Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg rallied from three goals down to pull to within one late in the game, but the Bullets came up one tally short as 15th-ranked Haverford College came away with a 4-3 victory in the Centennial Conference semifinals at a frigid Tylus Field Saturday afternoon at tournament host Franklin & Marshall College.

Second-seeded Haverford (14-4), which scored four consecutive goals spanning both halves, led 4-1 with 11:32 to go before the third-seeded Bullets (12-5) came roaring back. Junior Kelly Spieker and senior Ally Duggan scored four-and-a-half minutes apart; however, the Fords maintained possession in the final minute-and-a-half to hold for the win. They will now face top-seeded F&M in the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Diplomats topped fourth-seeded Ursinus College 2-0 in the other semifinal.

Duggan and senior Hayward Sawers each finished with one goal and one assist for Gettysburg while sophomore Lexie Mowery made three defensive saves. Senior Megan Feeg finished with eight saves in goal and ends her career eighth in school history with 300 saves, fourth with 28 wins, and ninth with eight shutouts.

Mary Hobbs led the Fords with two goals while Sydney Hyder made nine saves.

The Bullets struck just 51 seconds into the game. Senior Emily Kleinburd fired a shot from 10 yards out that was saved, and Sawers gathered the loose ball off Hyder's pads. Sawers blasted in the rebound in front of the cage for her eighth goal of the season, giving the Bullets the early advantage.

Haverford then turned up the heat, firing off eight shot over a seven-minute span. But the Gettysburg back row stood tall, making seven saves. Feeg stopped three shots, Mowery made all three of her defensive saves, and Duggan also had a d-save during the stretch. However, the Fords finally broke through when Christie Quake was awarded a penalty stroke, and she cashed in with 23:07 on the clock to make it a 1-1 game.

The Bullets nearly went back in front when junior Liz Baron rocketed a shot off the left post with eight minutes left. Hobbs then put the Fords in front for good when she scored her first goal of the game, ripping in a shot from the top of the circle with 4:44 on the clock.

Gettysburg received a pair of penalty corners with no time on the clock, but managed just one shot that was off-goal.

Haverford outshot Gettysburg 15-8 in the first half and held an 11-3 advantage in corners.

The Bullets were awarded two penalty strokes two minutes apart early in the second half, but Hyder saved shots from both Duggan and Baron. Hobbs delivered her second tally with 23:57 left to push Haverford's lead to 3-1.

Gettysburg appeared to have struck again when Duggan rifled in a shot from the left elbow of the arc with 17:40 remaining. However, the officials ruled that the ball crossed the goal line higher than the 18-inch limit, and the Fords would push their lead to 4-1 with 11:32 left on a Bryn Bissey goal.

Duggan sparked the Bullets late comeback, firing a long hit to the right post. The ball found the stick of Spieker, who tipped in a shot on the run for her third goal of the season to make it a 4-2 game with 6:09 remaining.

A pair of Gettysburg corners ignited a five-shot flurry over a late three-minute stretch. Hyder made four straight saves, but after the Bullets second corner, Duggan accepted a corner pass from Sawers and sent in her seventh goal of the year to cut the deficit to one with 1:26 to go.

Haverford finished with advantages in shots (25-19) and corners (17-8).

Sawers' assist was her 10th of the season, which ties her for third in school history and is the most by a Bullet since Laura Desario '00 had 12 in 1999. Sawers also finishes her career tied for 10th all-time at Gettysburg with 15 assists.

Mowery finished the year with six defensive saves, one shy of the school record. Duggan concludes her career tied for third in school history with seven defensive saves.