Box Score
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Senior attacker Alexandra Ewing (Baltimore, Md./Garrison Forest) and junior midfielder Megan Moore (Chestertown, Md./Gunston Day School) combined for 13 points to lead No. 1 Gettysburg to an 18-4 victory against Swarthmore in Centennial Conference (CC) action at Clothier Field on Thursday afternoon. Moore had career highs with five goals and seven points, while matching her career high with the two helpers. Ewing had four goals and two assists for a career-best six points.
The Bullets (5-0, 2-0 CC), who took over the nation's top ranking in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll, jumped out to a 13-1 halftime lead and coasted home with five more goals in the second half. Six players scored at least three points each.
Moore's contributions were not limited to just the offensive end of the field. She also had a game-high four caused turnovers, two draw controls and four ground balls. Junior midfielder Katie Ceglarski (Darien, Conn./Darien), who had a goal and two assists for three points, pitched in with four draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
The Garnet (3-2, 0-1 CC) got a team-high two goals from sophomore attacker Marissa Schaffer. Senior midfielder Catherine Crawford tacked on a goal and an assist for two points.
It took Gettysburg just 4:26 to amass a 3-0 lead. Junior midfielder Cristi Farrell (Broomall, Pa./Academy of Notre Dame) scored just 2:23 in on an assist from junior attacker Krissy Browning (Baldwin, Md./Fallston). Farrell scored twice in the game, and Browning had a goal and two assists for three points. Just 40 seconds later, Moore scored her first goal of the game on a free-position shot. She converted again 27 seconds later on an assist from senior captain Katie Hagan (Media, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara).
Swarthmore got on the board at the 20:15 mark with Crawford's unassisted tally, but Gettysburg exploded for the game's next 12 goals in a span of 22:30. Moore completed the hat trick at the 17:04 mark, and she then assisted a pair of Ewing goals 34 seconds apart, including the game winner. It was Ewing's first deciding tally of the season. Senior attacker Jen Betts (Potomac, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross) scored with 13:36 showing on the clock to give the Bullets a 7-1 lead and a total of four goals in 3:28. The visitors would later tack on four more goals in a 3:34 stretch.
Freshman goalie Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) made one save and allowed a goal in just a half of work to pick up her fourth win of the season.
The Bullets will close out their brief two-game road swing when they travel to Grantham, Pa., next Tuesday to take on No. 17 Messiah at 7 p.m.
