Shenandoah 3, Lebanon Valley 2 (OT)
 
LVC Starters
Steenkamer, Kat, Ward, Simon, Kagarise, Alba, Dinger, Pentz, Garman, Sheibley, Willi (GK)
 
Shenandoah Starters
Schneider, Tyre, Price, Fyock, Jones, Hayes, Florio, Dononvan, Mink, Stevens, Morande (GK)
 
How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley was narrowly defeated by Shenandoah University 3-2 in overtime of the 2019 ECAC Division III Field Hockey Championship game at Arnold Field on Sunday afternoon. The Flying Dutchmen finished their season with a 13-8 record, while the Hornets ended their campaign with a 17-4 mark.
 
Heading into the fourth quarter, LVC found itself down 2-1 and needed to score in a hurry. With just over nine minutes remaining in regulation, the Dutchmen generated a penalty corner. Taylor Pentz passed it to Cecile Kat, and Kat then gave it to Danielle Alba, who rocketed one into the back of the net, evening the game for LVC at 2-2. The teams remained knotted for the rest of regulation, and the contest went into OT.
 
The visiting Hornets applied early pressure in the extra period, as Kelsey Jones let off a shot, but Nikki Willi was there for the save. Then, just over six minutes in, Shenandoah generated a penalty corner, but Taylor Hayes' shot sailed just wide. Later, the Hornets' immense amount of pressure paid off when Kelsey Jones gave a pass from the left side of the corner to Hayes, who tipped it past Willi and into the back of the net for the OT-victory.
 
LVC was the first to score this afternoon when Kat outran the defense and snuck one past Isabella Morande for her 20th goal of the season that gave the Dutchmen a 1-0 advantage 11:08 into the first quarter. Less than a minute later, however, Shenandoah evened the score when Hayes netted her first of the game off another tip-in. In the closing minutes of the second, Hayes scored her second of the day off a hard shot, giving the visitors a 2-1 lead heading into halftime.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Cecile Kat ended with a goal and an assist to go along with five shots on goal. The MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Year finished with 20 goals on the season.
 - Danielle Alba shined as well and added a goal on two shots.
 - Nikki Willi made eight saves in net for the Dutchmen.
 - Alida Steenkamer made a pair of defensive saves for LVC and is now LVC's all-time leader in defensive saves by a wide margin.
 - Shenandoah's Morande stopped six shots in net.
 
All-Tournament Team
Forward: Cecile Kat (Lebanon Valley)
Forward: Lauren Tire (Shenandoah)
Forward: Danielle Alba (Lebanon Valley)
Forward: Catherine Lanigan (Juniata)
Midfielder: Faith Dinger (Lebanon Valley)
Midfielder: Colleen Schneider (Shenandoah)
Midfielder: Kelsey Jones (Shenandoah)
Defender: Madison Potthoff (Alvernia)
Defender: Hannah Moore (Juniata)
Defender: Kaylea Garman (Lebanon Valley)
Goalie: Isabella Morande (Shenandoah)
Tournament MVP: Taylor Hayes (Shenandoah)
 
Season Recap
Today's game marks the end of LVC's 2019 season, a campaign in which the Dutchmen reached the MAC Commonwealth Championship for the first time since 2011 and the ECAC Championship game.
 
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