Sophomore Brian Yingling scored four goals and added two assists to break his own school record for most points in a season, leading the fourth-seeded Lebanon Valley Dutchmen to an 8-5 upset win over third seed Johnson & Wales Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The win advanced the Dutchmen to the ECAC Northeast championship for the first time in the Valley’s three-year history. The champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division III tournament.<\/p>\n
Yingling scored two goals to give LVC a 2-0 lead in the first period, tallying the first strike via the power play from junior Greg Kutchma at 8:50. The assist was Kutchma’s 10th of the year.<\/p>\n
Johnson & Wales (18-7-2, 14-3-1 ECAC NE) tied the game with two goals in one minute of action. At 19:15 of the first, sophomore Scott Freeney broke the shutout with a goal assisted by freshman Matt O’Connor. 15 seconds into the second period, O’Connor scored a goal from freshman Justin Blake and sophomore John Gomes.<\/p>\n
Yingling went back to work and helped junior Jamie Taylor assist sophomore Tim Rink for a power-play goal notched at 2:20 to give the Valley a 3-2 advantage. Yingling then scored his third goal of the game, shorthanded, less than three minutes later. He was assisted by Taylor, who collected his 19th and 20th assists of the season.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Derek Foster of Johnson & Wales tallied his seventh goal of the year at 9:14 on the power play to cut the Lebanon Valley lead to 4-3.<\/p>\n
In what seemed to be a recurring theme this afternoon, Yingling scored again to tie his own club record for most points in a season and goals and points scored in a game. He gave the Dutchmen a 5-3 lead at 11:34 after getting an assist by sophomore Ben Kwon.<\/p>\n
Kutchma grabbed his 17th goal of the year at 15:03 to round out the scoring of the second period. He had help from freshman Doug MacCormack and senior Dan Yingst. Early in the third, Kutchma scored again, giving the Dutchmen a 7-3 lead.<\/p>\n
J&W tried to change momentum following scores by Jacob and junior Dave Accetturo, but Taylor added the final nail at 17:05. Rink and Yingling were charged with the assist, giving Yingling the school record for most points in a season with 44, on 23 goals and 21 assists, and points in a game with six.<\/p>\n
Junior Lincoln Matlock improved to 9-5-1 on the year and advanced LVC to the ECAC Northeast championship for the first time in team history. LVC (17-7-1, 14-4-1 ECAC NE) will face Wentworth on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Matthews Arena, on the campus of Northeastern, for the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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