Stevenson 15, Lebanon Valley 12
 
LVC Starters
Zimmerman, Hege, Jackson, Dills, Cowles, Ernst, Zieber, Hathaway, Boyer, Little, Venezia, Abendschoen (GK)
 
Stevenson Starters
Foster, Murphy, Marc, Le crotty, Huff, Snyder, Ash, Yarusso, Kozlowski, Kopecky, Hull, Shucosky (GK)
 
How It Happened
OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Stevenson University netted three late goals to pull away from and defeat Lebanon Valley 15-12 in the MAC Commonwealth Women's Lacrosse Quarterfinal round. The Flying Dutchmen ended their season at 6-7, while the Mustangs will play at Messiah on Thursday in the Conference Semifinal round.
 
After Stevenson's Caroline Murphy opened the scoring with 23:55 to go in the first, LVC rattled off three straight, one from Erin Zieber, Jaclyn Little, and Brittany Hathaway, to take a 3-1 lead with 20:21 left. The Mustangs responded with a pair of goals at 16:37 and 13:05, however, to tie things up at 3-3.
 
Bailey Dills then netted an unassisted goal, but the home team scored three straight to go up 6-4 with 3:33 to go in the opening half. Little then brought LVC to within one with 1:08 to go, but the Dutchmen were still down by one heading into halftime.
 
In the second half, with 19:47 remaining, Hathaway's goal from Veronica Venezia, the reigning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week, sparked a 3-0 run by LVC and with 16:50 to go, Zimmerman's tally from Little evened things up at 9-9. Kara Yarusso put Stevenson back on top less than a minute later, and Caroline Murphy and Tea Ferrara completed the Mustangs' mini run that made it 12-9 in favor of Stevenson with 13:41 left.
 
Venezia then scored back-to-back goals at 12:40 and 9:52 to bring the Dutchmen to within one at 12-11, but a crucial three-goal spurt by Stevenson put the game out of reach, as the Mustangs scored three times in less than two minutes and held on late for the 15-12 win.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Hathaway ended with three goals on 11 shots and controlled four draws.
 - Venezia went for two goals and three assists for five points while adding six draw controls and two ground balls.
 - Zimmerman scored twice and added an assist.
 - Little finished with three points (2G, 1A) and controlled a pair of draws.
 - Julia Abendschoen made seven saves in net for the Dutchmen.
 - Hayley Cowles and Morgan Ernst each scooped up two ground balls.
 - Murphy paced Stevenson with six goals, while Yarusso added four.
 - The Mustangs outshot the Dutchmen 30-25.
 - LVC was 10-for-13 in clears, while Stevenson went 17-for-20.
 - The Dutchmen held the edge in draw controls at 17-12.
 
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