Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – No. 5 Gettysburg scored three times in the first 2:09 and jumped out to a 6-1 lead on the way to an 18-6 win over No. 15 Ursinus in Centennial Conference action Saturday afternoon at Clark Field. The Bullets got at least three points from all seven players that scored, including six each from seniors Jenn Kelly (Westbury, NY/Carle Place) and Ellie Shihadeh (Malvern, PA/Conestoga) and sophomore Katie Ceglarski (Darien, CT/Darien). Kelly's four goals and six points both tied career highs, as did Ceglarski's four assists.
The Bullets (7-0, 2-0 CC) improve their season-opening winning streak to seven straight contests. That run now stands alone as the second-longest in school history behind the 10-game stretch put together by the 2003 squad.
Senior goalkeeper Heather Kelley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) made four stops for her seventh win of the season, while Bears' sophomore netminder Allyson Shicora made 12 saves in the losing effort. The Ursinus (4-2, 1-1 CC) attack was led by junior Lindsay Givens and senior Debbie Jensen, who had two goals each.
Gettysburg got on the board first with an unassisted goal by sophomore attacker Megan Moore (Chestertown, MD/Gunston Day School) just 32 seconds into the game. Classmate Krissy Browning (Baldwin, MD/Fallston), who tied Kelly with a game-high four goals, doubled the lead just 1:06 later on Shihadeh's first assist of the day, and junior attacker Jen Betts (Potomac, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross) made it 3-0 at the 2:09 mark. In all, the Bullets scored on three of their first four shots.
Ursinus sophomore attacker Kaitlin Glenn broke the run three minutes later with an assist going to Givens, who led the Bears with three points. Kelly answered 15 seconds later, and Shihadeh and Browning each scored over the next 1:18 to build a 6-1 lead at the 6:45 mark of the first half.
With Gettysburg up 10-2, Ursinus closed the first half on a 2-0 run, getting goals from junior midfielder Logan Conklin and Givens in the last three minutes of the opening session. The Bullets came out firing again after the intermission, getting a goal from Kelly at the 0:34 mark. In the second half, Gettysburg sandwiched a pair of 4-0 runs around two Bears' goals that came in a 50-second span midway through the half.
The Bullets dominated the game statistically, outshooting the Bears by a 36-13 margin, including 25-7 in the first half. The home squad gained 13 of the 15 first-half draw controls on the way to an 18-8 advantage for the game and was successful on all 16 of its attempted clears on the afternoon.
The Gettysburg victory sets up a showdown with The College of New Jersey, the top-ranked team in the nation on Thursday night at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Lions' Stadium in Ewing, N.J.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| No. 15 Ursinus (4-2, 1-1 CC) |
4 |
2 |
- |
6 |
| No. 5 Gettysburg (7-0, 2-0 CC) |
10 |
8 |
- |
18 |
Goals:
Ursinus: Lindsay Givens 2, Debbie Jensen 2, Logan Conklin 1, Kaitlin Glenn 1.
Gettysburg: Krissy Browning 4, Jenn Kelly 4, Ellie Shihadeh 3, Katie Ceglarski 2, Katie Hagan 2, Megan Moore 2, Jen Betts 1.
Assists:
Ursinus: Lisa Clark 1, Givens 1.
Gettysburg: Ceglarski 4, Shihadeh 3, Betts 2, Hagan 2, Kelly 2, Moore 1.
Goalies: U (Allyson Shicora – 60:00, 12 saves, 18 GA); G (Heather Kelley – 60:00, 4 saves, 6 GA).
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