THE FACTS
No. 4 Gettysburg (14-2, 6-1 CC) 18, McDaniel (6-10, 0-7 CC) 8
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Wednesday, Apr. 23
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked fourth in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, used an 8-0 run after McDaniel had pulled to within 10-7 to close out an 18-8 victory.
THE LEADERS
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Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) led the Bullets with a career-high seven goals on nine shots. She also won a career-best four draw controls.
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Emily Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) also reached a career high with six goals and matched her career best with seven points. She secured eight draw controls and had three ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Kat Thayer led the Green Terror with three goals and an assist to go with three draw controls.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Kat Thayer staked McDaniel to a 1-0 lead just 55 seconds into the game. However, back-to-back
Maddie Passarello markers just 1:45 apart turned the early one-goal deficit into a one-goal lead with 11:50 on the clock. An
Emily Crane free-position tally with 10:19 to play stretched the lead to 3-1 before Passarello completed her hat trick less than two minutes later. Two more Crane tallies – the first off
Julia Daly's (McLean, Va./Langley) second assist completed her hat trick and made it 6-1 after one quarter.
• Jordan Gambrill converted a free-position tally with a player advantage less than a minute into the second period. Crane then found Daly to make it 7-2 before Charlotte Alexander cut the margin to four with 4:50 to play in the period.
Meghan Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) found
Lauren O'Connell (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) off a McDaniel turnover in its defensive end then Daly forced another turnover and took the loose ball to goal for a 9-3 halftime advantage.
• Paris Canord and Emily Conklin finished solo runs in the first five minutes of the third quarter to make it 9-5.
Grace Battle (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal Academy) lasered home an eight-meter shot to push the lead back to 10-5 midway through the period. Two unassisted goals from Thayer made it 10-7 and forced a timeout with 1:31 to play. Daly found Passarello just 52 seconds out of the stoppage to regain momentum entering the final quarter.
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Dillon Troy (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) raced up field and hit Passarello in transition for her second assist of the game and second of the season for a 12-7 lead just over two minutes into the fourth quarter. Two more Crane goals stretched the lead to 14-7 with 10:59 to play. Another Daly-to-Passarello connection and a Daly wraparound tally in a 43-second span put the lead at 16-7 midway through the final quarter. Crane's sixth of the day on a free-position attempt got the lead to 10 with 6:29 remaining. Passarello dropped home a goal off
Kate Evans' (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) first collegiate point made it 18-7 with 4:36 remaining before Addison Utterback set the final margin two minutes later.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 35-21 advantage in shots and 19-10 edge in draw controls to lock up a home semifinal game in next week's Centennial Conference tournament.
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Julia Daly rounded out a trio of Bullets with seven-point outings, contributing three goals and four assists. She also had two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
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Juliette deVarenne (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) made seven saves and allowed just three goals in 38 minutes of action between the pipes.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes the regular season at home against Washington (Md.) on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
