Lebanon Valley 11, Messiah 9

LVC Starters
Frey, Fisher, Crawford, Kiviniemi, Bollinger, Klaus, Tamberino, Weathersby, Kapcsos, Serrano (GK)

Messiah Starters
McFadden, Cigrang, Gillmeister, Fascetta, Anderson, Jaloszynski, Stone, Davis, Joyce, Fahnestock (GK)

How It Happened
GRANTHAM, Pa. – Lebanon Valley's men's lacrosse team jumped out to a big halftime lead and would hang on late to pick up a crucial conference victory over Messiah University 11-9 on Saturday afternoon. The Dutchmen improve to 5-5, 2-4 MACC on the year while Messiah drops to 3-6, 0-5.

The Dutchmen came out the gates clicking on both ends as they played one of their more complete periods to date by scoring three goals and keeping the Falcon offense off the board in the first quarter. Carson Frey got the scoring started at the 10:32 mark of the period followed by goals from Jack Kapcsos and Jake Bollinger to hold a 3-0 lead after one.

The second quarter was more of the same from the Dutchmen who continued to dominate play on both ends of the field, this time outscoring the Falcons 5-1 in the frame. Michael Fisher opened the second period with a goal just 59 seconds in before Messiah's Seth Libby would get the Falcons on the scoreboard, LVC holding a 4-1 lead. The Dutchmen would close the half with four unanswered goals, two from Bollinger, one from Frey, and another from Evan
Crawford and LVC went into halftime in control up 8-1.

After a Kyle Golden strike to start the second half, Messiah rattled off four goals in a stretch just over four minutes to cut the LVC lead in half at 9-5. Josh Croyle would stop the bleeding at the 1:06 mark temporarily with his first goal of the game to give LVC a 10-5 advantage with 15 minutes remaining.

Messiah would try to rally a comeback by outscoring the Dutchmen 5-1 in the final period, but it was too little too late as LVC held off the Falcons for the 11-9 victory.

Inside The Numbers

• Jake Bollinger led the Dutchmen offense with six points on a trio of goals and assists.
• Josh Croyle and Carson Frey each tallied a pair of goals and Evan Crawford finished with three points on a goal and an assist.
• The Falcons had three players finish with two goals, Josh McFadden, Seth Libby, and Ben Sheker.
• Nick Serrano continued his strong play in between the pipes for LVC making 15 saves on the afternoon.
• Messiah held a small 45-36 shot advantage.
• Both teams were strong on their clears, LVC went 22-for-26 while Messiah finished 20-for-23.
• The Falcons held a 15-8 advantage in face offs.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen return to action on Wednesday when they travel to take on Wilkes University in MAC crossover action. Game time in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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