Box Score
SWARTHMORE, Pa.
Becky Latta (West
Chester, PA/Henderson) scored unassisted 29 seconds
into the game to give Gettysburg all the offense it would
need as the 15th-ranked Bullets went on to shutout
Swarthmore 5-0 in the Centennial Conference (CC) opener
for both teams on Saturday.
Gettysburg
(4-2, 1-0 CC) outshot the host
Garnet (5-2, 0-1 CC) 34-15 en route to its third straight
shutout against Swarthmore, including back-to-back 5-0 victories.
It also marked the third time this season that the Bullets
have held an opponent off the scoreboard.
Katherine
Corkhill (Paoli, PA/Academy
of Notre Dame)
made six saves to pick up the fourth win and third
shutout of her rookie season. Karen
Lorang made 15 saves in
the cage for the Garnet.
After Latta tallied her
first goal of the season in the opening minute, senior Kelley
Mishler (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) extended Gettysburgs
lead to 2-0, taking a pass from classmate Katie
Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville) for her second
goal of 2004.
Maura
Downey (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Catholic) netted her team-leading fourth
goal of the season off a Krissy Browning
(Baldwin,
MD/Fauston)
in the 34th minute to stake the Bullets to 3-0
halftime advantage. The assist was Brownings first
collegiate point.
Lauren
Eby (Denver, PA/Garden Spot) made it 4-0, converting a penalty
stroke at 60:18 before Bridget
Seidel (Mohnton,
PA/Governor
Mifflin) tallied her fourth goal of the season to
round out scoring with five minutes showing.
Gettysburg returns to action at Johns Hopkins on Tuesday.
Game time is 7 p.m.
Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
No. 15 Gettysburg (4-2,
1-0 CC) |
3 |
2 |
- |
5 |
Swarthmore (5-2, 0-1 CC) |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
Scoring
G
Becky Latta, 0:29
G Kelley Mishler (Katie Lowe), 12:44
G Maura Downey (Krissy
Browning), 33:14
G Lauren Eby (penalty stroke),
60:18
G Bridget Seidel, 65:00
Shots: G 34, S 15.
Penalty Corners: G 12, S 7. Saves: G 6 (Katherine
Corkhill), S 15 (Karen Lorang).
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