MAC Defensive Player of the Week
Chris Branch (Lebanon Valley / Jr., G / Yonkers, N.Y.) had a great game to lead the Dutchmen to an important 4-0 conference victory at Alvernia on Saturday in the only conference game of the weekend. Branch made 34 saves and had an assist for his first career shutout win and first career point. The junior made eight saves in the first period as LVC built a 3-0 lead. He then made 11 saves in the second and 15 in the third making multiple huge saves to preserve the shutout. Branch recorded the first point of his career with an assist on LVC's third period goal that made it 4-0.