Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. –
It came down to the final minute, but junior Eileene Keever
tallied the game-winning goal to lift No. 7 Franklin &
Marshall to a 2-1 victory over 17th-ranked Gettysburg
in Centennial Conference (CC) field hockey action on Wednesday.
Meg
Goddu (Chadds Ford,
PA/Camp Hill)
scored lone goal for the Bullets (6-3, 3-1 CC), who fell
to 0-3 against ranked opponents in 2004. Katherine
Corkhill (Paoli,
PA/Academy of Notre Dame) made three saves in
goal.
Lindsey
Mummert also found the backboard for the Diplomats
(6-3, 3-1 CC) while Michelle
Altman made nine stops in goal.
On Franklin
& Marshall’s eighth penalty
corner of the day, Keever redirected
a pass in from Lindsay Mohr with 36 seconds remaining
to break a 1-all deadlock and create a four-way tie for
second place in the conference standings.
With momentum shifted heavily
its way by the 56th minute, Gettysburg
finally capitalized for the equalizer. On a restart, Becky Latta (West Chester, PA/Henderson)
sent a ball in from the top of the arc that Goddu just got
a stick on and past Altman to make it 1-1.
After an evenly played
first 25 minutes, the Diplomats cracked the scoreboard at
the 26:14 mark when Mummert redirected
a Stacy Swymelar hit behind the defense an in the cage.
Within three minutes of
scoring their goal, the Bullets carried play and looked
to take the lead, but Lindsay Mohr made a defensive save on a Katie Lowe (Setauket,
NY/Ward Melville)
shot to keep it a 1-1 game.
Gettysburg
finished with a 13-6 advantage in shots and held a 14-8
edge in penalty corners.
The
Bullets return to action on Friday at Bryn Mawr.
Game time is 4:30 p.m.
| Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| (7) Franklin & Marshall
(9-2, 3-1 CC) |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
| (17) Gettysburg (6-3, 3-1
CC) |
0 |
1 |
- |
1 |
Scoring
FM – Lindsay Mummert (Stacy
Swymelar), 26:14
G – Meg Goddu (Becky Latta), 55:52
FM – Eileen Keever (Lindsay
Mohr), 69:24
Shots: FM 6, G 13.
Penalty Corners: FM 8, G 14. Saves: FM 9 (Michelle
Altman), G 3 (Katherine Corkhill).
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