Messiah 13, Lebanon Valley 6
 
LVC Starters
Crawford, Warmingham, Olives, Kime, Beaver, Croyle, Campbell, Tamberino, Torrence, Epple (GK)
 
Messiah Starters
Hurst, Mayer, Lilienthal, Johnson, Anderson, Gillisse, Franken, Bellows, Amsbaugh, Stoker (GK)
 
How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley was outscored 6-0 in the final quarter and dropped a 13-6 decision to Messiah on Saturday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth men's lacrosse action. The Flying Dutchmen fell to 6-8, 2-3 MAC Commonwealth and the Falcons improved to 8-5, 5-1 MAC Commonwealth.
 
LVC opened up the game on fire and netted the contest's first three goals, including a pair from Matt Torrence and one from Trevor Holak. Holak's tally made it 3-0 in favor of the Dutchmen early on in the second quarter. Messiah, however, responded with three consecutive goals to even the game at 3-3 with 1:15 remaining in the second. Then, with just seven ticks left until halftime, Joe Olives found the back of the net off an assist from Kevin Beaver to give LVC a slight 4-3 advantage at the break.
 
Torrence extended the home team's lead to 5-3 early in the third quarter with his third goal of the game, and later, after the Falcons scored at 9:47, Torrence netted his fourth to put LVC back ahead by two at 6-4. Again, the visitors responded with three straight tallies to go up 7-6 with 3:51 left, but Torrence continued his impressive game with a fifth goal with 16 seconds left in the third to even things up at 7-7 heading into the fourth.
 
Unfortunately, it was all Messiah in the final quarter, as the Falcons outscored the Dutchmen 6-0 in the quarter and went on to win 13-7.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Torrence stuffed the stat sheet, going for five goals on 12 shots with four ground balls and one caused turnover.
 - Olives scored a goal and added one assist to go along with two ground balls.
 - Beaver finished with a pair of assists for LVC.
 - Barrett Campbell picked up a team-high five ground balls.
 - Cam Epple was dealt the loss despite making 19 saves in net.
 - Luke Tamberino caused a team-high three turnovers and collected a pair of ground balls.
 - Liam Lilienthal paced Messiah's offense with four goals and one assist.
 - The visitors led in total shots at 47-40 and shots on goal at 32-22.
 - LVC went 21-for-23 on clears and the Falcons were 18-for-22.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen face a tough test this Tuesday, April 16th, when LVC travels to Owings Mills, Md. to battle Stevenson at 7 p.m.
 
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