Box Score

 Hagan posted her first collegiate hat trick and added two assists, helping the Bullets (4-0, 1-0 CC) open their 2005 conference schedule with the program’s 29th straight CC victory. Delauney also collected three goals and two assists, raising her team-high point total to 17 through the season’s first four games.

 Ellie Shihadeh (Malvern, PA/Conestoga) added a hat trick and one assist for the three-time defending CC champions, who posted their 11th straight win over the Garnet (2-1, 0-1 CC) along with the largest victory margin in the teams’ 19-game all-time series. Cassidy Zappacosta (Monkton, MD/Maryvale Prep) dished out a career-high four assists in the win.

 Katie Crawford scored Swarthmore’s lone goal of the afternoon while goalie Susannah Blair made nine saves.

 The quartet of Hagan, Delauney, Shihadeh and Zappacosta did most of the damage in the first half, compiling eight goals and six assists to help Gettysburg build an 11-0 halftime lead.

 Shihadeh opened the scoring with back-to-back goals in a span of two minutes. Delauney needed 64 seconds to score twice and set up Jenn Kelly (Westbury, NY/Carle Place), pushing the visitors’ lead to 5-0 with only 7:39 gone.

 After an eight-minute stretch with no scoring, Alexandra Ewing (Monkton, MD/Garrison Forest) found the net off of Zappacosta’s third assist and Jamie Giffuni (St. James, NY/Smithtown) made it 7-0 with her second goal of the season at 18:09.

 Keyed by two unassisted goals from Hagan, the Bullets scored four more times to take an 11-0 lead into the intermission.

 Defensively, Heather Kelley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) turned aside seven Garnet shots in the first half to temporarily preserve the shutout.

 Gettysburg stretched the lead to 17-0 before Crawford converted a free-position shot with 11:30 remaining to end the shutout bid.

Katie Ceglarski (Darien, CT/Darien) scored her first two collegiate goals in the Bullets’ seven-goal second half while fellow freshmen Cristi Farrell (Broomall, PA/Acad. of Notre Dame) and Jennie Howell (Huntington, NY/Huntington) added their first collegiate goals in the win.

 Susan Meyers (Ridgewood, NJ/Immaculate Heart Acad.) stepped in for Kelley after halftime, recording a career-high seven saves in her most extensive collegiate action.

 The Bullets outshot Swarthmore 35-16 on the afternoon.

 Gettysburg returns to action on Monday against top-ranked Middlebury in Palm Beach, Fla. Game time is 9:30 a.m.
 

Goals:

Gettysburg: Katie Hagan 3, Ellie Shihadeh 3, Kathy Delauney 3, Katie Ceglarski 2, Jenn Kelly, Jamie Giffuni, Megan Moore, Dawn Mennen, Alexandra Ewing, Jennie Howell, Cristi Farrell.

Swarthmore: Katie Crawford.

Assists:

Gettysburg: Cassidy Zappacosta 4, Hagan 2, Delauney 2, Kelly, Ceglarski, Giffuni, Shihadeh, Mennen.

Swarthmore: None.

Shots: G 35, S 16.

Ground Balls: G 15, S 16.

Goalies: G (Heather Kelley – 30:00, 7 saves, 0 GA; Susan Meyers – 30:00, 7 saves, 1 GA), S (Susannah Blair – 60:00, 9 saves, 18 GA).

Draw Controls: G 11, S 10.

Caused Turnovers: G 18, S 7.

Turnovers: G 9, S 18.

Fouls: G 5, S 4.

Free Position: G 0 of 2, S 1 of 1.