THE FACTS
No. 6 Gettysburg (6-2, 1-0 CC) 18, Swarthmore (6-1, 0-1 CC) 7
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Mar. 23
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
After a slow offensive first quarter, No. 6 Gettysburg ran off nine straight goals in a 8-minute, 17-second span of the second quarter to pull away from Swarthmore and ultimately open the conference schedule with an 18-7 victory.
THE LEADERS
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) led the Bullets with five goals and one assist to match her career high with six points.
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Emily Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) chipped in a season-high eight draw controls to go with two goals, one assist, a ground ball and caused turnover.
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Lily Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) added five ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers.
FOR THE FOES
• Isabela Bloomquist and Aubree Daugherty led the Garnet with three goals apiece.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Isabela Bloomquist opened up the scoring, staking Swarthmore to a 1-0 lead at the 11:20 mark of the first quarter.
Julia Daly drew Gettysburg even, taking an
Ella Patterson (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) pass off an awarded free position to tie the game with 4:24 showing.
• Gillian Will put the Garnet back in front off an Abigail Love pass just 25 seconds into the second quarter.
Jordan Basso (Rye, N.Y./Rye) finished a solo run with 11:18 to play and opened the floodgates for Gettysburg.
Julie Breedveld (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) converted a free-position attempt just 32 seconds later for a 3-2 lead. Daly needed just 24 more seconds to make it 4-2 then the sophomore completed her hat trick with an 8-meter shot at the 8:31 mark.
Emily Crane finished a solo run three minutes later for a 6-2 lead. Daly took a pass in front from
Lauren O'Connell (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) and finished high with 4:19 on the clock. Basso hit
Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) for an 8-2 lead just 24 ticks later. Daly connected with Breedveld, who found an opening on the doorstep with 3:13 showing and then directly off the ensuing draw, Crane hit O'Connell for a 10-2 lead. Bloomquist broke up the run with a free-position goal at the 1:38 mark but Daly pushed the lead back to eight just 5.9 seconds before the intermission.
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Michaela Kelly (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) scored her first collegiate goal with 11:51 showing in the third quarter before Basso tallied nearly two minutes later for a 10-goal advantage. Three straight goals from Aubree Daugherty closed the margin to 13-6 with 12:29 to play in the fourth quarter.
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Caroline Sullivan (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) found the back of the net for her first point of the day with 7:40 to play, sparking another five-goal run. Sullivan then added assists on the three straight goals that spanned just 1 minute, 13 seconds. She found Breedveld with 5:41 showing, Crane with 5:07 on the clock and
Meghan Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) with 4:28 remaining for an 11-goal lead. O'Connell made it 18-6 with 3:02 to play before Bloomquist capped her hat trick in the final three seconds.
THE INSIDE STORY
• With her three points,
Jordan Basso now has 287 for her career and takes over second place by herself on the Bullets' all-time scoring list.
• Gettysburg doubled up Swarthmore in shots, finishing with a 34-17 advantage.
• The Bullets won 17 of 26 draw controls on the afternoon.
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Annie Nikolic (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga), who was a key part of the success at the draw circle, added four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at No. 10 College of New Jersey on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
