Box Score GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior
Brigid Behan (Newport, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey) scored off her own steal in the 66th minute, lifting the Gettysburg College women's soccer team to a 1-0 Centennial Conference (CC) victory over Dickinson College Wednesday evening at Clark Field.
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The Bullets (8-3-1, 4-0-1 CC) earned their fourth-straight shutout victory and handed Dickinson (10-2-1, 4-1-1 CC), ranked fourth in the region entering the night, just its second loss of the season. Gettysburg, ranked ninth regionally, has allowed just 4.5 shots per game during its winning streak.
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At the midway point of its Centennial Conference schedule the Bullets now find themselves in second place in the conference standings, trailing only Johns Hopkins University (5-0 CC).
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Gettysburg held just a 4-3 edge in shots during the first half before turning up the heat in the second stanza, outshooting the Red Devils 14-2. The Bullets finally broke through when Behan poked away a Dickinson pass, then tracked down the ball into the right side the box. She then eluded her defender with a hard cut to the left before burying a left-footed shot past a diving keeper and into the lower-left corner of the net for her second goal of the season. It was an early birthday present for the Behan, who turns 22 on Thursday.
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Junior goalie
Eliza Gray (South Orange, N.J./Columbia) made the lead stand up, making two of her three saves over a 31-second stretch five minutes later. The Bullets nearly scored again following a three-shot flurry in the 75th minute, but a Dickinson defender knocked away a shot by freshman
Krissy Bradley (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) that appeared to be headed inside the right post before senior
Georgia Ferguson (Bethel, Conn./Bethel) had back-to-back shots from point-blank range blocked by defenders.
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Behan also had a great look earlier in the match. In the 20th minute, her header of a corner kick from senior
Meg Castranova (Pennington, N.J./Pennington School) was saved by Charlotte Armour, who finished with six stops.
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The Bullets conclude their three-match homestand on Saturday, when they take on Bryn Mawr College at 1 p.m.
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