Gettysburg College Athletics

OPENING DRAW: Today's Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 72nd all-time meeting between No. 8 Gettysburg (11-2, 5-0 CC) and No. 2 Franklin & Marshall (12-2, 6-0 CC) in a series that dates back to 1975. The all-time series is tied 35-35-1 with the teams splitting a pair of games last season.

WHEN LAST WE MET: Franklin & Marshall outscored Gettysburg 7-3 in the final quarter in a back-and-forth Centennial Conference championship game. Emily Crane led all scorers with five goals, to go with two ground balls and one caused turnover. Gillian Brennan led the Diplomats with four goals and two assists and was named the tournament's most valuable player. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

FIVE STARS (AND MAYBE MORE): Today is the annual first-place showdown between Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the two teams are the only two remaining unbeatens in conference play. The winner of today's game holds the inside track on the top seed and hosting rights through the conference tournament on May 3-5. The loser falls into a tie for second place with Haverford. Gettysburg has already defeated the Fords and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. Franklin & Marshall is at Haverford on Saturday and could hand the Fords their second loss of the season and bring these two teams two games clear of Haverford with a week to play, all but assuring the Bullets and Diplomats will once again host semifinal games.

LAST TIME OUT: Gettysburg held No. 23 Haverford off the scoreboard for the first nearly 24 minutes of the game, building an 8-0 lead en route to a 16-5 victory on Saturday. Lily Macatee led the defensive unit with two caused turnovers and seven draw controls. Julie Breedveld paced the attack with four goals and an assist to go with a caused turnover. Tiffany Mikulis paced the Fords with two goals and one assist. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

SCHEDULING NOTE: The Bryn Mawr game is officially recognized by the NCAA as a no contest. However, because the Owls declared to the conference after the season started that they would not be completing the season, all remaining conference opponents on the schedule were awarded a victory in the conference standings.

NO. 8 WITH A BULLET: Gettysburg remained eighth in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll.

WITH HONORS: For the fifth time this season, the Bullets claimed at least one CC Player of the Week honor. It was the second time that Gettysburg swept the weekly awards. Jordan Basso earned Offensive honors after breaking the all-time scoring record and helping lead the Bullets to a pair of ranked wins in the process. The senior registered two goals and nine assists in the two games. In a 12-2 win over No. 13 Stevens on Tuesday, she scored two goals and added four assists to finish with 310 career points and pass Julika Blankenship's 2001-04 record. With five helpers in a 16-5 win over No. 23 Haverford on Saturday, she increased her total to 315 points. She also added four ground balls and two caused turnovers on the week. Lily Macatee earned Defensive honors after leading a stout defensive unit on the week that allowed just seven goals in the two games. The included a stretch of 70 minutes, 50 seconds without surrendering a goal, including holding No. 13 Stevens off the board for the final three quarters. Macatee recorded her first collegiate point on Tuesday with an assist in addition to 11 draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers on the week.

LAST TIME OUT: Franklin & Marshall earned is fourth straight double-digit Centennial Conference victory on Saturday with a 20-5 triumph over Washington. Lydia Cassilly was one of six Diplomats who finished with multiple goals, finding the back of the cage a team-leading five times and totaled six points. Gillian Brennan's hat trick was part of a four-point performance for her. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

OFFENSIVE MINDED: Franklin & Marshall enters today's game as the conference's top scoring offense at 17.36 goals per game. The Diplomats have four players who have registered 40 games on the season. Lydia Cassilly leads the way with 45 tallies to go with a team-best 23 assists for 68 points. Gillian Brennan (43), Lauren Pittman (42) and Lane Lambeth (41) round out the quartet. The attack, however, is facing the best scoring defense in the league in Gettysburg, which enters today with a 7.46 goals-against average. The only team to hold Franklin & Marshall to single-digit goals this season is top-ranked Middlebury, which defeated the Diplomats 18-9 on Mar. 19 in Sparks. Saturday was F&M's sixth 20-goal output of the season.