THE FACTS
No. 10 Gettysburg (7-3, 2-0 CC) 21, Washington (Md.) (5-4, 1-1 CC) 8
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, April 1
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
After starting the game down 3-0, the Bullets scored four straight to lead Washington College 4-3 after one, and never looked back after that moment, running away to a 21-8 victory.

THE LEADERS
• Emily Crane (Upper Montclair, N.J./Montclair) scored a career and game-high five goals, all in the first half.
• Julia Daly (McLean, Va./McLean) scored four goals and assisted one for five points on the day.
• Essie Pasternak (Short Hills, N.J./Blair Academy) dominated on defense, picking up a game and career-high five ground balls, and causing two turnovers.
• Caroline Sullivan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield-Ludlowe) tallied six assists, four ground balls, three caused turnovers, and three draw controls.

FOR THE FOES
• Ellie Morrall scored half of Washington's goals, and won five draw controls.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Washington came out of the gate firing, scoring the first three goals in just over eight minutes. Gettysburg had several opportunities in the early going, but Washington goalie Sydney Wingate made two saves to keep the Bullets away. Gettysburg called a timeout, and came out of it ready to play. After several shots, Emily Crane found the net for her first of the day, and she scored two more within the span of two minutes to even the score, 3-all. A yellow card on the Shorewomen gave Gettysburg a man-up opportunity, and Jordan Basso (Rye, N.Y./Rye) converted to give the Bullets their first lead of the game going into the second quarter.
• A goal by MaryCate Anson of Washington tied the game once again, 4-all, less than two minutes into the second quarter. However, two fouls and a yellow card would allow Gettysburg to score two more goals, by Gabi Connor (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) and Katie Fullowan (Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon), to regain the lead, 6-4. A caused turnover by Kaitlyn Bergen (Millstone, N.J./Allentown) earned the Bullets another offensive possession, and after several shots, Crane converted for her fourth of the game. Washington responded less than two minutes later, as a goal by Abby Laubach with 6:13 left in the half cut the deficit to 7-5. After some back and forth play by both teams, Essie Pasternak (Short Hills, N.J./Blair Academy) caused a turnover and picked up the ground ball to allow Basso to pass to Daly for the Bullets' eighth goal of the game. In the final five seconds of the half, Crane drove in for her fifth of the game, giving Gettysburg a 9-5 lead at the break.
• The Bullets scored the first goal of the second half, as Daly dished to Julie Breedveld (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) to make it a 10-5 game. Morrall responded less than 45 seconds later, netting another for the Shorewomen to bring the lead back down to four. The Bullets couldn't be contained, though, as they went off for seven straight goals in a nine-minute span. Gettysburg forced several turnovers from the Washington offense and went off on shooting to earn the tallies. In the stretch, Daly scored three, and Fullowan, Basso, Kelly O'Connor (Livingston, N.J./Livingston, and Breedveld each netted one. With the clock running, Wingate saved another Gettysburg shot to move into the final quarter with a 17-6 Gettysburg lead.
• O'Connor scored her second of the game in the first 16 seconds of the final period to triple up on Washington, 18-6. Sullivan got the ball to Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville), who scored her second career goal for a 13-goal advantage. With 9:42 left to play, Washington was awarded a free position shot, and Morrall converted for Washington's first goal since the beginning of the third period. With 7:30 showing, Passarello scooped up an errant ball and got it to Pasternak, who netted her second goal of the season for a 20-7 Bullets lead. In the final three minutes, Lauren O'Connell (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) scored her first goal of the season, and Madison Maguire converted for the Shorewomen once more as the seconds ticked away for a 21-8 Bullets win.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg outshot Washington 42-18, and also had a 20-12 advantage in draw controls.
• Gillian Cortese (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) made eight saves in cage for Gettysburg, and Wingate stopped 14 for the Shorewomen.
• Julie Breedveld, Jordan Basso, Katie Fullowan, and Kelly O'Connor each finished with two goals. Basso and Fullowan also had three assists, while O'Connor had one.  

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Gettysburg returns to action against Dickinson on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
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