THE FACTS
No. 8 Gettysburg (13-3, 8-0 CC) 22, McDaniel (4-11, 1-7 CC CC) 6
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Wednesday, Apr. 26
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked eighth in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, outscored McDaniel 10-0 in the second quarter to open up an 11-goal advantage en route to a 22-6 win that officially secured the top seed in the conference tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Katie Fullowan (Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon) led the Bullets with a season-best five goals and two assists for a season-high seven points. She added five draw controls.
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Caroline Sullivan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) matched her career best with five tallies. She also handed out an assist for six points.
FOR THE FOES
• Emma Miller led the Green Terror with two goals and an assist.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg raced out to a 4-0 lead before 3 minutes, 19 seconds had elapsed in the game.
Jordan Basso (Rye, N.Y./Rye) found
Caroline Sullivan 33 seconds into the game before finishing a free-position attempt less than a minute later.
Katie Fullowan hit a cutting
Gabi Connor (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) in front with 12:48 to play before
Emily Crane (Upper Marlboro, N.J./Montclair) drove the lane for the 4-0 lead. McDaniel clawed back to within 5-4 at the end of the quarter on a run bookended by Acadia Noll's two goals.
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley), however, found Sullivan in front just 18 seconds into the second period to start the decisive period. Crane hit the back of the net with 12:07 remaining before Sullivan connected with Fullowan just 15 ticks later. Daly, Basso and Fullowan extended the lead to 11-4 with 8:23 remaining before three straight from Sullivan in a 4-miunte, 13-second span pushed the advantage to 10 with 1:21 to play before halftime.
Kelly O'Connor (Livingston, N.J./Livingston) snuck one past the keeper with three seconds left for a 15-4 halftime lead.
• Emma Miller bookended a
Julie Breedveld (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) goal to make it a 16-6 game with 6:02 showing. Daly, however, pushed the lead back to 11 with 2:54 on the clock.
• Two Fullowan free-position tallies in the first 3:46 of the fourth quarter extended the lead to 19-6 before
Sophie Smith (Great Falls, Va./Langley) recorded a natural hat trick over the final 9:44 for her first multi-goal game of the year.
Greta Lacey (Marriottsville, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) and
Nina Marra (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) had the assists on the final two goals.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Eleven different players registered a point in the most lopsided victory of the season for Gettysburg.
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Lily Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) pulled down seven draw controls.
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Julia Daly added two caused turnovers and three ground balls to her two goals and three assists.
Emily Crane finished with two goals and two assists.
• The Bullets finished with a 37-16 advantage in shots and 20-9 advantage in ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
