Box Score
EWING, N.J. – Megan McCall scored
six goals to help second-ranked College of New Jersey close
the game on an 11-1 run and cruise past No. 9 Gettysburg 21-11
in non-conference women’s lacrosse action on Sunday.
Carin Heller added all
four of her goals – including the go-ahead score – during
the decisive stretch that saw the Lions (8-0) turn a 10-all
tie into an eight-goal lead in a span of 12 minutes, 26 seconds.
Liz O’Connor also keyed the win with four goals
and two assists.
Becky Bucha (Waccabuc, NY/John
Jay) led the Bullets (10-3) with a hat trick and moved
into second place on the program’s all-time points list (236).
Goalie Liz Borucki (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) kept
Gettysburg in the game by recording a career-high 19 saves
while facing 55 shots.
With the game tied at 10 following a
free-position goal from Bullet attacker Kathryn Grassel
(Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills East) at 37:28, TCNJ
went to work.
Forty-six seconds after Grassel’s goal,
Valerie Cherill converted a feed from Tara
Prindible for the go-ahead tally, then set up the
first of Heller’s four goals to make it 12-10 and force a
Bullet timeout with 17:30 remaining.
Just 14 seconds after the timeout, however,
Heller struck again for a three-goal lead before O’Connor
and Janae Durkin found the net 11 seconds apart
to make it 15-10 with 13:26 left.
Goals from McCall, Prindible and Heller
in a span of 2 minutes, 16 seconds pushed the lead to 18-10
before Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin)
snapped the run with an unassisted goal at 51:33.
Up until the Lions’ decisive run, neither
team led by more than two goals in a high-energy, back-and-forth
contest.
TCNJ jumped to an early 3-1 lead, but
the landmark goal from Bucha and two from Anna Haugen
(Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) put Gettysburg ahead 4-3 with
21:53 left in the first half.
Farrell’s unassisted marker at 10:53
made it 5-4, but the Lions tallied three of the next four
goals to take a 7-6 lead.
Bucha netted her second goal at 22:07
to knot the game at 7 heading into halftime.
The teams seesawed to ties at 8, 9 and
10 before TCNJ scored 11 of the game’s final 12 goals to seal
the victory.
Megan Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton)
finished with two goals and one assist for the Bullets while
sister Kate Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton) spearheaded
the defensive effort with a team-high six ground balls and
five caused turnovers.
Borucki’s previous career high for saves
was 15 stops against Swarthmore on Apr. 7, 2001.
Lion goalie Gemma Gannone
made 12 saves in place of regular starter Jen Munday,
who was sidelined due to illness.
Gettysburg returns to action on Tuesday
at home against Western Maryland. Game time is 4 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| #9 Gettysburg (10-3) |
7 |
4 |
- |
11 |
| #2 College of New Jersey (8-0) |
7 |
14 |
- |
21 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: Becky Bucha 3, Anna Haugen
2, Megan Murphy 2, Amy Farrell 2, Casey Costello, Kathryn
Grassel.
TCNJ: Megan McCall 6, Carin Heller 4,
Liz O’Connor 4, Tara Prindible 2, Valerie Cherill 2, Janae
Durkin, Katie Wagenblast, Jill Baldwin.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Murphy.
TCNJ: O’Connor 2, Prindible, Cherill,
Wagenblast.
Shots: Gettysburg 28, TCNJ 55.
Ground Balls: Gettysburg 32, TCNJ 34.
Goalies: Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 60:00,
19 saves, 21 GA), TCNJ (Gemma Gannone – 60:00, 12 saves, 11
GA).
Draw Controls: Gettysburg 12, TCNJ 22.
Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 11, TCNJ
9.
Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, TCNJ 11.
Fouls: Gettysburg 12, TCNJ 11.
Free Position: Gettysburg 3 of 5, TCNJ
2 of 6.
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