BALTIMORE, Md. – Ethan Keenan scored three of the first five goals of the game to lead the Lebanon Valley Men's Lacrosse team to a 10-8 victory at Goucher College on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland. Jake Bollinger scored twice to become the program's top goal scorer with 152 career goals.
 
The teams traded possessions over the first few minutes of the game with neither team able to score. Keenan put the Dutchmen (2-2) on the board with an unassisted goal. LVC had a successful kill of an extra-man opportunity and then Trey Ralston scored with eight minutes to go in the first to increase the lead. The scored remained 2-0 until Bollinger found Keenan for his second goal of the game with 2:46 to go. Goucher scored its first goal with a little over a minute left to cut the advantage to 3-1 after one.
 
The offense came out firing in the second taking five consecutive shots over a minute span. Keenan picked up a ground ball off the fifth shot which was saved and put the ball into the back of the cage to complete his hat trick and give LVC a 4-1 lead. The Dutchmen kept the pressure on throughout the quarter but were unable to score until the last play of the half when Bollinger scored his record-breaking goal. Keenan hit the crossbar right before Bollinger scored to put the Dutchmen up 5-1 at the half.
 
Liam Hogan increased LVC's lead to 6-1 a couple minutes into the second half off an assist by Nick Gleason. Goucher scored 45 seconds later but LVC responded right back as Ralston found the back of the net for the second time. Hayden Carling increased the lead to 8-2 with an unassisted goal. The Gophers responded with two quick goals and then added a third goal with just over a minute to go in the quarter to cut the deficit to 8-5.
 
LVC's defense kept the Gophers off the scoreboard for the first eight minutes of the fourth until Goucher scored to make it a two-goal game. Keenan gave the Dutchmen some breathing room with his fourth goal of the game and then Bollinger added an insurance goal with 3:39 left. The Gophers called a timeout and were able to score twice in the final two minutes, but LVC won a faceoff with 1:20 remaining and held onto the ball the rest of the way.
 
Inside the Box

• Keenan recorded the first hat trick of his career with four goals on eight shots. The sophomore also had five ground balls.
• Bollinger finished with three points on two goals and an assist. He passed Malik Pedroso for career goals after becoming just the second person in program history to score 150 goals earlier this week.
• Ralston had two goals on nine shots. He recorded his second multi-goal game of the week and now has 97 goals for his career.
• Carling scored his third goal of the year and has now recorded a point in all four games.
• Hogan scored his first goal of the year and fourth of his career.
• Mitchell Gearhart won 11 of 18 faceoffs and picked up four ground balls.
• Kellen Markley made 15 saves in goal to pick up the win.
• The Dutchmen out shot the Gophers 47-34 and had a 33-26 advantage in ground balls.
• LVC was a perfect 25-for-25 on clear attempts.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will be off during the week before returning to action next Saturday at Wilkes University. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Edwardsville at Schmidt Stadium.

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