Photo Credit: Dan Stambaugh

Lebanon Valley 23, Susquehanna 9

How It Happened
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley broke the school record for the most goals in a game in the Flying Dutchmen's 23-9 rout of Susquehanna on Wednesday afternoon in non-conference women's lacrosse action. LVC improved to 1-1, while the River Hawks dropped to 0-2.
 
Lebanon Valley was the first to strike 2:24 into the opening half after Veronica Venezia put one on the board with the assist from Makenzie Kelley. Jaclyn Little kept the Dutchmen's lead after a free position tally with 24:59 left in the half. Susquehanna answered back and went on a three point run giving the River Hawks a 3-2 advantage. The home team's lead was short-lived after Bailey Dills evened the score back up with the assist from Brittany Hathaway. The Dutchmen started to gain control of the game with 5:06 left in the first half and went on a four-point run to end the half up 11-6.
 
Susquehanna was the first to score 2:13 into the half, but it didn't faze the Dutchmen, however, as they kept the momentum from the end of the first half and went on a nine-goal streak with five of the goals coming from Makenzie Kelley creating a 15-goal separation. The River Hawks were able to score one more goal with 0:06 to go in the game, but Lebanon Valley cruised to a 23-9 victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
 - LVC's 23 goals is its highest ever in one game, breaking the old record of 22, which the Dutchmen scored in their win over Hood last season on April 11.
 - LVC also broke the team record for most points in a game with 36. The previous high was 34, which was achieved back on May 7, 2014 against SUNY Canton.
- Bailey Dills, Makenzie Kelley, and Veronica Venezia led both teams and each had five goals apiece.
- Brittany Hathaway had four, Emily Federowicz had two, and Jaclyn Little and Olivia Pratt each had one goal.
- Hathaway led the Dutchmen with six assists and had the most points with 10, Venezia was right behind with four assists and nine points and Kelley had three assists and eight points.
- Hathaway, Venezia, Kelley, and Little had the most shots with eight.
- Kelley led with six ground balls and Morgan Ernst was right behind with four.
- Leah Franklin had a total of eight saves to earn her first victory of the season.
- Jen Eck had a team-high of nine draw controls.
- LVC had 33 shots on goal compared to Susquehanna's 17.
- The Dutchmen picked up 21 ground balls, while the River Hawks had 11.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen welcome Drew University for its home opener on Sunday, March 3rd, at 1pm at Arnold Field.
 
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