No. 2 Gettysburg Women Beat Mary Washington
from press release
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Second-ranked Gettysburg College and
visiting University of Mary Washington filled the stat sheet on a
cold and windy Thursday afternoon at Clark Field with the host
Bullets earning a 19-9 victory to open the 2010 women's lacrosse
season.
Gettysburg (1-0) and Mary Washington (0-1) combined for 60 shots,
62 ground balls, 55 clear attempts, 50 fouls, and 65 turnovers in
just 60 minutes of action. Eight different Bullets found the back
of the net with seniors Nina Emala (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr
School) and Lexie Hearn (Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) tying
personal marks with five and four goals, respectively.
The two teams wasted no time in getting on the board in 2010 as
Hearn tallied the game's first goal 48 seconds in and Catherine
Kennedy answered for the visitors 36 seconds later. Gettysburg led
4-3 at the 17-minute mark before the hosts erupted for a six-goal
scoring run to end the first half, including two goals each from
Hearn and senior Hollis Stahl (Hightstown, N.J./Peddie School).
Kennedy closed the gap to 10-5 with the first two scores of the
second half, but the hosts put in five of the next six tallies,
including a nice spin move and shot by freshman Lindsey Robinson
(Potomac, Md./Holton-Arms) at 14:50.
Jenny Atmar and Kennedy went back-to-back just 23 seconds apart
just before the 10-minute mark to cut the deficit to seven (15-8)
at 10:28. Emala quieted any hopes of a comeback with her final
tallies at 7:32 and 7:07 and junior Marnie Commins (Fairfax
Station, Va./Robinson) followed up with a flick off the ground to
set the advantage at 18-8 with six minutes left to play.
Gettysburg controlled 17 of 30 draw controls and was efficient on
clears, converting 19-of-25. Mary Washington struggled to clear the
ball up the field because of the Bullets' constant pressure in the
midfield and finished with just 11 successful clears in 30
attempts. The host's pressing defense also forced the Eagles into
34 turnovers.
Emala posted five scores on just six shots, adding three ground
balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Hearn added an assist for a
five-point day and recorded three draw controls and three caused
turnovers. Stahl turned in a hat trick and came up with a
career-high eight ground balls.
Senior Jessica Crane (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) and Commins
each put in a pair of goals and added one and two assists,
respectively, for Gettysburg. Crane keyed the transition defense
with a career-high four caused turnovers and senior Nicole Ditillo
(Baldwin, Md./Fallston) and junior Becky Lutz (Madison,
Conn./Daniel Hand) each corralled three draw controls.
Senior Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) played all 60
minutes in goal and finished with 11 saves for the Bullets. Her
counterpart in Mary Washington's goal, Leigh Ann Redefer, put up
nine saves and eight ground balls.
Kennedy, who posted 77 scores in 2009, picked up where she left off
her freshman campaign with five goals and an assist to lead Mary
Washington. Allie Kimmelman added a goal and a pair of helpers and
Katie Wallis tallied one goal, six ground balls, and five caused
turnovers.
Gettysburg returns to action next Friday, March 5, with its first
Centennial Conference affair at Washington (Md.) College at 4 p.m.
