DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – Emily Beard had a career-high 10 points on eight goals and two assists to lead the Lebanon Valley women's lacrosse team to a dominating 20-7 road victory over Delaware Valley University on Saturday afternoon in Doylestown.
 
The Dutchmen (8-5, 3-0 MAC Freedom) stayed unbeaten in conference play by getting out to a big first quarter lead. Erin Zieber scored twice in the first 2:01 of the game to put the Dutchmen up. After winning the opening draw control, Zieber scored 47 seconds into the game off an assist by Bethany Cohee. She added to the lead with an unassisted goal right around the two-minute mark. The Aggies settled down and held the Dutchmen off the scoreboard until Hana Neff found the back of the net off an assist from Elizabeth Morgan with 7:12 to play in the opening quarter. Morgan then found Beard across the middle for her first goal of the game nearly a minute later to make it 4-0. DVU got on the board with their first goal of the game with just under four minutes to go but LVC responded with four goals in the final three minutes. Beard started the run with her second goal of the game as Morgan picked up the assist hat trick. Less than a minute later Beard found Zieber open for her third goal of the quarter before Beard wrapped up her hat trick off an assist from Cohee. Alyssa Wene finished up the scoring in the quarter with her first goal of the game off another assist by Cohee.
 
The dominating play continued into the second quarter as the Dutchmen controlled possession for the first four minutes. Morgan scored the first goal of the quarter two minutes in before Beard made it 10-1 with her fourth goal of the game with 12:01 on the clock. The senior attack scored again two minutes later off an assist from Neff to make it 11-1. Morgan gave the Dutchmen an 11-goal lead with her second goal of the quarter off an assist from Wene. The Aggies responded with the next three goals to cut LVC lead to 12-4 with 13 second remaining in the half. Wene won the draw control, and the Dutchmen quickly made their way up field where Beard found Molly Whisler open for her first goal of the game right before the half ended to send LVC into the break with a 13-4 advantage.
 
Wene won the opening draw of the third quarter and then Zieber gave the Dutchmen back a 10-goal lead with a free position goal. Neither team was able to score until midway through the period when DVU was able to find the back of the net. A minute and a half later, the Dutchmen responded as Zieber scored off another assist from Cohee. The Aggies scored with 3:20 on the clock before Beard ended the quarter with an unassisted goal to give LVC a 16-6 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Neff started the scoring in the final 15 minutes with her second goal of the game off an assist from Cohee a little over a minute into the quarter. Cohee added another assist almost two minutes later as Beard scored a woman-up goal to put LVC up by 12. Cohee was a part of LVC's next two goals as she scored with a little over six minutes to play off an assist by Wene, and then assisted on Beard's eighth goal of the game with four minutes to go. The Aggies were able to score a woman-up goal with two minutes left to set the final score.
 
Inside the Box

• LVC scored 20 goals in a game for the fourth time this year and for the third consecutive road game.
• The Dutchmen have won five consecutive road games.
• Beard went over 150 points for her career with her career-high 10 points. Her eight goals are also a career high. She now has 153 points on 120 goals and 33 assists.
• Cohee dished out a career-high seven assists and finished with eight points. She also had four ground balls.
• Morgan had five points on two goals and three assists. It is her second five-point game of the year.
• Zieber scored five goals and had nine draw controls while Wene added a goal, two assists, and eight draw controls.
• Neff scored twice, had an assist, and caused a team-high two turnovers.
• LVC dominated possession with a 21-7 draw control advantage. The Dutchmen outshot the Aggies 38-12 and were 15-16 on clear attempts.

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LVC will face Misericordia University on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. on Arnold Field in an important MAC Freedom contest.

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