Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Swarthmore College scored a goal in each half and the fifth-seeded Garnet defeated the top-seeded and 19th-ranked Gettysburg College women's soccer team in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon at Clark Field.
 
With the victory, Swarthmore (13-6) moves on to the championship match, where it will face second-seeded Johns Hopkins University, a 2-1 winner over third-seeded Ursinus College in the other semifinals. The final is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Gettysburg (13-4-1), which saw its nine-match winning streak come to an end, will now hope for a possible at-large berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. The field will be announced on Monday at 1 p.m. on NCAA.com.
 
The Garnet took a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute, when Mele Johnson rifled a shot from 20 yards out that bounced away from the goalie at the left post before trickling into center of the net.
 
Swarthmore would outshoot the Bullets 7-2 in the opening half, though Gettysburg keeper Eliza Gray (South Orange, N.J./Columbia) made all five of her saves in the period, including another blast by Johnson from nearly the same spot in the 29th minute.
 
Gettysburg controlled possession in the second half, racking up an 8-1 shot advantage. But the Garnet capitalized on their only shot of the half when, in the 81st minute, Melissa Trofa sent a long volley upfield into the right side of the box, where Emma Sindelar tracked it down. She slanted a shot past a diving keeper and inside the left post to make it a 2-0 game.
 
Robin Magier made both of her saves in the stanza for Swarthmore and stopped a header by Lauren Schapiro (Stamford, Conn./Stamford) in the 89th minute.
 
Gettysburg outshot the Garnet 10-8 for the game and held an 8-6 edge in corner kicks.
 
Swarthmore will be seeking its first Centennial Conference title and has appeared in the final just once before, losing 1-0 to Johns Hopkins in 2006. The Blue Jays are aiming for their 12th Centennial crown.