Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Megan Murphy (Wilton,
CT/Wilton) collected a game-high five points as 12th-ranked
Gettysburg outshot Muhlenberg 50-11 en route to a 15-4 win
in Centennial Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse action on Thursday.
Murphy, the team’s scoring lead with
32 points in her first seven games, scored twice in the decisive
first half and tied a career high with three assists to help
the Bullets cruise to their first CC victory of 2002.
Anna Haugen (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage)
netted her second hat trick of the season in the game’s first
18 minutes, helping the Bullets (5-2, 1-1 CC) build a 6-0
lead. Fellow senior attacker Becky Bucha (Waccabuc,
NY/John Jay) scored twice to move into fourth place
on the program’s all-time goal-scoring list.
The 11-goal margin could have been much worse
if not for Mule goalie Diana Bleakley, who made
an astounding 28 saves on the afternoon.
Sarah Bowman paced Muhlenberg
(1-5, 0-3 CC) with three goals while Christa Carlstrand
also found the net in the loss.
Haugen opened the scoring off a behind-the-net
feed from Julika Blankenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent County)
2:25 into the game. Murphy followed with a free-position goal
at 5:46, then set up Bucha for a 3-0 lead.
Haugen sandwiched a pair of unassisted goals
around a marker from Casey Costello (Tiburon, CA/Santa
Catalina School) for a six-goal Gettysburg lead before
Carlstrand finished a free-position attempt to put the Mules
on the scoreboard at the 20:06 mark.
Murphy answered with her second goal of the
game to make it 7-1 at 26:16. Bowman scored the first of her
three goals to pull the Mules within 7-2 at halftime, but
the hosts would get no closer after the break.
Keyed by two goals from Kathryn Grassel
(Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills East), Gettysburg
scored four of the first five goals at the start of the second
half to build an 11-3 lead with 20:54 remaining.
Bowman completed her hat trick 21 seconds after
Grassel’s second tally, but the Bullets found the net four
more times in the final nine minutes, including the first
career goal for Kathy Delauney (Lutherville, MD/Roland
Park Country School) with 2:40 left.
At the opposite end of the Gettysburg goal-scoring
list, Bucha’s second goal of the game was the 145th of her
collegiate career, surpassing Amanda Corroon
(144 from 1983-86) for fourth place all-time.
Led by five caused turnovers from Murphy, the
Bullets caused a season-best 17 of Muhlenberg’s 32 turnovers
on the afternoon and also set a season high with 48 ground
balls.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday at
home against Swarthmore. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| #12 Gettysburg (5-2, 1-1 CC) |
7 |
8 |
- |
15 |
| Muhlenberg (1-5, 0-3 CC) |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: Anna Haugen 3, Megan Murphy
2, Becky Bucha 2, Amy Farrell 2, Kathryn Grassel 2, Casey
Costello, Julika Blankenship, Kathy Delauney, Candace Fisch.
Muhlenberg: Sarah Bowman 3, Christa
Carlstrand.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Murphy 3, Blankenship 2,
Kelley Mishler, Bucha.
Muhlenberg: Lynsey Caldwell.
Shots: Gettysburg 50, Muhlenberg 11.
Ground Balls: Gettysburg 48, Muhlenberg
26.
Goalies: Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 60:00,
4 saves, 4 GA), Muhlenberg (Diana Bleakley – 60:00, 28 saves,
15 GA).
Draw Controls: Gettysburg 12, Muhlenberg
9.
Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, Muhlenberg
7.
Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, Muhlenberg
32.
Fouls: Gettysburg 8, Muhlenberg 11.
Free Position: Gettysburg 3 of 6, Muhlenberg
2 of 2.
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