THE FACTS
No. 4 Gettysburg (7-1) 17, Catholic (1-6) 9
What: Non-conference women's lacrosse game
When: Thursday, Mar. 20
Where: Washington, D.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked fourth in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, used a pair of 7-0 runs to aid in a 17-9 win over Catholic.
THE LEADERS
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Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) led the Bullets with a career-high five goals, scoring on five shots. She also had two ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Henley Bredemann led the Cardinals with two goals, four draw controls, three caused turnovers and two ground balls.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) staked Gettysburg to a 1-0 lead just 27 seconds into the game. Catholic, however, responded with three of the next four goals to take a 3-2 lead with 7:06 remaining in the first quarter. Jessie Lee and Madeline McDevitt scored a minute apart to turn the one-goal deficit into a one-goal lead with 12:24 showing.
Emily Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) found the back of the net for the equalizer just over two minutes later before Tori Wilsey put the hosts back in front. Daly, however, knotted the game at 3-all with 6:01 to play and sparked a 7-0 run. Two
Sarah Scollin (Oreland, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) goals 40 seconds apart made it 5-3 with 3:20 showing before
Maddie Passarello scored 17 seconds later and made it back-to-back markers herself with 1:47 on the clock for a 7-3 first-quarter lead.
• Daly completed her hat trick 3:05 into the second quarter to push the lead to five. Just over two minutes later,
Sophie Smith (Great Falls, Va./Langley) converted an advantage goal from
Julie Breedveld (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) for a 9-3 lead. Wilsey snapped the run with a free-position tally at the 8:37 mark to make it 9-4. Another free-position marker from Lindsay Sawyer just 33 seconds alter made it a four-goal game.
Michaela Kelly (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) hit Passarello in front to break up the mini-run and push the lead to 10-5 with 4:12 showing. Izzy Fiore and Henley Bredemann each found the back of the net in the final 66 seconds of the opening half to cut the margin to 10-7 with 20 ticks on the clock before weather forced a stoppage in action just before the halftime break.
• With a delay of more than an hour, the teams just switched ends without a halftime break and Bredemann needed just 72 seconds to make it a 10-8 game. Crane halted the run of three straight goals by the hosts, quickly finishing a pass from Scollin to return the advantage to three with 8:47 remaining. Off a turnover, Crane found a sprinting Passarello for a 12-8 lead with 5:50 showing. Just over a minute later, Scollin hit Passarello then Crane went top shelf with 2:53 remaining for a six-goal lead. Crane then found Smith in the 10 seconds of the period to take a 15-8 lead into the final quarter.
• Crane found
Nina Marra (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) nearly four minutes into the final period before finishing a solo run to cap a second 7-0 run in the game with 7:14 showing. Maggie Traynor broke up the run with 2:43 to play for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 30-23 advantage in shots and won 16 of 30 draw controls.
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Emily Crane added four goals, three assists and seven draw controls. She also chipped in two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
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Lily Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) chipped in six draw wins and a caused turnover.
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Julia Daly added three goals and an assist while
Sarah Scollin had two goals and two assists. Daly added three ground balls while Scollin had two.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against No. 12 College of New Jersey on Wednesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
