ANNVILLE, Pa. – Seven different Lebanon Valley women's lacrosse student-athletes scored a goal on Wednesday evening in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth opener against Widener University at Arnold Field. The visiting Pride outscored the Dutchmen 8-3 in the second half to win the game 14-8.
Widener (6-4, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) scored the first two goals of the game on free position shots. The Dutchmen (3-6, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth) cut the lead in half as
Bethany Cohee found
Sydney Zimmerman in front of goal. The Pride scored the next three goals to take a 5-1 lead with 7:12 to go in the quarter. LVC finished the quarter strong as
Erin Zieber,
Emily Beard, and
Molly Whisler scored goals to make it a one-goal game going into the second quarter. Zieber scored unassisted before Whisler found Beard open off a free position attempt with just over four minutes to play. Whisler then scored off a feed from Zimmerman with 15 seconds left. The teams locked down on defense in the second quarter. Widener scoring a goal with 8:24 left and then the Dutchmen countered with just over 90 seconds to go as
Veronica Venezia scored on a free position shot to make it 6-5 at halftime.
The Dutchmen tied the game up to begin the third quarter with
Maria Brandt scoring a little over a minute into the half. The Pride scored the next six goals to take a 12-6 lead with 6:57 to go in the fourth. Cohee ended the Widener run with a woman-up goal on a free position shot. The Pride traded goals with the Dutchmen for the rest of the game as Beard scored her second goal of the game.
Inside the Box Score
- Beard led the Dutchmen with two goals on four shots and four draw controls.
- Zimmerman, Cohee, and Whisler all had two points on one goal and an assist.
- Venezia scored her team-leading 24th goal of the year.
- Zieber had a goal and won four draw controls.
- Anna Lougee caused two turnovers.
Up Next
LVC will travel down to Maryland on Saturday to take on Stevenson University. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Mustang Stadium.
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