Reading, Pa. (Nov. 5, 2022) - Logan vande Meerakker scored two goals to propel Alvernia University (3-0-1, 2-0) to a 4-3 victory over Neumann University (1-3-0, 0-2) in UCHC men's ice hockey action Saturday night at BodyZone. 

Alvernia opened up the scoring just under seven minutes into the first period when Frazer Dodd found the back of the net thanks to an assist from Issac Chapman and Christian Dahl to give the Golden Wolves a 1-0 lead. 

Neumann leveled the score with just under five minutes left in the first period when Tyler Kulas found Devin Joyce who found the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1. 

The Golden Wolves equalized just under two minutes later when Sawyer Senio passed the puck to Brendan McBride who found the stick of Logan vande Meerakker who fired a shot that beat the Neumann goalie to give Alvernia a 2-1 late in the first period. 

Vande Meerakker tallied his second goal of the game in the first ten minutes of the second period thanks to an assist from McBride and Hunter Alden to give the Golden Wolves a 3-2 lead halfway through the second period. 

Just over 11 minutes into the final period Alvernia extended its lead to 4-2 after Matthew Davies and Issac Chapman assisted Dodd, who tallied his second goal of the contest to put the Golden Wolves up two with just under ten minutes left. 

Neumann pulled one back just over a minute later when Cameron Hatziioannou found Kulas who scored his second goal of the game to cut the Alvernia lead to 4-3 heading into the final seven minutes of the third period. 

The Golden Wolves defense fended off a late push by the Knights with Alvernia goalie Ian Graiff saving five of seven shots in the final two minutes of play to ensure a 4-3 victory for Alvernia. 

Graiff got the win in goal for the Golden Wolves and tallied 33 saves on the night. 

The Golden Wolves were led by Dodd and vande Meerakker who both scored two goals. McBride and Chapman both tallied a team high two assists with Alden, Davies, Senio and Dahl all adding one assist. 

Alvernia is back in action Friday when they travel to Stevenson University to take on the Mustangs at 7:00 PM.