THE FACTS
No. 11 Gettysburg (7-5, 3-1 CC) 12, No. 23 Haverford (8-5, 3-1 CC) 10
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 11 in the latest IWLCA Div. III poll, outscored No. 23 Haverford 5-1 in the fourth quarter for a 12-10 win that forced a logjam at the top of the conference standings.
THE LEADERS
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Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) led the Bullets with four goals, including the game-tying goal early in the fourth quarter. She also corralled eight draw controls.
FOR THE FOES
• Bella Gattuso led the Fords with three goals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) scored less than a minute into the game before finding
Nina Marra (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) just shy of three minutes later for a 2-0 lead. Bella Gattuso then finished a Brooke Epstein feed midway through the opening period before Mikelle Smith scored an advantage goal with 2:17 showing to tie the game after one quarter.
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Sarah Scollin (Orefield, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) and two
Maddie Passarello goals in the opening two minutes of the second quarter built a 5-2 lead. Kalli Mullen and
Riley Kenrick (Verona, N.J./Verona) traded goals to keep it the margin at three with 9:03 to play. Another Gattuso tally and two from Epstein tied the game at 6-all entering the intermission. The second Epstein goal came with 19 seconds left and was the third advantage goal of the game for Haverford.
• Gattuso finished a Sophie Jaffe pass to give the Fords their first lead with 8:52 to play in the third quarter. Passarello and Smith traded advantage goals three minutes apart before Epstein found Daniela Martini in the final minute to give the visitors a two-goal lead heading to the final period.
• Daly cut the margin to one just 1:29 into the fourth quarter before Passarello netted the equalizer with 10:59 on the clock. Another Daly goal put the Bullets in front just 42 seconds later. Scollin pushed the lead to two a minute later before Mullen made it 11-10 with 7:42 showing but Scollin capped her hat trick with 4:45 to play for an insurance goal.
THE INSIDE STORY
• With her three goals,
Julia Daly moved into second place all-time on the Gettysburg career goals list with 229 for her career – one shy of the program record. She also had two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
• The Bullets finished with a 25-20 edge in shots.
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Grace Battle (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) added seven draw controls as part of the 20-6 advantage in the circle.
• With the Haverford loss, the top five teams in the conference standings now all have one loss with two weeks to play in the regular season.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Dickinson on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
