Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa. – A penalty-stroke goal by Lindsey McCormick in the 47th minute broke a 1-all
tie and propelled No. 16 Lebanon Valley to a 3-1 victory
over visiting Gettysburg in non-conference field hockey action on Thursday.
Freddy Kemper
and Jen Selin each added a goal for the
Flying Dutchwomen (13-4) to round out their scoring.
Sophomore Bridget
Seidel (Mohnton, PA/Governor
Miflin)
tallied the lone goal of the afternoon for the Bullets (9-7),
which dropped their third straight contest.
Senior Jessy O’Neill
(Lower Gwynedd, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy) made seven saves for Gettysburg, while Katie
Pawlewicz turned away
five shots for Lebanon Valley.
McCormick was awarded her penalty stroke 11:40 into the second stanza and lifted her shot into the
upper left corner of the cage for the 2-1 lead.
Three minutes later off a penalty corner, Selin took a pass from Fairyn McCleary
and slipped it by O’Neill to extend the lead to 3-1.
The Bullets struck early in the contest. Before a minute
and a half had elapsed, Seidel found the cage for her third
goal of the season. Senior Kate
Hopkins (Oswego, NY/West Chester East [PA])
collected a loose ball and slid it over to Seidel for the
early 1-0 lead.
The Dutchwomen did not answer until nearly 16 minutes
had run off the clock when Missy
Shultz sent a ball across the field to Kemper. Kemper
redirected the ball behind O’Neill to knot the game
at 1-all.
Gettysburg carried play throughout much of the opening half and
had two quality chances to tally but were turned away by
defensive saves both times.
With 23 minutes left in the half, Hopkins had her shot saved, but classmate Carrie Brown (Hummelstown, PA/Hershey) collected the rebound and took her first of three shots
in the opening half. However, Mallary Anderson
stepped in front to prevent the Bullets from taking a 2-0
lead.
Eleven minutes later, Seidel sent a rocket past Pawlewicz from the top-right of the arc, but Amy Saponsky
was there to keep it a 1-1 game.
Gettysburg took an 8-5 shot advantage into the break, but the Lebanon Valley defense held the Bullets to just one shot in the second
stanza. The Dutchwomen, on the other hand, recorded five
to end the game with a slim 10-9 advantage. Each team had
five penalty corners in the first half, but Lebanon Valley ended the game with an 11-6 advantage in the category.
Gettysburg finishes the regular season on Saturday against Bryn
Mawr at home in Centennial Conference action. The Bullets
need a win to clinch the fourth and final playoff spot in
next weekend’s conference tournament to be held at
Ursinus. Game time is 1
p.m.
| Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Gettysburg (9-7) |
1 |
0 |
- |
1 |
| Lebanon Valley (13-4) |
1 |
2 |
- |
3 |
Scoring:
G
– Bridget Seidel (Kate Hopkins), 1:28
LV – Freddy Kemper (Missy Shultz),
15:57
LV – Lindsey McCormick (penalty
stroke), 46:40
LV – Jen Selin
(Fairyn McCleary),
49:32
Shots:
G 9, LV 10.
Penalty Corners: G 6, LV
11. Saves: G 7 (Jessy O’Neill), LV
5 (Katie Pawlewicz).
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