Sixth-Ranked Bullets Hold Off Testy Terror
from press release
WESTMINSTER, Md. - Sixth-ranked Gettysburg
College received all it could handle from host McDaniel College and
leading scorer Brittany Baer Tuesday afternoon, but the Bullets
held strong down the final stretch, blanking the Green Terror over
the final eight minutes of regulation en route to an 11-8
Centennial Conference victory. Gettysburg remained unbeaten with a
9-0 overall mark and posted its fourth conference win in as many
tries.
Junior Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg), the reigning CC
Defensive Player of the Week for the last two weeks, made eight
saves and scooped up five ground balls for the Bullets, including
notching her 300th career save early in the second period. She was
helped out defensively by sophomore Becky Lutz (Madison,
Conn./Daniel Hand) who posted six caused turnovers and four draw
controls. Junior Jessica Crane (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) led
the scoring for the Bullets with three goals and one assist.
McDaniel (6-4, 2-2 CC) put in the game's opening score as Baer,
the leading scorer in the Centennial, found the back of the net at
23:46 for the first of her game-high six goals. Crane tossed in the
equalizer for Gettysburg three minutes later, before Brittany Lines
answered right back to put the hosts up 2-1.
The Bullets mounted a four-goal run over an eight-minute span to
take the lead for good. Junior Hollis Stahl (Highstown, N.J./Peddie
School) sent in her 100th career goal on a free position shot at
16:05, followed by three consecutive scores by junior Lauren
Woodman (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver), the last at 8:42 giving the
visitors a 5-2 edge and forcing a McDaniel timeout.
The Green Terror regrouped and pulled to within a goal with
back-to-back scores by Baer and Kelly Scheler, but junior Lexie
Hearn (Old Greenwich, Conn./Old Greenwich) lit the lamp with just
four seconds before the half to give Gettysburg a 6-4 margin at the
break.
Baer once again started the scoring in the second half to pull
McDaniel to within one before Crane and Stahl tacked on consecutive
goals to make it a three-goal contest. That proved the difference
in the contest as the teams traded the next six scores, the last by
Hearn giving the Bullets an 11-8 advantage with 5:50 to play.
Gettysburg out-shot McDaniel 33-23 in the contest, but 16 of those
attempts were thwarted by Green Terror keeper Leanne Hollinger.
McDaniel won the battle off the draw 12-8.
Hearn and Stahl each tallied two scores with sophomore Heidi
Bitter (Darien, Conn./Westminster) adding a goal. Stahl also picked
up three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Junior Nicole
Ditillo (Baldwin, Md./Fallston) finished with a career-high seven
ground balls.
Gettysburg returns to action this weekend with a pair of contests.
First, the Bullets host Haverford College on Saturday, April 4, at
noon. Then on Sunday, April 5, Gettysburg squares off with
fourth-ranked College of New Jersey at Clark Field beginning at 1
p.m.
