Final Score: VCU 3, Lehigh 2
Location: Lehigh, Pa.
Records: VCU 11-3, Lehigh 3-11
 
The Short Story: VCU took advantage of a back-and-forth second quarter with VCU scoring twice and Lehigh scoring once in a 3:03 span to build a 2-1 halftime lead. The Rams then added an early third quarter goal from Morena Macera and held off the Mountain Hawks.

QUICK FACTS:

• Morena Macera scored two goals on the day and recorded a game-high nine shot attempts
• Lina Behrmann recorded a goal and an assist, her second goal of the season
• Josefina Ventimiglia recorded a team-high three assists on the afternoon
• VCU outshot Lock Haven 23-7 overall and 13-4 in shots on goal
• The Mountain Hawks got goals from Kiki Mes and Jordan Kells

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Behrmann scored the game's first goal in 21^st minute on an assist from Ventimiglia to give VCU a 1-0 lead
• Lehigh tied the game less than three minutes later as Mes scored in the 24^th minute
• The Rams took the lead back just 43 seconds later as Macera scored to put VCU up 2-1 at halftime
• VCU increased its lead to 3-1 in the 33^rd minute as Macera scored just out of halftime off a penalty corner. Behrmann and Ventimiglia both assisted on the goal
• Lehigh got within 3-2 in the 54^th minute on a goal from Kells but the Rams held off the comeback attempt

 
UP NEXT:
VCU hosts La Salle on Friday, Oct. 24 for a 3 p.m. contest. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.