Lebanon Valley 12, Alvernia 1
 
LVC Starters
Warmingham, Bushong, Beaver, Weaver, Croyle, Wagner, Campbell, Epple, Hoff, Torrence
 
Alvernia Starters
Bowman, Brommer, Lucas, Ludwig, Zagorica, O'Donnell, Abernethy, VanderMeyde, McDonnell, Whaley
 
How It Happened
It was all Lebanon Valley in the team's 12-1 rout of conference foe Alvernia at Arnold Field on Saturday afternoon, April 7.
 
Kevin Beaver led the way on offense by recording a hat trick and adding a pair of assists to finish with a team-high five total points. Max Warmingham racked up three points of his own thanks to two goals and a helper, Adam Filbert had his first multi-goal game of the season, and Matt Torrence and Evan Crawford each finished with one goal and an assist.
 
The Flying Dutchmen (6-5, 1-2 MAC Commonwealth) took control from the jump when Beaver found the back of the net just 59 seconds into the contest. He added an assist on Torrence's goal less than five minutes later and Warmingham added his first marker of the afternoon with 4:57 to play in the opening quarter.
 
Warmingham went back-to-back when he found twine at the 13:31 mark of the second quarter and Crawford made it 5-0 when he put his attempt past AU goalkeeper Jacob O'Donnell at the 11:23 mark. Alex Bushong got into the scoring act with a goal two minutes later off a Warmingham feed, Mason Hoff converted his attempt off a Beaver assist at the 5:29 mark, and Crawford hooked up with Filbert to make it 8-0 at halftime.
 
Beaver netted both of LVC's goals in the third quarter to complete the hat trick, with the second of the period coming off a look from Torrence. The Dutchmen put the finishing touches on their scoring in the fourth quarter thanks to a goal from Trevor Holak and a Nick Mowry to Filbert combination before Austin Lucas prevented the shutout for the Golden Wolves (0-9, 0-3 MAC Commonwealth) with a marker in the final minute.
 
Inside the Numbers
- The Dutchmen outshot Alvernia 44-to-17 overall and 25-to-8 in shots on goal.
- LVC was 18-of-21 on the clear, while the Golden Wolves managed a 17-for-25 clip on clear attempts.
- Lebanon Valley scooped up 41 ground balls, compared to just 27 for AU.
- The Dutchmen won the faceoff battle 11-to-6.
- Kevin Beaver's hat trick was his second three-plus goal game of the season. He also added a pair of assists.
- Max Warmingham netted a pair and added one helper. He leads the team with 13 assists on the spring.
- Adam Filbert was the third Dutchman to post a multi-goal game with two markers.
- Courtland Hackel was 11-of-16 on faceoff attempts. He also picked up seven ground balls.
- Barrett Campbell caused a game-high seven turnovers to go along with five ground balls.
- Blake Weaver added three caused turnovers and five ground balls of his own.
- Coleman Wagner also gathered in four ground balls to go along with one caused turnover.
- Cam Epple made five saves in goal for LVC to earn the victory.
- Goalkeeper Dillon Dunn made a pair of stops in a reserve appearance for the Dutchmen.
- AU goalkeeper Jacob O'Donnell made 12 saves on the day.
 
Crosse Out Cancer
Saturday's contest also served as LVC's sixth annual Crosse Out Cancer Game. The Dutchmen wore special purple jerseys, designed by sophomore team manager Jill Moffatt, for one game only. The uniforms were auctioned off with proceeds from the auction, along with donations and a t-shirt sale at Arnold Field, going to the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen travel to Hood for another MAC Commonwealth contest on Wednesday afternoon, April 11.
 
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