Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Maura Downey (Lancaster,
PA/Lancaster Catholic) scored the game’s lone goal
on a penalty stroke late in the first half to give Gettysburg
the win over Catholic, 1-0, in the first game of the semifinal
round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Field Hockey
Championships on Saturday.
With the win, the Bullets avenged an early
season 2-0 loss to the Cardinals on September 14th.
After a Catholic defensive goal line save on
a shot by Downey, a Cardinal player fell on the ball and was
whistled for obstruction. On the ensuing Gettysburg penalty
stroke, Downey scored with a shot to the lower left corner.
In the second half, Gettysburg held Catholic
without a penalty corner while the Cardinals held the Bullets
off the scoreboard despite giving away nine penalty corners.
Jayme Dinsmore and Michele
Repass led the Catholic attack with three shots each
while netminder Irene Jordan recorded four saves,
including three in the second half.
For the game, both teams earned nine shots,
but Gettysburg held a 12-6 advantage in penalty corners.
Bullet goalkeeper Katherine Corkhill
(Paoli, PA/Academy of Notre Dame) recorded six saves
in posting her eighth shutout of the season, and second in
as many games in the ECAC Championship.
Meg Goddu (Chadds Ford, PA/Unionville)
led Gettysburg in shots with four and had a goal called back
22 minutes into the game on a foot call.
Gettysburg returns to action on Sunday at home
in the championship game of the ECAC tournament against the
winner of the other semifinal matchup between Kean and King’s.
Game time is 1:00 p.m.
| ECAC First Round |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| #18 Catholic (11-7) |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| #16 Gettysburg (15-6) |
1 |
0 |
- |
1 |
Scoring
G- Maura Downey, 33:30
Shots: C 9, G 9. Penalty Corners: C 6, G 12.
Saves: C 5 (Irene Jordan 4, Team 1), G 6 (Katherine Corkhill).
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