THE FACTS
No. 6 Gettysburg (18-3) 18, No. 9 Washington and Lee (18-5) 10
What: NCAA Div. III women's lacrosse tournament third round
When: Saturday, May 17
Where: Lancaster, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked sixth in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored five straight goals in the first and second quarters to turn an early 2-1 deficit to No. 9 Washington and Lee into 6-2 lead early in the second quarter to notch an 18-10 victory in the third round of the 2025 NCAA Div. III women's lacrosse championship tournament at Franklin & Marshall.
THE LEADERS
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) led the Bullets with seven points on four goals and three assists to go with a ground ball and caused turnover.
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Michaela Kelly (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) added three goals and three assists as part of a day that saw six players register three or more points.
FOR THE FOES
• Katie Reed led the Generals with two goals, one assist, three draw controls and two ground balls.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Lara Baki staked Washington and Lee to a 1-0 lead just 25 seconds into the game before
Michaela Kelly responded just 42 seconds later to tie the game. A Betty Boatwright advantage goal made it 2-1 with 11:30 showing but
Lauren O'Connell (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) responded with an advantage goal of her own three minutes later to tie the game off a feed from
Julia Daly. Daly then ripped off a natural hat trick, scoring with 4:52 to play in the first and 1:10 showing for a 4-2 lead.
• Daly capped the personal three-goal run with 13:27 on the clock before Kelly notched her second of the day less than a minute later for a 6-2 advantage. Emma Marsh and Katie Reed went back-to-back 24 ticks apart to cut the deficit in half. Kelly and
Emily Crane (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) sandwiched a Caroline Foster tally to make it 8-5 with 6:28 remaining. After Hannah Van Son once again made it a two-goal game,
Sarah Scollin (Orefield, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) found the back of the net then found
Grace Battle (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal Academy) for a 10-6 halftime lead.
• Battle – after scoring 31 seconds before halftime – needed just 29 seconds in the third quarter to make it 11-6 before Crane notched her second with 13:10 showing for a 12-6 lead. Reed momentarily halted the run but
Sophie Smith (Great Falls, Va./Langley) scored twice in a minute to stretch the lead to 14-7 midway through the period. After Boatwright and Scollin traded tallies, the Generals netted two goals in 53 seconds to close the margin to 15-10. Crane once again finished from Daly just before the quarter ended to right the ship and give momentum back to the Bullets going to the final 15 minutes.
• Kelly found Smith with 7:29 to play before she then hit Daly to cap the day with 3:55 on the clock.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 35-27 advantage in shots.
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Grace Battle finished with three goals, an assist and seven draw controls.
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Emily Crane and
Sophie Smith both added hat tricks. Crane also chipped in an assist and two draw controls.
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Juliette deVarenne (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) made 10 saves in goal for the Bullets. She also had three caused turnovers and six ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against No. 20 Denison, which upended host and No. 5 Franklin & Marshall 16-15 in the day's first game. The Bullets and Big Red, who faced off in Gettysburg on Feb. 22 – a 16-6 win by the hosts, will play at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in Lancaster with a trip to the national semifinals in Salem, Va., on the line.
