ANNVILLE, Pa. – Maria Brandt scored twice for the Lebanon Valley women's lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon in a hard-fought defeat to ninth-ranked York College of Pennsylvania in the final home game of the season. The visiting Spartans used a big first quarter to defeat the Dutchmen 20-5.
 
LVC (5-11, 2-5 MAC Commonwealth) scored in each quarter against the highly ranked Spartans (12-3. 6-0 MAC Commonwealth) in the last meeting as conference opponents between the programs. York scored the first six goals of the game before Emily Beard put the Dutchmen on the board with her 25th goal of the season. The Spartans were able to increase their lead to 14-1 before Brandt scored her first goal of the game on a free position with just over eight minutes to go in the half. Brandt scored her second goal of the game in the third quarter off an assist by Molly Whisler to cut the deficit to 17-3. Veronica Venezia ended the scoring in the quarter with an unassisted goal in the final minute to make it a 19-4 game. After York scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, Whisler found Erin Zieber over the middle for the senior's 18th goal of the year.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Brandt recorded her fourth multi-goal game of the season.
• Zieber won two draw controls and caused two turnovers.
• Whisler had two assists for her eighth multi-point game of the year.
• Anna Lougee led the team with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will close out the regular season on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. game in Reading at Albright College.
 
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