Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Two freshmen scored three
goals to lead Johns Hopkins to their first Centennial Conference
(CC) championship since 1997 with a 3-0 victory against Gettysburg
in women's soccer action on Sunday.
Johns Hopkins (14-5-2) defeated Franklin
& Marshall on Saturday 2-1 in the conference semifinals to
advance to the championship game. It was the third time the
Blue Jays claimed the CC title and their first NCAA berth
since 1998.
Brenda Bzak scored the game-winner
in the 10th minute for her fourth goal of the season. Meg
McIntosh, who scored two goals in a 3-2 double-overtime
victory against the Bullets (11-7-2) on Tuesday, netted her
team-leading eighth and ninth goals of the season.
Shannon O'Malley made 10 saves
in the winning effort while Katie Simmons (Altamont,
NY/Guilderland) made two stops for Gettysburg.
Johns Hopkins scored early in the first half
and never looked back for their third consecutive victory
against the Bullets on grass, including a 2-0 decision in
last year's CC semifinals.
Bzak netted a goal from the right 20-yards
out that cleared Simmons into the left netting nine minutes,
52 seconds into the contest.
McIntosh increased the Blue Jays lead after
she scored on a two-on-one break into the left netting in
the 73rd minute. McIntosh then sealed the victory with a goal
off a Kathleen Turley assist in the 77th minute.
Gettysburg outshot Johns Hopkins 14-6, but
missed several scoring opportunities in the game.
In the opening minutes of the contest, Lauren
Melillo (Boalsburg, PA/Lewisburg) and Jenny
Line (Carlisle, PA/Carlisle) had their shots saved
by O'Malley.
Maggie Cirrito (Garden City, NJ/Garden
City) had a two-on-one break, but missed wide left
in the 38th minute.
With four seconds remaining in the first
half, Katie Langmore's (Boxboro, MA/Acton-Boxboro)
shot just went high over the cross bar.
Michele Friedmann's (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing)
shot was saved in the 54th minute and then gave the Bullets
their final scoring chance, but O'Malley came away with the
save in the 85th minute.
Gettysburg, who ranked as high as 16th in
the NSCAA/adidias Top 25 poll, finishes the season 11-7-2.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Gettyburg (11-7-2) |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Johns Hopkins
(14-5-2) |
1 |
2 |
- |
3 |
Scoring
J - Brenda Bzak (unassisted), 9:52
J - Meg McIntosh (unassisted), 72:06
J - McIntosh (Kathleen Turley), 76:30
Shots: G 14, J 6. Corner Kicks:
G 4, J 5. Fouls: G 4, J 13. Goalie Saves: G
2 (Katie Simmons), J 10 (Shannon O'Malley).
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