Box Score
LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg put up two first half
goals, and the defense held strong in the second half to
thwart the Franklin & Marshall attack in Centennial
Conference (CC) field hockey action on Tuesday. The Bullets
(7-3, 4-0 CC) added a second half goal to defeat the Diplomats
(6-5, 2-2 CC) by a 3-0 margin.
Senior Kate
Hopkins (Oswego, NY/West Chester East [PA])
tallied two of Gettysburg’s goals to bring her offensive total for the season
to three goals and an assist.
Senior Jessy O’Neill
(Lower Gwynedd, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy) made nine stops in the cage for the Bullets to keep
her record perfect at 6-0. Michelle
Altman tallied 10 saves for Franklin & Marshall
in the loss.
Gettysburg got on the board first in the opening stanza when senior
Carrie Brown (Hummelstown, PA/Hershey) played a ball in from the left side. Classmate Lisa Giljam (Downingtown, PA/Villa Maria Academy) redirected the ball behind Altman for the 1-0 lead with
less than seven minutes gone in the contest.
In the 22nd minute, Hopkins doubled the Bullets’ lead when she finally got
a ball by the Diplomat keeper after multiple failed attempts.
Gettysburg continued to carry play for the majority of the first
half, but could not extend its lead, taking a 12-5 advantage
in shots into the intermission, but only a 2-0 lead.
Franklin & Marshall came out strong in the second
half controlling the ball for much of the stanza, but could
not get a ball by O’Neill. With 20 minutes to play,
the Diplomats had their best opportunity, but Stacey
Swymelar’s shot went
just wide of the cage.
The Bullet defense came up big less than three minutes
later. Senior Amy
Ritter (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) broke up a fast-break by F&M that started a play
the other way. Sophomore Meg
Goddu (Chadds Ford, PA/Unionville) collected a long pass and sent the ball into Hopkins. Hopkins
had her initial shot kicked out, but collected her own rebound
and found the back of the cage for the final margin.
The Bullets have a week off
before returning home to play Muhlenberg on Wednesday, Oct.
15. Game time is 4
p.m.
| Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Gettysburg (7-3, 4-0 CC) |
2 |
1 |
- |
3 |
| Franklin & Marshall
(6-5, 2-2 CC) |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
Scoring:
G
– Lisa Giljam (Carrie Brown), 6:59
G – Kate Hopkins (unassisted), 22:18
G – Hopkins (unassisted), 52:56
Shots:
G 15, FM 12. Penalty Corners: G 3, FM 11. Saves:
G 9 (Jessy O’Neill), FM 10 (Michelle Altman).
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