THE FACTS
No. 5 Gettysburg (1-0) 15, Stevenson (0-2) 5
What: Non-conference women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Feb. 18
Where: Owings Mills, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg opened up a 4-0 lead at the end of the first quarter en route to a 15-5 victory over Stevenson.
THE LEADERS
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Caroline Sullivan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) led the Bullets with four goals and two assists. She also won three draw controls.
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Jordan Basso (Rye, N.Y./Rye) handed out four assists to go with three caused turnovers.
FOR THE FOES
• Kara Yarusso led the Mustangs with two goals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Regan Rightmire (Dowingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) opened the scoring off a
Katie Fullowan (Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon) assist 6 minutes, 9 seconds into the game.
Sophie Smith (Great Falls, Va./Langley) found
Caroline Sullivan just a minute and a half later to double the early advantage. Back-to-back tallies from
Gabi Connor (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) made it 4-0 with 2:13 to play in the opening quarter.
• Sullivan started the second-quarter scoring, 35 seconds into the period before Isabelle Vaneburgh broke up the shutout with 12:51 to play.
Kelly O'Connor (Livingston, N.J./Livingston) finished the second of
Jordan Basso's assists to start another four-goal run that made it a 9-1 game early in the third quarter. Sullivan finished the first half with back-to-back markers.
• After a Kayla Hunter goal made it 9-2 with 11:49 to play in the third quarter, two more
Emily Crane (Upper Montclair, N.J./Montclair) goals and O'Connor's second pushed the lead to 10 with 3:30 remaining.
• The teams traded goals in the fourth quarter for the final margin, including Sullivan finding
Sophie Showers (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) in the waning seconds for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 36-14 advantage in shots and 15-8 advantage in draw controls.
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Lily Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) won eight draw controls to lead the Bullets.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Messiah on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
