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COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Anna Haugen (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) netted a game-high four goals to help eighth-ranked Gettysburg defeat No. 6 Ursinus 10-7 in the Centennial Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse championship game on Sunday.

 The victory gives the Bullets (15-3) their second CC crown and second trip to the NCAA tournament in the past three seasons.  Gettysburg also performed both feats in 2000.

  The NCAA tournament field will be announced on Sunday, May 5 while the opening round is slated for Wednesday, May 8.

 Haugen, who was held scoreless in the Bullets’ 9-4 semifinal victory over Washington on Saturday, found the back of the net a season-high four times to lead Gettysburg to its first victory over the Bears (13-2) since a 24-14 win in 2000.  The win was only the Bullets’ fourth victory in the 24-game all-time series.

 Becky Bucha (Waccabuc, NY/John Jay), who scored a team-high seven points against Washington, scored three goals in the championship game to key the victory. Sophomore goalie Liz Borucki (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) made 12 saves – her highest total in the past four games – to help Gettysburg slow down Ursinus’ high-powered attack.

 The Bullets were able to control the tempo at both ends of the field thanks to a 12-5 advantage in draw controls and a 32-15 edge in ground balls.

Julika Blankenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent Co.) found the twine twice and Casey Costello (Tiburon, CA/Santa Catalina School) added a goal and an assist in the winning effort.

 Aubrey Andre, Susan Patton and Leigh Voigt each scored two goals apiece for the Bears.

 Gettysburg jumped out to a 4-0 lead and used a smothering defense to play ahead the entire game.

 Blankenship posted the first goal of the game at the 1:48 mark and Bucha scored one minute later off a Megan Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton) assist.  Bucha found the back of the net again at 6:47 and Blankenship capped the Bullets’ four unanswered goals with her second of the day on a free-position shot at 16:17.

 Ursinus got on the scoreboard 18:15 into the game when Voigt scored off an Erin Fitzgearld feed, but Haugen and Costello increased the Gettysburg lead to 7-1 with three unanswered goals.  Haugen found the twine in 1 minutes, 34 seconds before Costello, who scored twice in the semifinals, connected at 27:39.

 The Bears ended the half on a 2-0 run with both goals coming from Patton to pull within 7-3 at the break.

 The two teams started the second half scoreless in the first 13 minutes until Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin) found Bucha to take an 8-3 lead at 43:48.

 Ursinus scored on an Andre goal at 46:45, but the Bullets answered with a Haugen goal 11 seconds later to maintain a five-goal advantage.

  The Bears cut the deficit to 9-6 on goals from Fitzgearld and Andre, but Gettysburg sealed the victory with Haugen’s fourth goal of the day off a Farrell assist at 49:29.

 Ursinus scored the final goal of the game when Emily Durkin set up Voigt at 54:32.

 The Bullets have won 11 out of 12 since a 16-11 loss to the Bears in their CC opener back on Mar. 23 in Gettysburg.

 In their only NCAA tournament appearance, the Bullets defeated Drew 8-7 before falling to eventual national champion College of New Jersey 16-7 in 2000.
 

Score by Half	1	2	-	F
#8 Gettysburg (15-3)	7	3	-	10
#6 Ursinus (13-2)	3	4	-	7

Goals:

Gettysburg: Anna Haugen 4, Becky Bucha 3, Julika Blankenship 2, Casey Costello.

Ursinus: Aubrey Andre 2, Leigh Voigt 2, Susan Patton 2, Erin Fitzgerald.

Assists:

Gettysburg: Amy Farrell 2, Costello, Megan Murphy.

Ursinus: Emily Durkin 2, Fitzgerald.
 
Shots: Gettysburg 23, Ursinus 20.

Ground Balls: Gettysburg 32, Ursinus 15.

Goalies: Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 60:00, 12 saves, 7 GA), Ursinus (Rebecca Manion – 60:00, 9 saves, 10 GA).

Draw Controls: Gettysburg 12, Ursinus 5.

Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 3, Ursinus 3.

Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, Ursinus 14.

Fouls: Gettysburg 10, Ursinus 18.

Free Position: Gettysburg 1 of 4, Ursinus 1of 3.
 

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