Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Julika Blankenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent County) and Megan Murphy (Wilton, CT/Wilton) combined for 12 goals and six assists to lead seventh-ranked Gettysburg over No. 16 Ursinus 17-6 in Centennial Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse action on Saturday.

 Blankenship and Murphy each tallied six goals and three assists on the day to help the Bullets (6-0, 1-0 CC) improve to 6-0 for the second time in program history and first time in 22 years. The duo has scored 52 percent of Gettysburg’s goals (44) this season and collected 56 percent of the team’s points (75).

 Blankenship, who set single-game career highs for goals and points on Saturday, found the net five times in the decisive first half, including a run of four straight goals in the game’s first 19 minutes. Murphy’s six-goal outing matched a career high set against Mary Washington in 2002.

 Katie Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville) added two goals for the Bullets, who outshot the Bears 36-14 on the afternoon while posting their biggest margin of victory in the series’ history.

 Emily Durkin scored twice for Ursinus (1-2, 0-1 CC) while Melissa Scholl made 15 saves.

 Despite the final score, the game’s opening minutes were reminiscent of recent battles between the two winners of the CC’s last four championships.

 Erikah Weir gave the Bears their only lead of the contest at the 1:12 mark, before Murphy answered with a free-position goal at 3:24. Blankenship scored unassisted to make it 2-1, but Julie Gentile finished a solo run exactly five minutes into the game to tie the score at 2.

 Minutes later, Blankenship converted the first of her three free-position goals, touching off a 5-0 run over the next 16 minutes, 59 seconds. After a 10-minute scoreless stretch on both sides, Blankenship scored on another free-position shot at 17:19 to make it 4-2.

 Murphy set up Blankenship’s fourth goal of the day at the 19:00 mark, then found the net off a feed from Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin) just 40 seconds later to push the lead to 6-2. Lowe capped the run with an unassisted marker at 24:34.

 Ursinus regained some momentum when Aubrey Andre scored with 40 seconds left in the half, but Blankenship cashed in a third free-position chance with just 15 ticks remaining to give Gettysburg an 8-3 lead at the break.

 Two more Blankenship-to-Murphy connections, sandwiched around a goal from Kathy Delauney (Lutherville, MD/Roland Park Country School), pushed the Bullet lead to 11-3 with 21:31 left. Goals from Kathryn Grassel (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills East), Murphy and Lowe in the last 13 minutes set the series-record final margin.

 In addition to its decisive edge in shots, Gettysburg also held a 43-31 edge in ground balls and took advantage of 30 Bear turnovers.

 With her three assists, Murphy tied former teammate Becky Bucha for the program’s all-time lead in that category (73). In addition, Murphy’s nine-point performace moved her past Amanda Corroon (185 point from 1983-86) and into fifth-place on the program’s all-time points list (190).

 Farrell finished with a goal and an assist for the Bullets. Gentile and Andre each tallied a goal and an assist for Ursinus.

 Gettysburg returns to action on Thursday at Susquehanna. Game time is 4 p.m.
 

Score by Half	1	2	-	F
#7 Gettysburg (6-0, 1-0 CC)	8	9	-	17
#16 Ursinus (1-2, 0-1 CC)	3	3	-	6

Goals:

Gettysburg: Megan Murphy 6, Julika Blankenship 6, Katie Lowe 2, Amy Farrell, Kathy Delauney, Kathryn Grassel.

Ursinus: Emily Durkin 2, Julie Gentile, Aubrey Andre, Sarah Ulmer, Erikah Weir.

Assists:

Gettysburg: Murphy 3, Blankenship 3, Farrell.

Ursinus: Casey Leap 2, Gentile, Andre.

Shots: Gettysburg 36, Ursinus 14.

Ground Balls: Gettysburg 43, Ursinus 31.

Goalies: Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 60:00, 5 saves, 6 GA), Ursinus (Melissa Scholl – 60:00, 15 saves, 17 GA).

Draw Controls: Gettysburg 11, Ursinus 15.

Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 9, Ursinus 7.

Turnovers: Gettysburg 19, Ursinus 30.

Fouls: Gettysburg 12, Ursinus 18.

Free Position: Gettysburg 4 of 4, Ursinus 0 of 0.

Attendance: 150.

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