Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Megan Murphy (Wilton,
CT/Wilton) and Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper
Dublin) combined for 12 goals to lead fifth-ranked
Gettysburg past Washington 18-9 in Centennial Conference (CC)
women’s lacrosse action on Saturday.
Murphy scored four of her career-high
seven goals during a 10-0 run across both halves that turned
a one-goal deficit into an insurmountable 11-2 second-half
lead. Farrell, coming off a career-best six-point performance
against Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday, tallied a career-high
five goals and also dished out one assist to help the Bullets
(10-0, 4-0 CC) extend their program-best start.
Julika Blankenship (Crumpton, MD/Kent
County) added two goals and handed out a game-high
four assists in the win. Liz Borucki (Medford, NJ/Shawnee)
made six saves, including two key stops on free-position attempts
in the first half, and scooped eight ground balls to backstop
a defense that held the CC’s highest-scoring team to five
goals in the game’s first 55 minutes.
Betty Weller and Janet
Studdiford scored two goals and added one assist apiece
for the Shorewomen (9-1, 5-1 CC), who saw their season-opening
winning streak halted at nine games.
Washington jumped to a 2-1 lead on goals
from Paige Heller and Studdiford in the game’s
opening seven minutes, but the rest of the day belonged to
Gettysburg.
Eighteen seconds after Studdiford’s goal,
Ashley Froman (Glen Arm, MD/Loch Raven) assisted
on a spinning rip from Kathryn Grassel (Dix Hills, NY/Half
Hollow Hills East) to knot the game at 2 and ignite
the decisive run.
Murphy scored off a behind-the-net feed
from Grassel just 30 seconds later to put the Bullets ahead
to stay. Murphy completed her hat trick with an underhanded
lefty finish at 11:28 and Farrell scored on a solo run directly
off the ensuing draw control to make it 5-2.
Cassidy Zappacosta (Monkton, MD/Maryvale
Prep) netted her lone goal of the day at 16:51 and
the Blankenship-to-Murphy connection clicked for the third
time to give Gettysburg a 7-2 lead at the 18:56 mark. Farrell
converted a free-position goal at 22:50 and scored off a Murphy
feed with 24 seconds left in the half to make it 9-2 at the
break.
Murphy and Blankenship collected unassisted
markers in the first 2:37 of the second half to cap the run.
Murphy’s sixth goal of the day gave Gettysburg a 10-goal lead
at 13-3 and the Bullets led by as many as 12 before the Shorewomen
tallied four goals in the last five minutes to set the final
margin.
With the win, Gettysburg has now posted
victories against the other three teams to reach the CC playoffs
each of the past two years. The Bullets downed Ursinus 17-6
on Mar. 22 and stopped F&M 21-10 on Wednesday.
Murphy’s seven-goal explosion gave her
a career-best 47 goals this season. Blankenship moved into
sixth place on the program’s career assists list (50) and
into ninth place in career points (126). The Bullets scored
on 18 of 29 shots on the afternoon (a season-best 62 percent).
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at home against Dickinson. Game time is 4 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Washington (9-1, 5-1 CC) |
2 |
7 |
- |
9 |
| #5 Gettysburg (10-0, 4-0 CC) |
9 |
9 |
- |
18 |
Goals:
Washington: Betty Weller 2, Janet Studdiford
2, Casey Sawma, Paige Heller, Lindsey Eichner, Erin Bollinger,
Minta Sayres.
Gettysburg: Megan Murphy 7, Amy Farrell
5, Julika Blankenship 2, Cassidy Zappacosta, Kelley Mishler,
Quinn Dougherty, Kathryn Grassel.
Assists:
Washington: Weller, Eichner, Studdiford,
Sayres.
Gettysburg: Blankenship 4, Murphy, Farrell,
Grassel, Ashley Froman.
Shots: Washington 25, Gettysburg 29.
Ground Balls: Washington 33, Gettysburg
38.
Goalies: Washington (Ashley Crisler
– 60:00, 8 saves, 18 GA), Gettysburg (Liz Borucki – 51:22,
6 saves, 7 GA, Heather Kelley – 8:38, 2 saves, 2 GA).
Draw Controls: Washington 15, Gettysburg
14.
Caused Turnovers: Washington 5, Gettysburg
9.
Turnovers: Washington 20, Gettysburg
17.
Fouls: Washington 10, Gettysburg 20.
Free Position: Washington 1 of 6, Gettysburg
2 of 7.
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