Muhlenberg 12, Lebanon Valley 7
 
LVC Starters
Kelley, John, Eck, Ernst, Federowicz, Hathaway, Brewer, Little, Bash, Gabriel, Venezia, Oliveras (GK)
 
Muhlenberg Starters
Tullo, Sammarro, Carmody, O'Connell, Carson, Friedel, Dolan, Rudberg, Duca, Weiss, Crivelli, Segrave (GK)
 
How It Happened
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Muhlenberg jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 15 minutes of action and Lebanon Valley was unable to dig out of the hole, falling to the Mules by a 12-7 score on Thursday afternoon in non-conference women's lacrosse action. The Dutchmen fell to 3-5, while Muhlenberg improved to 4-2.
 
The Mules began with four unassisted goals in the first 13:39 of action and followed it with an up-goal to go ahead 5-0. Veronica Venezia got LVC on the board at 5:59 with an unassisted tally, but Muhlenberg answered with a goal with 2:03 left in the first. With just over a minute remaining, Brittany Hathway scored her 14th of the season to cut the deficit to four at 6-2 heading into the second half.
 
Julia Gabriel made it a three-goal game with her unassisted goal just under four minutes into the second, but the Mules netted two consecutive goals to go up by five at 8-3 with 24:13 remaining. Later, with 8:12 to go and the Dutchmen down 11-5, Makenzie Kelley found the back of the net for her 19th of the season, followed by Venezia's second of the day at 5:52, making it a four-goal deficit at 11-7, but the Mules scored another up-goal with 2:27 to go and LVC ran out of time for a potential comeback bid.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Venezia scored two goals on five shots and controlled two draws.
 - Hathway added two goals on two shots on goal.
 - Kelley had one goal and a pair of ground balls.
 - Hannah Oliveras made eight saves in net and added five ground balls.
 - Morgan Ernst scooped up four ground balls on defense and added a caused turnover.
 - Jen Eck controlled a game-high seven draws and caused a team-high three tunrovers.
 - Muhlenberg's Victoria Friedel scored three goals and added an assist to go along with four ground balls and four draw controls.
 - The Mules held the edge in shots (30-15) and shots on goal (20-10).
 - The Dutchmen went 17-for-21 in clears and Muhlenberg was 16-for-21.
 - LVC led in total draw controls at 11-10.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen begin MAC Commonwealth action on Wednesday, March 27th when LVC hosts Widener at Arnold Field at 7 p.m.
 
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