ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Maureen O'Donnell (Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil Academy) converted a penalty kick in the 84th minute as Gettysburg used two restart goals in a five-minute, 30-second stretch of the second half to defeat Elizabethtown 3-2 in non-conference action on Wednesday.

 O'Donnell received the opportunity to net her first goal of the 2000 season when Blue Jay goalie Lisa Blanker fouled Gettysburg's Ashley Froman (Glen Arm, MD/Loch Raven) inside the penalty box with 6:42 remaining in regulation time.  The Bullet junior slotted her shot to the right of a diving Blanker to give the visitors their first lead of the day at 3-2.

 Gettysburg survived a number of anxious moments following the go-ahead goal to notch its first victory over Elizabethtown in the last three meetings between the teams.

Bullet goalie Carine Doyle (Exton, PA/Bishop Shanahan), who made a career-high 11 saves on the afternoon, smothered a serve following a cleared corner kick in the 86th minute that barely eluded Blue Jay forward Andrea Thompson.  Two minutes later, E-town's Denise Gordon was sent in on a semi-breakaway, but fired a left-footed shot wide of the left post.

Gettysburg took advantage of a strange set of events to tie the game at two.

Blanker was shaken up in a collision with two Bullet players in the 78th minute and forced by rule to temporarily leave the playing field.  With Blanker waiting on the sidelines to re-enter the game seconds later, O'Donnell was fouled at the top of the box and Kay McGlaughlin (Floral Park, NY/St. Mary's) rifled the ensuing free kick off the hands of backup goalie Anna Daciw and into the net for the tying goal.

Elizabethtown's Eileen Fretz had given the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead in the 69th minute, when she was sent in alone on a misplayed ball and fired the go-ahead shot past a diving Doyle.  Fretz led all players with five of E-town's 19 shots on the day.

The two teams traded goals within 1:22 of each other late in the first half to open the scoring.

Nicole Hundley volleyed home a pass from Christy Callahan to give the Blue Jays a short-lived 1-0 lead at 32:38.

One minute, 22 seconds later, Lauren Melillo (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) set up the first collegiate goal by Kristen Salmond (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) to tie the game at one.

Rachael Rzemieniewski (Neshanic, NJ/Immaculata) led the Bullets with three shots on the day, including a point-blank blast that was denied by Blanker in the 17th minute.  Thompson added three shots for E-town.  Blanker finished with six saves for the Blue Jays.

In defeating Elizabethtown for the ninth time in their 13 all-time meetings, the Bullets extended their winning streak to four games.  The five total goals scored in the game represented the highest single-game goal total in the annual series since a 3-2 Gettysburg win in 1995.

The Bullets return to action on Saturday, September 23 at Washington (Md.) College.  Game time is 1 p.m.
 

Scoring
E – Nicole Hundley (Christy Callahan), 32:38
G – Kristen Salmond (Lauren Melillo), 34:00
E – Eileen Fretz, 68:22
G – Kay McLaughlin, 77:48
G – Maureen O'Donnell (penalty kick), 83:18

Shots: G 11, E 19. Corner Kicks: G 1, E 4.  Fouls: G 15, E 12. Goalie Saves: G 11 (Carine Doyle), E 6 (Lisa Blanker 6, 89:40; Anna Daciw 0, 0:20).

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