Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Julika Blankenship
(Crumpton, MD/Kent County) tallied two goals and three
assists to lead fourth-ranked Gettysburg past Swarthmore 12-4
in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse action on Wednesday.
Four other players scored two goals for the
Bullets (6-0, 1-0 CC), while Liz Borucki (Medford, NJ/Shawnee)
made six saves to become the fourth player in program history
to record 400 career saves and now stands at 404.
Jackie Kahn and Lindsay
Roth found the back of the net twice for the Garnet
(3-2, 0-1 CC) on the afternoon.
Outshooting Swarthmore 21-7 in the first
half, Gettysburg jumped out to an 8-1 lead and held on to
remain undefeated and capture its first conference win of
the season. Blankenship started the scoring with an unassisted
goal at the 7:38 mark.
Less than a minute later, Ellie Shihadeh
(Malvern, PA/Conestoga) fired one in the back of the
net off a feed from Cassidy Zappacosta (Monkton, MD/Maryvale
Prep) for a 2-0 lead.
Katie Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville)
found Blankenship in the crease at 14:39. After the draw control,
Jenn Kelly (Westbury, NY/Carle Place) darted
off all alone to score 13 seconds later for a 4-0 edge.
Zappacosta took a high pass from Blankenship
and drove the ball down into the goal at the 16:22 mark, before
Roth raced around from behind the Bullet goal to score and
put the Garnet on the board at 19:17.
The Bullets only allowed one more shot by
the Garnet while Kelly and Shihadeh scored their second goal
of the day, and Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin)
tallied her first to end the first half.
Kathy Delauney (Lutherville, MD/Roland
Park Country School) netted consecutive goals to start
the second half. Farrell mimicked Kelly's first goal, controlling
the ball down the field and scoring 18 seconds after the draw
control for an 11-1 lead.
Kahn cut the deficit to 11-3 with two goals
off free position shots and Roth added another goal late in
the second half, but Quinn Dougherty (Wading River,
NY/Shoreham-Wading River) capped off the scoring with
1:36 in the game.
Alexandra Ewing (Monkton, MD/Garrison
Forest) and Dawn Mennen (Pennington, NJ/Shawnee)
each tallied an assist for Gettysburg.
The Bullets return to action tomorrow in
at home against No. 1 Middlebury. Game time is 4 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Swarthmore (3-2,
0-1 CC) |
1 |
3 |
- |
4 |
| #4 Gettysburg (6-0, 1-0 CC) |
8 |
4 |
- |
12 |
Goals:
Swarthmore: Jackie Kahn 2, Lindsay
Roth 2
Gettysburg: Julika Blankenship 2,
Ellie Shihadeh 2, Amy Farrell 2, Kathy Delauney 2, Jenn Kelly
2, Cassidy Zappacosta, Quinn Dougherty.
Assists:
Swarthmore: None.
Gettysburg: Blankenship 3, Zappacosta
1, Katie Lowe 1, Dawn Mennen 1, Alexandra Ewing 1.
Shots: S 16, G 38.
Ground Balls: S 18, G 34.
Goalies: S (Jennifer Hart - 60:00,
12 saves, 12 GA), G (Liz Borucki - 60:00, 6 saves, 4 GA).
Draw Controls: S 5, G 13.
Caused Turnovers: S 4, G 8.
Turnovers: S 13, G 13. Fouls: S 5,
G 16.
Free Position: S 2 of 2, G 0 of 4.
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