Photo Credit: Ben Gajewski

No. 2 SUNY Geneseo 6, Lebanon Valley 2
 
LVC Starters
Johnson (LW), Sneath (C), J. Hall (RW), Yingst (D), Straub (D), Perhac (G)
 
Geneseo Starters
Szmyd (LW}, Keenan (C), Romano (RW), Salsberry (D), Russell (D), McDonald (G)
 
How It Happened
GENESEO, N.Y. – Lebanon Valley dropped a hard-fought 6-2 game to No. 2 SUNY Geneseo on Friday night in non-conference men's ice hockey action. The Dutchmen fell to 6-5-2, while the Knights improved to 14-1-1.
 
LVC was the first to strike this evening when Tino Alunni found the back of the net off an assist from Felix Takacsi-Nagy to give the Dutchmen an early 1-0 advantage just 3:29 into first-period action. Geneseo, however, answered when Cam Russell beat Tyler Perhac to even the game at 1-1 at 13:28. Just 42 seconds later, the Knights took the lead when Conlan Keenan scored, and then, with 3:10 remaining in the opening period, Duggie Lagrone scored on the power play to give the home team a 3-1 cushion heading into the second period.
 
Not much action occurred in the middle period until Geneseo's Keenan netted his second of the day, this time a power-play tally, to make it a 4-1 game.
 
56 seconds into the third period with the Dutchmen down 4-1, TJ Sneath brought the visitors to within two when he scored from Justin Hall and Brett Johnson, but at 7:04, the Knights' Dan Bosio put the game out of reach with a goal, and just over a minute later, Henry Cleghorn added another for Geneseo, as the Knights eventually held on for the 6-2 victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Perhac finished with 49 saves for the Dutchmen.
 - In addition to their goals, Alunni and Sneath each had a shot on goal.
 - Travis Acker paced LVC with three shots on net.
 - Johnson and Tyler Romel finished with two shots on goal apiece.
 - Geneseo's Devin McDonald earned the win between the pipes and made nine saves.
 - The home team held the edge in total faceoff wins at 56-19.
 - Sneath won a team-high six faceoffs for the Dutchmen.
 
Who's Next?
LVC's six-game road trip concludes tomorrow afternoon when the Dutchmen take on Brockport at 4 p.m. before returning home next Wednesday for a UCHC and MAC showdown with Wilkes.
 
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