No. 6 Gettysburg Shoots Down Eagles
from staff reports
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Junior Hollis Stahl (Hightstown,
N.J./Peddie School) tied a career high with seven goals, while
fellow classmates Lexie Hearn (Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) and
Nina Emala (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) each notched personal marks
with seven points apiece to lead the sixth-ranked Gettysburg
College women's lacrosse team to its ninth-straight season-opening
victory with an 18-10 decision over University of Mary Washington
Thursday at Clark Field.
Stahl's seven scores tied her career best notched against
Middlebury College last spring and her shot total of 14 was only
seven shy of Mary Washington's (2-1) entire team total. Hearn
dished out a career-high five assists and added a pair of scores
and three draw controls, while Emala was one assist shy of the
school record with six and added one goal and two draw
controls.
The Bullets kick-started the 2009 campaign by scoring each of the
first three goals within five minutes of the opening draw. Junior
Lauren Woodman (Denver, Colo./Kent) put the hosts on the board just
43 seconds in on a feed from Hearn, who tossed in her own goal 26
ticks later. Emala hooked up with Stahl to stake Gettysburg to a
3-0 lead.
After Mary Washington cracked the scoring column just over five
minutes in, Gettysburg ran rampant with four consecutive goals,
including two by Stahl and the first as a Bullet by sophomore
transfer Allegra Formento (Princeton, N.J./Princeton). Emala dished
out three assists during the run, with the last to Stahl putting
Gettysburg up 7-1 at 16:22.
The Eagles clawed their way back into the contest six of the next
eight goals, including a 4-0 run to end the first half and start
the second. Catherine Kennedy's second goal of the contest 1:34
into the final period pulled the visitors to 9-7.
The Bullets took advantage of a Mary Washington yellow card five
minutes into the second half and scored two quick goals just eight
seconds apart, both assisted by Hearn. The Bullets added another
pair of goals and following a goal by Kennedy with just under 17
minutes left, poured in five goals to jump to a 10-goal
differential (18-8) with six minutes remaining.
Gettysburg fired off 41 shots at the goal, 20 more than their
opponents on Thursday. The Bullets also posted 23 ground balls, but
fell short on draw controls 16-14.
Formento made a successful debut as a Bullet with three goals and
connected on both of her free position attempts. Junior Erin
Cushing (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton) and sophomore Marnie
Commins (Fairfax Station, Va./Robinson) each added two goals for
the hosts.
Defensively, junior goalie Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg)
was a force in and out of the circle, stopping seven shots, causing
four turnovers, and picking up seven ground balls. Stahl and
sophomore Becky Lutz (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) each caused a
trio of turnovers, the latter adding three draw controls, while
junior Anna Scanlan (Lutherville, Md./Roland Park Country School)
scooped up three ground balls.
Kennedy led Mary Washington with four goals and one assist. Katie
Wallis found the back of the net twice with Lauren Callison adding
one goal and two assists. Ashley Scutari and Erin Murphy each
notched four draw controls.
Gettysburg tackles its first nationally-ranked opponent of the
season with a road trip to No. 19 Rowan University on Wednesday,
March 4, at 4:30 p.m.
