GRANTHAM, Pa. – Veronica Venezia became just the second Lebanon Valley women's lacrosse student-athlete to record 400 career points with a goal and two assists in a 20-6 defeat at 11th-ranked Messiah University on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Dutchmen (5-9, 2-3 MAC Commonwealth) and Falcons (10-2, 3-1 MAC Commonwealth) waited out a 1:10 lightning delay prior to the start of the game. Messiah scored the first five goals before Venezia tallied her milestone point with her 32nd goal of the year off an assist by Sydney Zimmerman. The hosts added another five goals before Erin Zieber found the back of the net with a little over eight minutes left in the second quarter off an assist from Venezia.
 
Messiah led 14-2 at the half and continued their scoring streak into the third quarter. Zimmerman scored her first goal of the game with 4:30 on the clock to make it 18-3. LVC outscored the Falcons in the fourth quarter as Zieber scored twice and Zimmerman added her second goal against the nationally-ranked Falcons.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Zieber recorded her second hat trick of the year with three goals on three shots. The senior also won a team-high five draw controls.
• Zimmerman continued her strong play with two goals and one assists on three shots. She has scored in each of the past 11 games.
• Venezia is eight points away from the program record for career points after finishing with three points on a goal and two assists.
• Julia Abendschoen led the Dutchmen with five ground balls. She also became the program's all-time saves leader with 463 career saves passing the previous record of 460.
• Emily Beard and Anna Lougee caused two turnovers each.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will be back on Arnold Field this Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a big conference tilt against Hood College.

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