Photo Credit: Steve Kime

Goucher 9, Lebanon Valley 7
 
How It Happened
BALTIMORE – Lebanon Valley outscored Goucher 4-2 in the fourth quarter, but came up short in a 9-7 loss to the Gophers on Saturday afternoon in non-conference men's lacrosse action. The Flying Dutchmen slipped to 1-2, while Goucher jumped to 2-2.
 
Carson Frey opened the game's scoring with a tally at 11:03 from Josh Croyle to give the visiting Dutchmen the early 1-0 advantage. The Gophers, however, responded by scoring four consecutive goals to take a comfortable 4-1 lead with 2:03 to go in the opening period. The home team held its four-goal advantage and took that into the second quarter.
 
At the 10:16 mark of the second, Croyle brought LVC to within two with a goal from Trevor Holak, but less than four minutes later, at 6:26, Ben Smith put Goucher back on top by three at 5-2, and that score held up heading into halftime.
 
Coming out of the halftime break, Josh Reinhardt made it a two-goal deficit again for LVC thanks to an assist from Evan Crawford, but Goucher responded with a critical 3-0 spurt that carried over early into the fourth, as the Gophers went up 8-3 with 10:02 remaining in the game. With 5:35 to go, Croyle netted his second of the day with a tally on the man-advantage, but with two minutes left, the Gophers' Julian Schemm put the game out of reach when his goal made it 9-4. Frey scored with 47 seconds left and with 19 to go, while Alex Kiviniemi netted a goal with six ticks left on the clock, but LVC ran out of time and fell 9-7.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Carson Frey finished with a hat trick on five shots on goal and now has 12 goals in just three games so far this season as a freshman. He added two ground balls on the day.
 - Josh Croyle finished with two goals and an assist for the Dutchmen.
 - Evan Crawford registered a team-high three assists.
 - Nick Serrano made 21 saves between the pipes for LVC.
 - Goucher's Justin Lugo stopped 23 shots today.
 - Ben Smith paced the Gophers' offense with four goals.
 - LVC held the narrow edge in total shots at 43-42.
 - The Dutchmen went 20-for-24 on clears and Goucher went 20-for-23.
 - LVC scooped up 35 ground balls on the afternoon.
 - Luke Tamberino led the Dutchmen with six ground balls.
 - Ben Weathersby picked up five ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers.
 - Michael Fisher also had five ground balls, as did Courtland Hackel.
 
Who's Next?
LVC returns home on Wednesday, March 4, for its 2020 home-opener against Susquehanna at 4 p.m.
 
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