Box Score
RADNOR, Pa. – Junior
Kellyann Walley (Northport, N.Y./Northport) netted two first-half goals, and the Bullets outscored host Cabrini College 2-0 in the second half to earn a 4-2 non-conference field hockey victory Saturday afternoon.
Freshman
Samantha Wright (Darien, Conn./Darien) scored with 31:01 left to give Gettysburg (3-0) the lead for good. Senior
Erica Barbuto (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) added an insurance goal with 16:37 left.
Cabrini (1-3) took a 1-0 lead just 1:15 into the contest, when Jen Webb scored off a Karlie Gruccio feed. But that's when Walley answered with back-to-back tallies, striking first with 11:07 on the clock off a Barbuto assist and again with 8:17 remaining on a pass from senior
Kelly Spieker (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill).
Kerry Farrell scored with 7:33 showing to deadlock the score at 2-2 heading into halftime.
The Bullets outshot the Cavaliers 14-5 in the first half, but Genevieve Paulin made seven of her 10 saves in the opening period.
Gettysburg went on to outshoot Cabrini 8-3 in the second period to finish with a 22-8 shot advantage. The Bullets also held a decided 14-6 edge in penalty corners.
Senior
Alexis Bralow (Philadelphia, Pa./Harriton) turned aside two shots in goal for Gettysburg.
The Orange and Blue returns to action on Tuesday, when it visits Catholic University at 4:30 p.m. in another non-conference affair.