Lebanon Valley 19, Alvernia 6

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

Alvernia Starters
Panettieri (M), Taffo (A), Keene (A), Miltner (M), Donnelly (M), Corrigan (D), Adams (A), Defibaugh (M), Judge (M), Dorrin (M), Peter (D), Taylor (GK)

How It Happened
READING, Pa. – After having its four-game win streak snapped earlier this week, Lebanon Valley's women's lacrosse team bounced back with a dominant 19-6 win over Alvernia on Saturday night. The Dutchmen improved to 7-4, 2-1 MAC Commonwealth, while the Golden Wolves remained winless and moved to 0-10, 0-3 MAC Commonwealth.

LVC got off to a hot start, scoring the game's first eight goals in the opening 17:10 of action. During that spurt, Makenzie Kelley and Veronica Venezia netted a pair, while Emma Jones, Jaclyn Little, Brenna O'Neill, and Kristina Maleski each scored. At 10:59, Alvernia broke the shutout and scored, but just 14 seconds later, Jones netted an unassisted tally to make it a 9-1 lead for the Dutchmen, followed by Maleski's second of the contest at 9:34.

The Golden Wolves then struck for two consecutive goals, making it a 10-3 game, however Venezia and Jones scored back-to-back to increase LVC's lead to nine at 12-3. Alvernia got one back with 1:16 left, but the Dutchmen still went into halftime with a comfortable 12-4 advantage.

Jones scored LVC's first goal of the second half at 26:38, and after Alvernia's Rachel Judge scored, Kayci Strous got in on the action with a score from Kelley at 20:05, followed by a goal from the Dutchmen's leading scorer, Jones, at 15:33 from Venezia to make it a 15-5 game. The Golden Wolves netted an up-goal at 13:04, but LVC responded and scored the game's final four goals, all by different players, and the Dutchmen went on to breeze by Alvernia 19-6.

Inside the Numbers
 - The MAC Commonwealth's leading goal-scorer now has 46 tallies so far this season after scoring six in tonight's win. Jones added an assist, picked up two ground balls, caused two turnovers, and controlled four draws.
 - Venezia racked up four goals and two assists and controlled three draws.
 - O'Neill recorded a hat trick and added an assist.
 - Kelley and Maleski scored two goals each and Kelley controlled four draws.
 - As per usual, Jen Eck was a force on defense and controlled a game-high nine draws.
 - Leah Franklin got the win between the pipes after playing all 30 minutes of the first half and making three saves. Hannah Oliveras played the second half and allowed just two goals while stopping four shots.
 - Judge led Alvernia with two goals, three ground balls, two caused turnovers, and two draw controls.
 - The Dutchmen dominated with 34 shots and 25 shots on net.
 - LVC was perfect on clears at 12-for-12.
 - The Dutchmen led in draw controls at 21-6.

Who's Next?
MAC Commonwealth action continues for LVC on Wednesday when the Dutchmen host Hood at 4 p.m.

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