REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Lebanon Valley College women's ice hockey team received contributions from several players in its Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) opener, as the program earned a 5-2 victory over Stevenson University behind a strong team effort on Friday, Nov. 6, at the Reisterstown SportsPlex.
Leela Nemani netted the game-winning goal for LVC, while
Abby Mak scored a game-high two goals.
Addi Alaoui and
McKayla Romano each found the net for the Flying Dutchmen as well. Defensively, goaltender
Savannah Alexander delivered a 40-save performance.
The Mustangs (0-1-0, 0-1-0 MAC) generated some offensive opportunities early in the first half, but the Dutchmen (1-1-0, 1-0-0 MAC) responded with five saves by Alexander during the first 4:26. Lebanon Valley's offense followed this with six shots over the next 5:17.
The Flying Dutchmen opened the scoring 10:40 into the first period, taking a 1-0 lead. Romano got the program on the board by sending the puck into the back of the net for a goal, courtesy of assists by
Anna Dale and
Evvy Finch. Stevenson had a 4-3 advantage in shots during the remainder of the frame, and Alexander tallied four more stops for LVC.
Lebanon Valley was aggressive offensively at the beginning of the second period, outshooting the opposition 9-3 during the first 7:10. In this stretch, LVC started a power play in the sixth minute, which led to five shots on target during the first 1:31 that the squad had a one-skater advantage. The Dutchmen capitalized on this opportunity at the 7:18 mark, going ahead 2-0 on a power-play goal by Mak.
Addison Taylert and Dale were credited with assists on the second goal of the night.
The Mustangs later got on the board 11:13 into the second period, narrowing their deficit to 2-1 on a power-play goal by Jalyn Jones when the team had a 5-on-3 advantage in skaters. The programs proceeded to go back and forth over the next 4:54, as each team logged three shots that were saved. Lebanon Valley then outshot the opposition 5-0 over the next 2:41, including shots by Taylert and Mak that were saved during a power play. Stevenson began a power play in the 19th minute, and Alexander came through with a save for LVC during this stretch.
The Dutchmen started another power play during the first minute of the third period, and the program took advantage of the extra skater by extending their lead to 3-1. The team went ahead by two when Nemani netted a power-play goal at the 1:38 mark, after an assist by Alaoui. The Mustangs started a power play in the ninth minute and trimmed their deficit to 3-2 at the 10:06 mark on a power-play goal by Molly McCabe, when the program had a 5-on-3 advantage in skaters.
Lebanon Valley got this tally back 13:12 into the third period, taking a 4-2 lead on a goal by Alaoui.
Sophia Scatena was credited with an assist on the team's fourth goal. Stevenson then went on a power play in the 15th minute, and the Flying Dutchmen answered with a block by Dale and five saves by Alexander during a successful penalty kill. The Mustangs later pulled their goalie and drew two penalties to have a 6-on-3 advantage in skaters. Stevenson brought the puck toward the net, and Mak cleared it for LVC, and sent the puck to the opposite net for a short-handed, empty net goal at the 17:31 mark. The goal by Mak extended Lebanon Valley's lead to 5-2, which would stand as the final score. Alexander made five more saves for Lebanon Valley during the remainder of the game, including four stops when the Mustangs had a two-skater advantage, and one save when the opposition had a one-skater advantage.
Inside the Box Score
- The Dutchmen won their conference opener for the third year in a row.
- Lebanon Valley tied a single-game team record with two power-play goals.
- Nemani netted her first goal of the season, which marked her third career game-winner.
- Mak scored a game-high and career-high two goals, marking her first two goals of the campaign. She also tallied her first career short-handed goal and her first career power-play goal.
- Alaoui scored her first goal of the season and dished out an assist on Nemani's game-winning goal.
- Romano found the net for the first time this season, which marked her 10th career goal.
- Dale tied a game-high two assists, bringing her career assists total to 36. This moved the senior into second place in program history for career assists. Dale also tallied a game-high four blocks, tying a career high. Additionally, the forward led the team with eight faceoff wins.
- Finch tallied her first career assist on Romano's goal and registered her first career block on the defensive end.
- Taylert logged an assist on Mak's first goal.
- Scatena assisted Alaoui's goal.
- Alexander posted a game-high and career-high 40 saves.
- Lebanon Valley recorded 40 shots on goal.
- LVC tallied 28 faceoff victories.
- Defensively, the Flying Dutchmen blocked 12 shots.
Up Next
The Dutchmen will be back in action tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m., when the program will take on the Mustangs again at the Reisterstown SportsPlex.
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