Albright 28, Lebanon Valley 23
 
LVC Starters – Offense
QB Kegarise, TB Wilson, FB Steinhilber, WR Diggs, WR Niemeyer, TE Clark, LT Klinger, LG Johnson-Ortiz, C Thompson, RG Redmon, RT Heft
 
LVC Starters – Defense
DE Aviles-Bernal, DT Miller, DT McLeod, DE Brubaker, LB Estes, LB Lutz, LB Gerhart, CB Okomba, FS Yetter, SS Jenkins, CB Atkins
 
Albright Starters – Offense
QB Lahay, RB Bootman, WR Miller, ZWR Zehner, WR Roselli, TE Forbes, LT Jones, LG Joseph, C Banks, RT Antony-Ocasio, RG Jusino
 
Albright Starters – Defense
DE Lowery, NG Rapp, DT Steffan, DE Pumphrey, WLB Harris-Dorman, MLB Vital, SLB Stewart, CB McWilliams, SS Green, FS Jefferson, CB Sesay
 
How It Happened
READING, Pa. – Lebanon Valley's fourth quarter comeback attempt fell just short in a narrow 28-23 loss at Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) rival Albright in the Flying Dutchmen's 2019 season finale. LVC finished the season at 2-8, 3-5 MAC, while the Lions won their final two games and went to 2-8, 2-6 MAC.
 
After the Dutchmen forced a punt on Albright's opening drive, LVC began its opening drive with a double-reverse, but the Dutchmen fumbled and the Lions' Nate Steffan scooped it up and ran 25 yards for the touchdown. Todd Shelley then passed to Mike Jordan for a two-point conversion, putting the home team up 8-0 with 12:12 to go in the first. Later in the quarter, Albright was driving again and got all the way to the Dutchmen's 12-yard line, but Malik Bootman fumbled on second and goal and Tyler Gerhart recovered for LVC. Then, in the closing minutes of the first, Bootman coughed it up again, this time at the Lions' 43-yard line, forced by Brandon Brubaker, and Brubaker fell on it for another Albright miscue. This time, the Dutchmen took advantage and put points on the board when Hunter Wilson registered a four-yard touchdown, and after Nick Bentz's kick, LVC was down by just one at 8-7. No scoring occurred in the second, so the Lions went into halftime clinging to a one-point advantage.
 
Bentz began the scoring in the third with a 41-yard field goal that gave the Dutchmen their first lead of the game at 10-8. The home team answered, however, with Bootman's two-yard rushing TD that put Albright back on top at 15-10. Then, later in the third, Lucas Roselli ran it home from 12 yards out, increasing the Lions' lead to 21-10.
 
Early in the fourth, with 14:48 remaining, Bentz knocked through a 30-yard field goal, followed by a 25-yarder with 7:28 left that brought LVC to within five at 21-16. Unfortunately, Albright answered again, this time with a 63-yard touchdown pass by Jimmy Lahay to Zack Miller, pushing the Lions' lead back to 12 at 28-16. On the Dutchmen's ensuing drive, they made things interesting when Kody Kegarise found Tyeair Diggs for a 15-yard strike, making it a 28-23 game.
 
LVC got the ball back with 18 seconds to go and Kegarise began the drive by finding Diggs for a 16-yard connection, followed by a hookup with Andrew Olson for 10 yards to Albright's 38-yard line. On the final play of the game, Kegarise launched one into the end zone and Diggs nearly came down with it, but Albright's Armon Jefferson intercepted it, allowing the home team to sneak away with the narrow win.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Andrew Olson finished with seven receptions for 106 yards.
 - Tyeair Diggs also caught seven balls for 92 yards.
 - Kody Kegarise finished with 231 passing yards, one TD, and two picks. He added 11 rushes for 58 yards.
 - Albright's Bootman rushed 34 times for 208 yards and found pay dirt once.
 - The Lions' QB Jimmy Lahay threw for 177 yards and a touchdown.
 - Zack Miller was Albright's leader receiver with 93 yards on five receptions and a TD.
 - Anthony Jenkins and Dillon Estes recorded 12 tackles apiece, while Jenkins had two tackles for loss and Estes added one.
 - Brandon Brubaker had 11 tackles, two for loss, and forced a fumble.
 - Brendan Yetter and Tyler Lutz each had nine tackles.
 - Bentz knocked through all three of his field-goal attempts from 41, 30, and 25 yards, respectively.
 - Albright narrowly led in total first downs at 20-19.
 - The Lions also led in total offensive yards at 433-341.
 - The Dutchmen led in total passing yards at 231-177.
 - Albright led in time of possession at 32:58 to 27:02.
 - The Lions were 7-for-14 on third-down conversions and LVC went 5-for-16.
 
Season Recap
Today's game marks the end of the Dutchmen's 122nd season.
 
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