Both sides had chances to score in an open first half. The first chance fell to Dulwich with Kevin James' corner met by Ethan Pinnock whose header was cleared poff the line bu Jack Smith. For Lowestoft Chris Henderson exchanged passes with Ebus Onuchukwu but his 20 yard drive flashed inches wide.
The second half continued in similar vein with plenty of endeavour by both sides. The only goal of the game came in the 71st minute when a partial clearance from the Dulwich penalty area was picked up by Stuart Ainsley whose cross back into the danger area found Chris Henderson to shoot home from 6 yards.
Dulwich had a great chance to equalise in the 88th minute when they were awarded a penalty for handball by Josh Knights but debutant goalkeeper Shaun Phillips dived to save Andre Costa's spot kick.
Terry Lynes