ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College field hockey team is prepared to build on a strong 2024 campaign and compete for a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom title this fall. The Flying Dutchmen are slated to play 18 regular-season games, including seven home contests at Arnold Field. 

The Dutchmen are coming off a season in which they posted a dominant 15-4 overall record with a 5-2 mark against conference opponents. The program also reached the postseason for a second consecutive year, appearing in the MAC Freedom Semifinal. Entering the 2025 season, Lebanon Valley was ranked tied for second out of eight teams in the MAC Freedom Field Hockey Coaches' Preseason Poll, receiving 39 points to match Arcadia University in the poll. 

"We want to reach the postseason again and get back to the conference championship game, so that we can make a run for the NCAA Tournament," said Head Coach Amber Corcoran '09, M'24. "I think we have the potential to do it, and I know that is high on the players' list of goals."

Lebanon Valley returns 10 student-athletes from the 2024 campaign. Among the pivotal performers are four 2024 All-MAC Freedom honorees: junior goalkeeper Ella Weidenhammer, junior forward and midfielder Claire Weidenhammer, senior forward and midfielder Gracie Johnson, and senior defender Amelia Taube. 

Ella Weidenhammer was named the conference's 2024 Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Region IV First Team, after ranking first in the MAC Freedom with a 0.71 goals against average, an .841 save percentage, and eight shutouts. Taube also contributed to Lebanon Valley's defensive production, as the unit ranked at the top of the MAC Freedom with an average of just 0.79 goals allowed per game. Taube helped the Dutchmen post 11 shutouts during the season. Offensively, Claire Weidenhammer was named to the NFHCA All-Region IV First Team after ranking second in the conference with 37 points and 17 goals while ranking third with five game-winning goals. Johnson played an important role in the program's offensive efforts as well, ranking fourth on the squad with 16 points while recording six assists to rank third on the team and ninth in the conference. 

Senior forward and midfielder Rebecca Lane is another returner that the Flying Dutchmen will look to for scoring, as she will work to build off a season in which she recorded seven points with a goal and five assists. Junior midfielder Abby Rodenberger is also a key contributor who is coming back, following a campaign in which she had eight points with three goals and two assists while producing defensively. Additionally, Corcoran expressed that she believes that this year's sophomore class made progress last year that will translate to success this season. 
 
LVC has eight players joining the program this fall as well, who will look to make a difference. 

The Dutchmen will open the season on Friday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m., when the program will travel to take on Elizabethtown College. Lebanon Valley will then host Wilson College on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. for the program's home opener at Arnold Field. 

The Flying Dutchmen will also travel to Geneva, N.Y., to participate in the William Smith Classic, where the program will take on St. Lawrence University on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. and William Smith College the following day at 2 p.m. The Dutchmen will open MAC Freedom competition against Stevens Institute of Technology for a Homecoming contest on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at Arnold Field. 

Lebanon Valley will then close out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. when it will host King's College (Pa.) for Senior Day. Johnson, Taube, and Lane will be recognized prior to the game. LVC's full 2025 schedule can be found here.

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