No. 4 Gettysburg Nearly Upended by St. John Fisher
from press release
HILTON HEAD, S.C. - St. John Fisher aimed to
open its season with a bang by taking down fourth-ranked Gettysburg
College, but the Bullets held off the Cardinals down the stretch to
claim a 17-15 victory on Wednesday, March 11. Junior Nina Emala
(Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) continued her hot start with a
career-high five goals and added two assists for Gettysburg, which
improved to 3-0 this spring.
With the score locked at 2-2, the Bullets, tied with The College
of New Jersey for fourth in the latest Intercollegiate Women's
Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) rankings, gained the upper-hand by
rattling off five consecutive scores, including
back-to-back-to-back free position goals by junior Hollis Stahl
(Highstown, N.J./Peddie School), Emala, and junior Erin Cushing
(Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton).
St. John Fisher climbed back into the contest with four of the
next five goals before Marnie Commins (Fairfax Station,
Va./Robinson) scored at 1:21, giving the Bullets a 10-7 lead at the
break.
The Cardinals opened with the first goal of the final period, but
Gettysburg looked to set the game into cruise control by lighting
the lamp five times over a 13-minute span, including two scores by
junior Lexie Hearn (Old Greenwich, Conn./Old Greenwich), the last
staking the Bullets to a 15-8 lead with 9:22 remaining.
St. John Fisher once again mounted a comeback by scoring seven of
the final nine goals of the contest. Those two Bullets' scores by
freshman Hannah Church (Ellicott City, Md./Mount de Sales) and
Hearn proved to be the difference in the contest.
Emala, who had scored at least six points in her first two games
of the year, tied her career high with seven points on Wednesday.
Stahl and Hearn each notched three goals and two assists, the
former adding four draw controls and three caused turnovers and the
latter posting four ground balls. Commins recorded her first hat
trick as a Bullet and added one assist.
Gettysburg returns from its southern trip to open its Centennial
Conference schedule this weekend against Muhlenberg College on
Saturday, March 14, at 1 p.m.
