Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. –
Maura Downey (Lancaster,
PA/Lancaster Catholic) tapped home the game-winning
goal to give No. 16 Gettysburg a 2-1 win over Washington
in the first round of the 2004 Centennial Conference (CC)
field hockey tournament on Wednesday.
With the victory, the Bullets
(12-6) advance to the semifinals to take on top-seeded Ursinus,
ranked fourth in the latest STX/NFHCA coaches’ poll,
on Saturday.
Katie
Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville)
got fourth-seeded Gettysburg
on the board early in the contest.
Meggie Kratz
scored the lone goal for the Shorewomen
(9-9), who fell to 0-4 all-time in the CC playoffs. Gettysburg also defeated Washington in the 2001 tournament – the
last conference title for the Bullets.
Gettysburg
goalkeeper Katherine Corkhill
(Paoli, PA/Academy of Notre Dame)
and Washington
goalie Erin O’Brien
made six saves apiece.
After carrying play for
the final 10 minutes of the first half and first 15 of the
second, the Bullets converted on their sixth penalty corner
of the game.
Downey
sent the ball high to Becky Latta (West Chester,
PA/Henderson),
who sent it low where Bridget
Seidel (Mohnton,
PA/Governor
Mifflin) collected it. Seidel tapped a short pass
to Downey, who slipped it behind O’Brien at
50:20 for her third game-winning goal of the season.
At the 5:10 mark, Latta
sent a ball right to Lowe, who carried the ball to the cage
and tapped it home for a 1-0 Gettysburg advantage.
In the 19th
minute, Kratz rebounded a Laura
Scimeca shot and save
to knot the game at 1.
After an evenly played
first half that saw each team take six shots and have two
penalty corners, the Bullets took control in the second
half, outshooting the visitors
10-1 and holding an 8-2 advantage in penalty corners in
the second stanza.
In the regular-season meeting
with the Bears, Ursinus scored two second-half goals to take a 3-1 victory
in Gettysburg on Oct. 23.
Franklin & Marshall
and Dickinson meet in the CC’s other semifinal. The
winners of the two semifinals will meet on Sunday at the
site of the highest remaining seed.
The Bullets play Ursinus
in the day’s first semifinal at 11 a.m.
| Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Washington (9-9) |
1 |
0 |
- |
1 |
| (16) Gettysburg (12-6) |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
Scoring
G – Katie Lowe (Becky Latta), 5:10
W – Meggie Kratz,
18:13
G – Maura Downey (Bridget Seidel), 50:20
Shots: W 7, G 16.
Penalty Corners: W 4, G 10. Saves: W 6 (Erin
O’Brien), G 6 (Katherine Corkhill).
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