Box Score

DISNEY, Fla. – Megan Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton) scored four goals and Ashley Froman (Glen Arm, MD/Loch Raven) dished out a career-high four assists to lead seventh-ranked Gettysburg over Denison 14-4 in non-conference women’s lacrosse action on Wednesday.

 Murphy, who tallied a career-high 10 points in a 15-7 win over Drew earlier in the day, also picked up her team-leading 14th assist on the night, giving her 30 points in her first four games this season. The senior captain is already nearly half way to breaking her own program record for assists in a season (31 in 2002).

Froman, a defense-first midfielder who had five assists in her first 62 collegiate games, nearly matched that total against the Big Red (2-1) to help the Bullets (4-0) open the season with four straight wins for the first time since 1986.

 Leslie Masterpaul scored twice for Denison while goalie Abigail Stewart made 15 saves.

 Behind two goals from Murphy and Julika Blakenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent County), Gettysburg built a 6-2 lead and never looked back.

 Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin) opened the scoring just 26 seconds into the contest, finding the net off an assist from Kathryn Grassel (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills East). Nineteen seconds later, Murphy scored the first of her four goals to make it 2-0.

 Denison’s Courtney Abrams cut the deficit in half with an unassisted goal at 3:17, but Kathy Delauney (Lutherville, MD/Roland Park Country School) set up Murphy minutes later, then scored one of her own on Froman’s first helper to push the lead to 4-1 with just 7:59 elapsed.

 Masterpaul scored unassisted to pull the Big Red within 4-2, but Blankenship found the net twice in a span of 1 minute, 9 seconds to give the Bullets a four-goal lead.

 Stephanie Pratzner cut the Gettysburg lead to 7-4 with 23:58 remaining, but Denison wouldn’t score the rest of the way. Cassidy Zappacosta (Monkton, MD/Maryvale Prep) netted the first of her career-high two goals minutes after Pratzner’s tally to touch off a 7-0 Bullet run to the end of the game.

 Ellie Shihadeh (Malvern, PA/Conestoga) also collected a career-best two goals for Gettysburg.

 The Bullets wrap up their spring break schedule on Friday against Connecticut College in Florida. Game time is 10 a.m.
 

Score By Half	1	2	-	F
#7 Gettysburg (4-0)	6	8	-	14
Denison (2-1)	3	1	-	4

Goals:

Gettysburg: Megan Murphy 4, Julika Blankenship 2, Cassidy Zappacosta 2, Ellie Shihadeh 2, Amy Farrell, Kathy Delauney, Katie Lowe, Jacquie O’Connor.

Denison: Leslie Masterpaul 2, Courtney Abrams, Stephanie Pratzner.

Assists:

Gettysburg: Ashley Froman 4, Kathryn Grassel, Farrell, Murphy, Delauney, Lowe.

Denison: Abrams.
 
Shots: Gettysburg 36, Denison 13.

Ground Balls: Gettysburg 48, Denison 41.

Goalies: Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 60:00, 4 saves, 4 GA), Denison (Abigail Stewart – 60:00, 15 saves, 14 GA).

Draw Controls: Gettysburg 14, Denison 6.

Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 12, Denison 10.

Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, Denison 31.

Fouls: Gettysburg 6, Denison 14.

Free Position: Gettysburg 1 of 5, Denison 0 of 1.

Attendance: 50.

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