ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley Men's Lacrosse team honored the 13-member senior class prior to taking on DeSales University on Saturday afternoon at Arnold Field in Annville. The visiting Bulldogs scored the first four goals of the game to defeat the Dutchmen 16-5.
 
Prior to the game LVC honored the senior class of Easley Pierson, Garret Harmon, Colin Hughes, Trey Ralston, Ryan Hendrixson, Mitchell Gearhart, Nick West, Liam Hogan, Zach Wanous, Jacob Snarsky, Gavin Porter, Jacob Mrose, and team manager Liz Waltersdorff.
 
The Bulldogs (7-8, 4-1 MAC Freedom) scored four goals in the first seven minutes to take the early lead. The Dutchmen (7-8, 2-3 MAC Freedom) were able to cut the lead in half with a pair of goals. Hayden Carling found Ethan Keenan over the middle for the first goal before Ralston hit Jacob Olson in stride a couple of minutes later to cut the deficit to 4-2. Mrose had a couple of great looks at the goal in the final minutes of the quarter, but his shots were blocked as DeSales held onto the two-goal advantage after one quarter of play.
 
LVC continued the run into the second quarter as Sean Poole scored his 10th goal of the season off an assist by Mrose to make it 4-3 with 12:31 on the clock. DeSales answered with a pair of unassisted goals over the next two minutes to increase the lead to three and force the Dutchmen to call a timeout. Neither team was able to score again until Ralston recorded his second assist of the game on a Rowan Myers goal with 3:30 left in the half. The Bulldogs responded with two goals to take an 8-4 lead into the break.
 
DSU came out strong in the third quarter and scored a little over a minute in to increase the lead to five. Carling had a shot saved before the Bulldogs scored again to make it 10-4 with 8:54 on the clock. DeSales was able to push the advantage to 11-4 with a goal with 3:31 left before a pair of Dutchmen penalties ended the period. The Bulldogs took advantage of the two-man advantage and scored in the first minute of the fourth. They added another goal a little over a minute later to go up 13-4. The Dutchmen cut the deficit back down to eight with just over 10 to play as Ralston found Keenan over the middle in front of the crease for his second goal of the game. DSU added three insurance goals over the final 10 minutes to set the final score.
 
Inside the Box

• Ralston had three assists for the second consecutive game. The senior is 10 points away from 200 career points.
• Keenan scored twice on four shots. He has now scored two goals in six games this season including three of the last four conference games.
• Olson and Myers each scored on the only shots they took in the game. Myers scored his 11th goal of the year to match his total from last year while Olson tallied his fifth goal of the season.
• Poole scored his 10th goal of the season on two shots.
• Carling and Mrose had an assist each.
• Kellen Markley led the team with three ground balls and made 15 saves in goal.
• Pierson had two ground balls and a caused turnover.
• LVC was 23-for-26 on clear attempts.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will take the final road trip of the regular season on Wednesday as they travel to Madison, New Jersey for a 7 p.m. game against FDU-Florham.

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