GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Jessica Seedorf (Port Jefferson Station, NY/Ward Melville) scored a career-high four goals and Becky Bucha (Waccabuc, NY/John Jay) added a hat trick and two assists to lead seventh-ranked Gettysburg past Dickinson 17-8 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse action on Thursday.
Playing in a steady rain throughout the game, the Bullets (4-1, 1-1 CC) used a 9-0 run across both halves to pick up their first CC win of the season.
Julika Blankenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent County) and Megan Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton) each collected two goals and two assists while Kathryn Grassel (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills, East) found the net twice and picked up one assist.
Abby Smith netted a hat trick for Dickinson (2-3, 1-2 CC) while Mandy Peirce collected four points and Allison Dunn scored a pair of goals.
Both teams found the net twice in the opening 8:12 before Gettysburg erupted to take command.
Blankenship scored unassisted at 20:51 to put the Bullets ahead to stay at 3-2, then assisted on Bucha's first goal with 14:56 left in the first half.
Casey Costello (Tiburon, CA/Santa Catalina School) and Murphy scored to make it 6-2 with 8:14 remaining until halftime.
Dickinson pulled within 7-4 on goals from Smith and Peirce, but Katie Merriken (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) found the net at 3:04 before Seedorf and Blankenship scored in the last 45 seconds of the half to give Gettysburg a 10-4 lead at the break.
Seedorf struck for the Bullets' first goal of the second half at 27:49, touching off a 6-0 run over the next 7:02 that built the Gettysburg lead to 16-4 with 20:47 left in the game.
Bullet freshman Jess Segar (West Chester, PA/Villa Maria Acad.) converted a free-position shot with 14:45 remaining for her first collegiate goal.
Merriken finished with a goal and an assist in the win while Anna Haugen (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) also picked up a goal on the day. Bucha increased her team-leading point total to 30 in the Bullets' first five games of 2001.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday, Mar. 31 at home against Washington (Md.). Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Dickinson (2-3, 1-2) |
4 |
4 |
- |
8 |
| #7 Gettysburg (4-1, 1-1) |
10 |
7 |
- |
17 |
Goals:
Dickinson: Abby Smith 3, Mandy Peirce 2, Allison Dunn 2, Casey Pheifer.
Gettysburg: Jessica Seedorf 4, Becky Bucha 3, Julika Blankenship 2, Kathryn Grassel 2, Megan Murphy 2, Casey Costello, Anna Haugen, Katie Merriken, Jessica Segar.
Assists:
Dickinson: Peirce 2, Ziegler.
Gettysburg: Bucha 2, Blankenship 2, Murphy 2, Merriken, Grassel, Ashley Froman.
Shots: Dickinson 18, Gettysburg 33.
Ground Balls: Dickinson 22, Gettysburg 38.
Goalies: Dickinson (Lisa Bruning – 60 minutes, 7 saves, 17 GA), Gettysburg (Michele Centrella – 30 minutes, 5 saves, 4 GA; Liz Borucki – 26 minutes, 1 save, 3 GA; Casey Bottomley – 4 minutes, 2 saves, 1 GA).
Draw Controls: Dickinson 13, Gettysburg 13.
Caused Turnovers: Dickinson 10, Gettysburg 12.
Turnovers: Dickinson 12, Gettysburg 21.
Fouls: Dickinson N/A, Gettysburg 9.
Free Position: Dickinson 0 of 1, Gettysburg 1 of 4.
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