Box Score
CARLISLE, Pa. – Julika Blankenship (Crumpton,
MD/Kent County) scored twice and handed out five assists
to lead fifth-ranked Gettysburg over Dickinson 16-5 in Centennial
Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse action on Tuesday.
Blankenship had a hand in seven of her
team’s first 10 goals as the Bullets (10-1, 4-0 CC) turned
a 7-4 halftime lead into an 11-goal victory, their 22nd win
in a row against CC opposition. The senior finished the day
with 252 career points, four shy of third place on the program’s
all-time list.
With two goals each, Jenn Kelly (Westbury,
NY/Carle Place), Katie Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward
Melville) and current CC Player of the Week Kathy
Delauney (Lutherville, MD/Roland Park Country School)
were among the 12 Gettysburg players to find the net on the
afternoon.
Liz Borucki (Medford, NJ/Shawnee)
made nine saves for the Bullets, who held the Red Devils (4-4,
1-2 CC) to only one goal and nine shots after halftime.
Katie Austin scored twice for
Dickinson while freshman goalie Gabby Joffie
made 13 saves on 37 Gettysburg shots.
Although unable to shake the Red Devils
until the second half, the Bullets never trailed after Blankenship
scored her second goal of the day at 15:28 to make it 3-2.
Zappacosta, coming off her first collegiate hat trick on Saturday,
drilled her ninth goal of the season at 19:09, then set up
Amy Farrell (Ambler, PA/Upper Dublin) 15 seconds
later for a 5-2 lead.
Austin converted a free-position goal
at 22:07 to pull Dickinson within 5-3, but the hosts would
get no closer. Blankenship set up Delauney at 25:40 and Kelly
53 seconds after that, pushing the lead to 7-3.
Austin gave the Red Devils life by finishing
a tough solo run with 39 ticks left in the half, but the second
30 minutes belonged to Gettysburg.
Katie Hagan (Media, PA/Cardinal O’Hara),
Delauney and Ellie Shihadeh (Malvern, PA/Conestoga)
struck for goals before the second half was five minutes old,
stretching the lead to 10-4. Blankenship assisted on two of
the scores, her 11th and 12th assists in the past two games.
Kelly made it 11-4 with her second goal of
the day at 39:48 and Alexandra Ewing (Monkton, MD/Garrison
Forest) followed at 45:26 off a feed from Jacquie
O’Connor (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood).
Lesley Oot snapped Dickinson’s
nearly 18 minute scoring drought off an assist from Kate
Weissman at 47:08, but Borucki recorded her final
three saves to keep the Red Devils off the board the rest
of the way.
The Bullets closed out the scoring with four
goals in the final 10 minutes.
Zappacosta and Shihadeh finished with a goal
and two assists apiece. Freshman defender Laurie Goon
(Baltimore, MD/Loch Raven) picked up a team-best five
ground balls while Quinn Dougherty (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading
River) led the way with five draw controls.
After recording 38 assists in its first nine
games, Gettysburg has 26 in its last two contests. Blankenship
pushed her team-leading assist total to 36.
Elle Beckert and Jena Boccetti
also scored for Dickinson.
The Bullets return to action on Friday at home
against Bryn Mawr. Game time is 4:30 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| #5 Gettysburg (10-1, 5-0 CC) |
7 |
9 |
- |
16 |
| Dickinson (4-4, 1-2 CC) |
4 |
1 |
- |
5 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: Jenn Kelly 2, Julika Blankenship
2, Katie Lowe 2, Kathy Delauney 2, Cassidy Zappacosta, Jen
Betts, Katie Hagan, Jess Segar, Ellie Shihadeh, Dawn Mennen,
Alexandra Ewing, Amy Farrell.
Dickinson: Katie Austin 2, Elle Beckert,
Jena Boccetti, Lesley Oot.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Blankenship 5, Zappacosta
2, Shihadeh 2, Jacquie O’Connor 2, Ewing.
Dickinson: Kate Weissman.
Shots: G 37, D 19.
Ground Balls: G 42, D 49.
Goalies: G (Liz Borucki – 60:00, 9 saves,
5 GA), D (Gabby Joffie – 60:00, 13 saves, 16 GA).
Draw Controls: G 12, D 11.
Caused Turnovers: G 13, D 14.
Turnovers: G 23, D 13.
Fouls: G 21, D 8.
Free Position: G 1 of 3, D 2 of 6.
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