Lebanon Valley 2, King's 0
 
LVC Starters
Lysakowski, Steenkamer, Kat, Ward, Dennis, Poole, Simon, Alba, Pentz, Garman, ByDeLey
 
King's Starters
Treslar, Gabriele, Mangino, Robbins, O'Keefe, Mauro, Muscatell, Runo, Zultevicz, Smalley, Maluda
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley shut out King's (Pa.) to win its third game in four outings, earning a 2-0 victory at Arnold Field on Wednesday night, Sept. 19.
 
Much of the first half saw the majority of the action being played in the midfield. Despite a number of penalty corner attempts, the Flying Dutchmen (3-4) were unable to find the back of the cage until Cecile Kat got things rolling with a nice run toward the King's goal in the 25th minute. The forward drove the ball towards the end line and made a move to get around Monarch goalkeeper Brianne Maluda. Kat pushed the ball towards the goal and Isabella Vulopas made a nice run to finish off the feed into the right side of the cage at the 9:55 mark of the first half.
 
The second half proved a different story, as LVC controlled possession for much of the final 35 minutes. The Dutchmen racked up penalty corners in bunches and kept the pressure on King's (4-4) in the visitors' half of the field.
 
Kat proved the catalyst of the home team's offensive output as the game wound down. Her aggressiveness paid off when she plowed her way through a couple of Monarch defenders before forcing her ninth goal of the season past Maluda to double the Lebanon Valley advantage in the 63rd minute.
 
Inside the Numbers
- LVC's most-recent victory was the team's second shutout in the past three games.
- The Dutchmen outshot King's 14-4 overall and 7-4 in shots on goal.
- Lebanon Valley held a large edge in penalty corners at 13-2.
- With her goal and assist, Cecile Kat increased her team-high points total to 22 on the year.
- Kat currently ranks top-20 in the nation in both points-per-game and goals-per-game average.
- Isabella Vulopas' first-half marker was her second of the season.
- Alida Steenkamer added a defensive save, bringing her team-high total to five on the fall.
- The defensive unit comprised of Steenkamer, Tasia Dennis, Nina Ward, Kaylea Garman, and Jenna Lysakowski was impressive, surrendering just four shots on goal.
- Tori ByDeLey had to make just three saves in goal to earn the win.
- King's goalkeeper Brianne Maluda made four stops on the night.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen open MAC Commonwealth play at Hood on Saturday afternoon.

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