THE FACTS
Gettysburg (6-1) 5, Lebanon Valley (4-3) 2
What: Non-conference field hockey game
When: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Where: Annville, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored three goals in the first 16:08 en route to a 5-2 win at Lebanon Valley.
THE LEADERS
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Margaret-Ann Graves (Charlottesville, Va./The Covenant School) led the Bullets with two goals and an assist.
FOR THE FOES
• Jillian Tait scored both goals for the Flying Dutchmen.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Before five minutes had elapsed in the game,
Margaret-Ann Graves found the goal for an early 1-0 lead. Just over three minutes later, she found
Cianna Miranda (San Jose, Calif./Willow Glen) to double the lead.
• In the opening 68 seconds of the second quarter,
Olivia Conte (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) fed Graves for her second of the night and a 3-0 lead. Lebanon Valley got on the board just shy of three minutes later when Jillian Tait tallied her first.
Sydney Yaw (West Chester, Pa./West Chester-Rustin) re-established the three-goal advantage off a feed from Miranda with just over five minutes to play in the opening half.
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Sloane Witkowski (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) made it 5-1 just 2:35 into the second half before Tait set the final margin in the closing minute of the third quarter.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 13-10 edge in shots while both teams had six penalty corners.
NEXT UP
The Bullets return to action at Washington (Md.) on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
