Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Bridget
Bigley, Lauren Dougher and Karen Doane scored
two goals apiece as fifth-ranked College of New Jersey rallied for a 7-6 win over
No. 7 Gettysburg in non-conference women’s lacrosse action on Sunday.
Bigley’s second goal of the day put the Lions (5-2) ahead
to stay with 19:21 remaining, part of a four-goal burst that turned a 4-2 deficit
into a 6-4 lead. Dougher, who took 10 of TCNJ’s 17 shots, knocked in the rebound
of her own saved free-position shot for the eventual game-winner, helping the
Lions improve to 6-0 all-time against the Bullets (9-3).
Ellie Shihadeh (Malvern, PA/Conestoga) scored
twice for Gettysburg while Katie Lowe (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville)
posted a team-high three points with a goal and two assists. Jenn Kelly
(Westbury, NY/Carle Place) chipped in with a goal and an assist in the
loss, the Bullets’ first at Clark Field.
Trailing
4-2 in a deliberately paced game, TCNJ used a 10-minute, 10-second offensive burst
to turn the tables.
Fifty-five
seconds after Lowe had given Gettysburg a two-goal lead, the Lions mounted their
comeback.
Lauren Gossner
forced a Bullet turnover and set up Dougher’s first goal of the day, pulling TCNJ
within 4-3 with 26:23 left. Gettysburg goalie Heather Kelley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga)
stopped Dougher on a free-position attempt to temporarily preserve the hosts’
slim lead, but Gossner assisted on the game-tying goal by Toni-Anne Cavallo
minutes later.
A solo run by
Bigley put the Lions ahead to stay with 19:21 remaining. TCNJ goalie Megan
Marquardt made two saves on Kelly before Doane capped the four-goal stretch
with a free-position goal to make it 6-4 and force a Bullet timeout with 16:13
left.
Shihadeh sliced the deficit
to 6-5 with a nifty free-position goal at the 9:53 mark, but Doane chased down
the ensuing draw control and Dougher swept in her own free-position miss with
5:32 left for some crucial insurance.
Alexandra
Ewing (Monkton, MD/Garrison Forest) scored off a scramble with 70 seconds
left to pull Gettysburg within 7-6. The Bullets won possession on the draw control,
but a caused turnover by Christine Cavallo and a ground ball by
Toni-Anne derailed Gettysburg’s last chance to tie.
Seeking their first-ever win against the defending Division
III runners-up, the Bullets led for most of the first half. Kathy Delauney
(Lutherville, MD/Roland Park) and Kelly gave Gettysburg a 2-0 lead midway
through the half before Doane netted the Lions’ first goal with 13:00 left.
Lowe set up Shihadeh late in the first half and one-timed
a goal from Kelly in the opening minutes of the second to stake the Bullets to
a 4-2 lead.
Katie Ceglarski
(Darien, CT/Darien) recorded a team-high three draw controls, helping
Gettysburg to an 8-7 advantage on the afternoon. Kelly took a team-high four shots.
Toni-Anne Cavallo led TCNJ with six ground balls.
The Bullets return to action on Wednesday at McDaniel.
Game time is 4 p.m.
| Score by Half | 1 | 2 | - | F |
| #5 The College of N.J. (5-2) | 2 | 5 | - | 7 |
| #7 Gettysburg (9-3) | 3 | 3 | - | 6 |
Goals:
TCNJ: Lauren Dougher 2, Bridget Bigley 2, Karen Doane
2, Toni-Anne Cavallo.
Gettysburg:
Ellie Shihadeh 2, Katie Lowe, Jenn Kelly, Kathy Delauney, Alexandra Ewing.
Assists:
TCNJ:
Lauren Gossner 2.
Gettysburg:
Lowe 2, Delauney, Kelly.
Shots:
N 17, G 15.
Ground Balls:
N 17, G 13.
Goalies: N
(Megan Marquardt – 60:00, 7 saves, 6 GA), G (Heather Kelley – 60:00, 7 saves,
7 GA).
Draw Controls: N 7,
G 8.
Caused Turnovers: N 10,
G 5.
Turnovers: N 15, G 15.
Fouls: N 14, G 18.
Free
Position: N 2 of 7, G 1 of 4.
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