Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Freshman attacker Hollis Stahl (Hightstown, N.J./Peddie School) scored the first three goals of the game on her way to a career-high four and led No. 4 Gettysburg to a 13-8 victory against No. 6 Hamilton in the 2007 NCAA Regional Final at Clark Field on Sunday afternoon. The win punches the Bullets' ticket to their second straight NCAA Division III semifinal.

Gettysburg (17-3) has now won at least 17 games in four of the last five seasons, over which time the team has amassed an overall record of 91-13 for an .875 winning percentage. The Bullets also used a 5-0 run over the first 16:42 to improve to 9-6 all-time in NCAA tournament play.

Stahl also had an assist on the afternoon for a career-high five points. Junior attacker Krissy Browning (Baldwin, Md./Fallston) added a hat trick and an assist. Junior midfielder Megan Moore (Chestertown, Md./Gunston Day School) and senior attacker Jen Betts (Potomac, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross) had two goals apiece. Moore tacked on an assist, and junior midfielder Katie Ceglarski (Darien, Conn./Darien) passed out three helpers. Freshman goalie Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) made 12 saves in the game, including three on free-position attempts and several from point-blank range.

The Continentals (16-3) got two goals apiece from senior attacker Suzy Belmont and junior attacker Jen McGowan, who also had an assist for a team-high three points. Senior netminder Kalley Greer made 11 saves in her final collegiate game.

Stahl got things started with just 1:42 gone with an assist going to senior captain Katie Hagan (Media, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara). Over the next seven minutes, Stahl would add a pair of unassisted tallies to give her a natural hat trick just 9:13 in. On her second goal, she made a nice catch of a slightly off-target pass and eluded one defender on a run from the right side to convert. Just over three minutes later, Gettysburg got the ball in transition and made several nice passes to set up a 2-on-1. Betts jumped to catch a wide pass near the left post, and in one motion, flipped it to senior attacker Alexandra Ewing (Baltimore, Md./Garrison Forest) who tried to underhand it past Greer. Greer made the slide to her left and made the stop on the initial shot, but Stahl picked up the ground ball and scored.

Betts and Moore connected on the Bullets' fourth goal with 17:34 to play before halftime. Moore was awarded a free-position attempt to Greer's left, but Moore opted to pass to Betts, who was wide open at the left post. She deposited the ball into an open net for the 4-0 lead.

Hamilton had a great scoring opportunity off the ensuing draw. Senior midfielder Inga Stots and junior midfielder Nicole Tetreault, the 2007 Liberty League Player of the Year, had a 2-on-1 opportunity, but Krammer stopped Tetreault's point-blank attempt. That allowed Moore to make it 5-0 just under four minutes later.

The Bullets patiently passed the ball around in the Continental end, until it came to Moore at the top of the 12-meter arc. She took several steps to her right and fired a laser beam for her first goal of the game.

Hamilton finally stopped the run with 12:37 left in the opening half by forcing a turnover after Gettysburg had won a draw. Sophomore midfielder Kate Marek picked up the ground ball and started the break the other way. The ball eventually came to Gowan, who eluded a defender and scored the Continentals' first goal. It took more than nine minutes, but she would make it back-to-back scores at the 3:26 mark on an assist by senior midfielder Liz Longley.

It took the Bullets all of 17 seconds to get that one back. Browning converted a pass from Stahl on a 2-on-1 break, and Gettysburg closed out the first half scoring with Ceglarski setting up Betts with 1:42 showing on the clock.

For the half, Gettysburg owned a 24-7 shots advantage. The Bullets also won eight of the half's 10 draws en route to winning 16 of the first 19 in the contest.

The Continentals tried to build some momentum quickly after the break. Longley got the visitors on the board first. She had a 1-on-2 situation at the left post and jumped, faking a high shot before rolling the ball in low.

Gettysburg responded with two goals in an 11-second span. After clearing the ball, the Bullets got off three shots that missed the target before Ceglarski took possession at the top of the 12-meter arc. She rolled around to her right and circled behind the net, stopping near the left post where she released a pass toward a pack of three teammates at the right post. Hagan ended up the ball and scored from less than five yards out.

Moore took the ensuing draw, grabbed it out of the air and ran free into the Hamilton end. She made a nifty move on the one defender who was in her way and had a 1-on-0 run at Greer, which she converted.

The Continentals then scored three of the game's next four goals, a run that was capped by an incredible individual effort by freshman midfielder Liz Rave. She was fouled at her own eight-meter line, setting her up with possession. On the whistle, Rave blew by at least four Bullets and ran over 80 yards to score a 1-on-0 goal to cut the Bullets' lead to 10-6 with 19:44 to play.
Browning again gave Gettysburg some breathing room with a pair of unassisted goals, and Krammer came up big to keep Hamilton at an arms' length. Between Browning's tallies, Tetreault split a pair of Gettysburg defenders and had a 1-on-0 run at Krammer, but the Bullet netminder stopped a shot taken from short range.

Hamilton managed two of the game's final three goals, but it was not enough to keep Gettysburg from advancing to the round of four. The Bullets will travel to Geneva, N.Y., on Saturday where they will play No. 1 Franklin & Marshall for the third time in seven games. It will also mark the first time two Centennial Conference teams have reached the semifinals in the same season. That game is slated for 11:30 a.m. with No. 2 Salisbury and No. 3 Middlebury to follow at 2:30 p.m. The winners will meet on Sunday at 12 p.m. for the national championship game.