Box Score
Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior Hannah Church and sophomore Loren Pruitt combined for 11 goals as the top-ranked Gettysburg College women's lacrosse team got back in the win column with a 16-8 victory over Swarthmore College at Clark Field on Saturday.

Gettysburg (8-1, 4-0 CC), which dropped a 17-15 decision at The College of New Jersey last night, showed no signs of weariness in racing past Swarthmore (7-3, 2-2 CC) in the opening half. After the Garnet tied the game 2-2 on a goal by Corinne Sommi, the Bullets ran off the next eight goals with Church and Pruitt accounting for the final three.

Sommi broke the run with a nice putback after a shot caromed off Gettysburg goalie Maddie Coleman at 2:42. Pruitt capped the half with a quick shot off a feed from freshman Bridget Kenny with 1.9 seconds left in the period to give the Bullets an 11-3 lead.

Church and Pruitt continued their target practice to start the final period with the senior tossing in the first goal a minute in and the sophomore connecting on back-to-back scores to make it 14-3 with 24:55 to play. Swarthmore tallied five of the final seven goals, including two by Marie Mutryn.

Pruitt finished with a career-high six goals and Church tossed in five to go with one assist. Sophomore Katie Blumenthal added one goal and two assists, all in the first half of play.

Coleman stood firm against Swarthmore's attack with a dozen saves. Sophomore Kelly Spieker posted a pair of caused turnovers and junior Hayward Sawers notched one caused turnover and five ground balls.

Annalise Penikis led Swarthmore with two goals and two assists. Sommi and Mutryn each tallied a pair of scores, the former adding one assist and three ground balls.

With the victory, Gettysburg head coach Carol Cantele '83 moved one win away from reaching 300 career victories. She will have an opportunity to become just the seventh women's lacrosse coach from all divisions of the NCAA to reach the milestone on Wednesday, April 4, when the Bullets host McDaniel College at 7 p.m.