THE FACTS
Swarthmore (8-5, 4-1 CC) 4, Gettysburg (9-4, 2-3 CC) 3 (OT)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) field hockey game
When: Saturday, Oct. 12
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
In a back-and-forth game, the teams traded goals but it was Swarthmore with the final say, converting a third-chance penalty corner nearly seven minutes into overtime to defeat Gettysburg, 4-3.
THE LEADERS
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Bella Bonazinga (Spring Lake, N.J./Wall Twp.) scored twice to lead the Bullets.
FOR THE FOES
• Amelia Landry scored twice for the Garnet, including the game-winner.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• On a breakaway in the waning seconds of the first quarter, Katherine Kohn passed quickly to Sophia Hitchingham on the post and she finished just before the final horn for a 1-0 lead.
• Off a corner in the 19th minute,
Bella Bonazinga knocked home a rebound to knot the game at 1-all.
• The Garnet converted on a corner of its own in the 40th minute when Magdelana Jordan found Amelia Landry on the back post for a 2-1 edge.
• Just two and a half minutes in the fourth quarter, Bonazinga flicked up a
Katie Regan (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) hard hit on a corner to retie the game. Duffield poked home a rebound just six minutes later to reclaim a one-goal lead. In the final minute of regulation,
Morgan Cherry (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) fired in a shot on a corner that
Jillian Somers (Virginia Beach, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate) redirected into the cage to force overtime.
• Duffield inserted Swarthmore's 18th penalty corner to a waiting Landry at the top of the arc and she blasted home the game-winner.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with an 18-15 edge in shots while Swarthmore had the advantage in penalty corners, 18-11.
• It was the sixth overtime game of the season for the Bullets.
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Emilia Saccento (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood) made 10 saves for Gettysburg while Cassandra Conklin had 12 stops at the other end.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 5 p.m.
