THE FACTS
No. 9 Gettysburg (4-3) 21, No. 24 Catholic (2-6) 6
What: Non-conference women's lacrosse game
When: Wednesday, March 22
Where: Washington, D.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg outscored Catholic 8-2 in the first quarter to open up a big lead, and didn't let the Cardinals come close the rest of the game.
THE LEADERS
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Katie Fullowan (Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon) tallied four goals and one assist to led the Bullets offense.
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Jordan Basso (Rye, N.Y./Rye) added three goals, including her 100th career goal and five assists for eight points on the day.
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Julie Breedveld (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) had a hat trick to go with two ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Kate Olsen scored two goals to lead the Cardinals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Catholic worked quickly in the first quarter, with Olsen notching her first goal only 35 seconds in. Gettysburg was quick to respond, with
Emily Crane (Upper Montclair, N.J./Montclair) opening up the scoring for the Bullets less than 90 seconds later.
Jordan Basso grabbed Gettysburg's first lead of the game with a goal only 20 seconds later for a 2-1 Bullets advantage. Just over a minute later, Basso got the ball to
Regan Rightmire (Downington, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) for a 3-1 lead. A caused turnover by
Lily Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) led to a goal by
Gabi Connor (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) with 9:23 left in the first, and Basso scored her second of the game a few minutes later for a 5-1 Gettysburg lead. Catholic tried to get going, scoring a goal with 6:50 left in the first, but it would be their last of the quarter as
Katie Fullowan and
Jordan Basso added free position goals, and a Basso assist led to a Fullowan goal for an 8-2 Bullets lead at the end of the first.
• The Catholic defense was able to hold Gettysburg off for the first minute of the second, with goalie Lauren Davidson registering two saves, but a free position goal by
Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) gave the Bullets a seven-goal lead with 13:09 left in the first half. Catholic's Olsen got the ball to Caroline Beckett to cut the deficit to six, but goals by Crane,
Caroline Sullivan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe), and Fullowan within a three-minute stretch moved the lead back out to 12-3, forcing a Catholic timeout. Out of the break both defenses fought, but a caused turnover and ground ball by
Annie Nikolic (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) allowed Basso to dish to
Kelly O'Connor (Livingston, N.J./Livingston) for a 13-3 Bullets lead going into halftime.
• In the first 70 seconds of the second half, a Macatee draw control gave way to another Fullowan goal to put the Bullets up by 11. Just over two minutes later, a Catholic foul gave Connor a free position shot, which she converted on to make it a 12-goal lead. Less than two minutes later, Crane won a draw control and Daly scooped a pass from Fullowan to make it 16-3. With 6:51 left in the third period, a Catholic foul put
Essie Pasternak (Short Hills, N.J./Blair Academy) on the line for a free position attempt, and she converted for her first goal of the season. Catholic scored their first goal of the second half with 3:30 left in the third for a 17-4 score, but a man-up opportunity gave
Lauren O'Connell (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) the ball, and she dished to
Julie Breedveld to make it 18-4. With only four seconds left in the third, Crane scored again for a 19-4 edge heading into the final quarter.
• Breedveld struck again right out of the gate, netting another one only 40 seconds into the final period. Several turnovers for each team kept the quarter scoreless until 6:58 left to play, where a Gettysburg foul allowed Catholic to score their fifth goal on a free position attempt. The Cardinals made it two in a row with a man-up opportunity to notch a 20-6 score. With only 14 seconds left to play, Breedveld scored her final goal of the day as the Bullets ran away with the 21-6 win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg outshot Catholic 28-11, but had a narrower 17-12 advantage in draw controls.
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Gillian Cortese (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) and
Juliette deVarenne (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) split time in goal, with Cortese making two saves.
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Emily Crane tied a career best with three goals.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Swarthmore on Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.
