Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Megan Murphy (Wilton,
CT/Wilton) and Julika Blankenship (Crumpton,
MD/Kent County) combined for 10 goals, and the Gettysburg
defense held Dickinson to seven shots en route to a 21-2 victory
in Centennial Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse action on Thursday.
Murphy, who increased her program-record
point total to 117, found the net six times while Blankenship
added four goals as the fourth-ranked Bullets (15-1, 8-0 CC)
clinched the No. 1 seed in next week’s CC playoffs. Gettysburg
will host the conference’s postseason tournament on Saturday,
May 3 and Sunday, May 4.
Paced by stingy defense around the cage
and a game-high six ground balls from Katie Lowe (Setauket,
NY/Ward Melville), the Bullets held the Red Devils
(2-9, 1-6 CC) off the scoreboard for the entire first half
while building an 11-0 halftime lead. Gettysburg outshot Dickinson
20-3 over the first 30 minutes.
Danielle Scholz scored
both goals for the Red Devils, snapping her team’s 95-minute
scoring drought in the opening minutes of the second half.
Held without a goal for the first time
all season in an 18-2 win over Bryn Mawr on Tuesday, Murphy
returned to the goal-scoring column early and often on Thursday.
She opened the scoring at the 1:52 mark, then struck for two
more goals in less than five minutes to help the Bullets jump
to a 5-0 lead and force a Dickinson timeout at 6:38.
Blankenship followed with her first goal
of the day at 8:12 and Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper
Dublin) scored off a feed from Kathy Delauney
(Lutherville, MD/Roland Park Country School) to make
it 7-0. Blankenship converted a free-position goal at 15:44,
then set up Murphy’s fourth goal minutes later push the lead
to 9-0.
Lowe finished a solo run at 20:19 and
Blankenship scored off an Ashley Froman (Glen Arm, MD/Loch
Raven) assist 52 seconds later to make it 11-0 heading
into halftime.
Scholz scored off a feed from Elle
Beckert at 32:50 to put the Red Devils on the scoreboard,
but the Bullets rattled off six straight goals and 10 of the
game’s final 11 markers. Murphy’s sixth goal of the game,
off a feed from Delauney at 39:53, made her the second player
in program history with 80 goals in a season. Colleen Dunn
tallied a program-record 88 in 1995.
Freshman Elyse Goldweitz (Westfield,
NJ/Westfield) netted her first collegiate goal with
5:54 remaining while fellow newcomer Dawn Mennen (Beach
Haven, NJ/Shawnee) tallied her second collegiate goal
in as many games, also late in the second half.
With her seven-point outing, Murphy moved
into second place on the program’s all-time career points
list (261), surpassing former teammate Becky Bucha (256 from
1999-2002). Murphy needs 12 points to become the program’s
all-time point leader. In addition, Blankenship tied Bucha
for second place on the program’s career assists list (73).
Gettysburg wraps up its regular season
on Saturday at home against Muhlenberg. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Dickinson (2-9, 1-6 CC) |
0 |
2 |
- |
2 |
| #4 Gettysburg (15-1, 8-0 CC) |
11 |
10 |
- |
21 |
Goals:
Dickinson: Danielle Scholz 2.
Gettysburg: Megan Murphy 6, Julika Blankenship
4, Jenn Kelly, Cassidy Zappacosta, Kelley Mishler, Katie Lowe,
Ellie Shihadeh, Dawn Mennen, Jen Bengel, Amy Farrell, Kathy
Delauney, Kathryn Grassel, Elyse Goldweitz.
Assists:
Dickinson: Elle Beckert.
Gettysburg: Blankenship 3, Delauney
2, Quinn Dougherty 2, Kelly, Lowe, Murphy, Ashley Froman.
Shots: Dickinson 7, Gettysburg 34.
Ground Balls: Dickinson 24, Gettysburg
38.
Goalies: Dickinson (Elise Haynie – 60:00,
5 saves, 21 GA), Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 38:22, 1 save,
1 GA, Heather Kelley – 21:38, 1 save, 1 GA).
Draw Controls: Dickinson 11, Gettysburg
14.
Caused Turnovers: Dickinson 7, Gettysburg
11.
Turnovers: Dickinson 17, Gettysburg
16.
Fouls: Dickinson 13, Gettysburg 7.
Free Position: Dickinson 0 of 1, Gettysburg
1 of 1.
Attendance: 65.
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