Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg had no problems punching its ticket to the Centennial Conference Tournament title game, ripping off an 8-0 run in the second half en route to an 18-8 victory over Muhlenberg College in the semifinals on Saturday. The win sets up the seventh consecutive conference championship meeting between the fourth-ranked Bullets and second-ranked Franklin & Marshall College, which got by Dickinson College 14-12 in Saturday's first semifinal at North Campus Athletic Field.

Reigning CC Player of the Year Hollis Stahl (Highstown, N.J./Peddie School) tossed in three goals for Gettysburg (14-2), which had nine players overall put a tally in the scorebook. Junior Erin Cushing (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton) also scored a hat trick, while junior Lauren Woodman (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) posted two goals and three assists.

The Bullets made a statement early on against Muhlenberg (10-4) notching each of the first six goals of the contest. Junior Nina Emala (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) started the scoring and added an assist on the sixth team goal and second by Stahl at 9:49.

The Mules cut into the deficit with a four-goal run spanning the end of the first half and beginning of the second with Danielle Rosen's score at 26:34 making the score 8-5. Stahl quieted the spurt with a tally 43 seconds later, kicking off an 8-0 run by Gettysburg that made it 16-5 with 9:01 remianing.

Gettysburg finished with a 32-23 advantage on shots and tied Muhlenberg with 14 draw controls and 11 turnovers.

The Bullets' 18 goals on 32 shots (.562 shooting percentage) was the team's second-most efficient shooting effort of the season. Emala closed with a goal and two assists and junior Grace Concannon (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) posted a season-high four points on two goals and two assists. Juniors Lexie Hearn (Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) and Jessica Crane (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) and sophomore Marnie Commins (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) each tallied two goals.

Junior goalkeeper Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) made 10 saves for Gettysburg. Sophomore Becky Lutz (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) caused two turnovers and corralled a team-high four draw controls, while junior Nicole Ditillo (Baldwin, Md./Fallston) posted two caused turnovers and two draw controls.

Gettysburg now lines up against Franklin & Marshall for the conference title and the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Bullets won the first four meetings with the Diplomats in the conference finale, but the latter team has taken the last two.

Sunday's championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. at North Campus Athletic Field in Lancaster, Pa.