William Smith 3, Lebanon Valley 2
 
LVC Starters
Lysakowski, Steenkamer, Kat, Ward, Dennis, Poole, Kagarise, Alba, Pentz, Garman, ByDeLey
 
WSC Starters
McCooey, Williams, Schafer, Pierce, Roycroft, Tierney, Adair, Craig, Jacobia, Petruzzo, DeVito
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley finished off its weekend at the William Smith Classic, falling by the slimmest of margins in a 3-2 loss to the hosts on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 16.
 
Cecile Kat's season-opening tear continued for the Flying Dutchmen (2-4), as she accounted for both of the team's goals. The sophomore opened the game's scoring with a conversion following a penalty corner that was inserted by teammate Jenna Lysakowski in the ninth minute.
 
The hometown Herons (3-3) drew even just 30 seconds later when Sophie Craig gathered a rebound and put her shot into the back of the cage at the 10-minute mark.
 
Kat, as well as LVC's penalty corner unit, struck again after halftime when she deflected a pass from Hannah Simon past William Smith goalkeeper Alexandra DeVito to reclaim the lead for the Dutchmen with 26:48 left to play.
 
The Herons responded, however, when Shannon Roycroft connected on a score off an assist from Emily Leonard in the 51st minute. The 2-2 tie was quickly broke by the home team when Craig netted her second marker of the day when she struck from left of goal with 12:17 remaining.
 
LVC was aggressive in the closing minutes, earning six penalty corners but the William Smith defense led by DeVito proved game in crunch time, turning away four Dutchmen attempts in the final eight minutes to preserve the narrow victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
- William Smith outshot the Dutchmen 16-13 overall and 13-6 in shots on goal.
- Lebanon Valley was aggressive inside the circle, earning 15 penalty corners.
- Cecile Kat capped off an impressive week that saw her score six total goals in three games.
- With her assist on Sunday, Jenna Lysakowski moved into a three-way tie with Kat and Taylor Pentz for the team lead with three helpers.
- Jenna Lysakowski and Alida Steenkamer each recorded a defensive save for LVC.
- Steenkamer currently leads the team with four defensive saves on the season.
- Tori ByDeLey made eight saves in goal for the Dutchmen.
- William Smith goalkeeper Alexandra DeVito made four stops in earning the win.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen return to the friendly confines of Arnold Field when they host King's (Pa.) on Wednesday night.

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