. Max Warmingham finished with a goal and an assist and Barrett Campbell and Eli Hudson each scooped up a team-best five ground balls.
 
Beaver's game-winner came after he netted back-to-back markers with less than three minutes to play in the fourth quarter to erase a two-goal deficit for the Flying Dutchmen (8-7, 3-4 MAC Commonwealth). His first came at the 2:14 mark before he converted the equalizer with 58 seconds remaining.
 
LVC trailed 5-4 after three quarters but Evan Crawford's unassisted score at the 7:25 mark of the final period drew the visitors even. Warmingham's strike off a Koty Keefer assist put the Dutchmen out in front 4-3 early in the third but the Knights (6-7, 2-5 MAC Commonwealth) scored two consecutive goals to take back the lead.
 
Mason Hoff's man-up goal off a feed from Beaver tied the game at 3-3 with 11:05 left in the second quarter and the score held heading into halftime.
 
The Dutchmen jumped out to an early two-goal advantage when Josh Croyle find twine off a Warmingham helper before Alex Bushong converted a score with an assist from Matt Torrence at the 5:11 mark of the first quarter.
 
Inside the Numbers
- LVC outshot the home team 42-29 overall and 25-21 in shots on goal.
- The Dutchmen turned it over just 12 times, compared to 22 turnovers for Arcadia.
- Lebanon Valley gathered up 36 ground balls. The Knights scooped up 29.
- LVC was 24-of-27 on clear attempts, while Arcadia finished 16-of-19 on the clear.
- The home team won the faceoff battle 14-to-4.
- Kevin Beaver's hat trick was his third of the season.
- Coleman Wagner finished with three caused turnovers and Barrett Campbell forced a pair.
- Campbell and Eli Hudson recorded five ground balls apiece, Beaver and Cam Epple had four each, and Blake Weaver, Matt Torrence, and Warmingham each had three.
- Epple made 14 saves in goal to earn the victory.
 
Playoff Picture
LVC currently sits fifth in the MAC Commonwealth standings. The winner of Saturday's regular-season finale between the Dutchmen and league foe Albright will clinch the final spot in the upcoming conference championship tournament.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen wrap up their regular season against MAC Commonwealth rival Albright in Reading on Saturday afternoon.
 
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