Widener 12, Lebanon Valley 10
 
LVC Starters
Zimmerman, Jackson, Dills, John, Cowles, Ernst, Hathaway, Boyer, Little, Venezia, Neff, Abendschoen (GK)
 
Widener Starters
Cohen, Digilio, Lindberger, Colella, Cristello, Crawford, Scott, Dill, Shirk, Ward, Puente, Medve (GK)
 
How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Widener University outscored Lebanon Valley 8-2 in the second half to edge the Flying Dutchmen 12-10 on Saturday afternoon in each team's 2021 MAC Commonwealth opener. LVC fell to 2-2, 0-1 MACC and the Pride improved to 1-3, 1-0 MACC.
 
In the early going, the Dutchmen jumped out to an early 2-1 lead thanks to goals by Livia Jackson and Emily Beard. Later, with 17:46 left in the first half, Widener tied things up at 2-2 off Chelsea Forsyth's tally. Just 13 seconds later, with the Dutchmen on the advantage, Jaclyn Little scored from Veronica Venezia, and that sparked a four-goal spurt for LVC that ended with another Little tally with 10:38 left that made it 6-2.
 
The Pride responded with two consecutive goals at 8:21 and 5:32 to come to within two at 6-4, but Bailey Dills found the back of the net at 3:04, followed by Brittany Hathaway's goal with 1:33 to go that gave LVC an 8-4 advantage heading into second-half action.
 
Unfortunately for the Dutchmen, the second half was a much different story that the first. The half began with a Widener goal at 28:10, followed by Sydney Zimmerman's tally at 27:47 from Venezia that made it 9-5. Then, the Pride netted back-to-back scores at 25:01 and 23:47 to make it 9-7, but Veronica John's up-goal at 21:13 pushed the Dutchmen's lead back to 10-7.
 
From there, Widener took over, beginning at 12:34 with Caroline Kelley's goal. The Pride continued corral draw controls and netted four more goals down the stretch and kept LVC's potent offense at bay, resulting in the 12-10 game.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Brittany Hathaway recorded her 100th-career point this afternoon and went for two goals, two assists, and a team-high seven draw controls.
 - Veronica Venezia scored one goal and added a team-high three helpers.
 - Jaclyn Little went for two goals and caused a turnover.
 - Morgan Ernst scooped up three ground balls and caused three turnovers.
 - Hana Neff caused a team-high four turnovers while scooping up three balls.
 - Julia Abendschoen made 12 saves in net and picked up a pair of ground balls.
 - Gab Cohen led Widener with five goals and an assist.
 - The Pride led narrowly in shots (27-23) and shots on goal (19-16).
 - The Dutchmen went 17-for-22 in clears and Widener was 18-for-20.
 - LVC led narrowly in draw controls at 13-11.
 
Who's Next?
LVC's three-game homestand concludes this Wednesday night, March 24, when Albright visits Arnold Field for a 7 p.m. game.
 
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