No. 2 Bullet Women Blast Washington College
from press release
CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Senior Nina Emala (Baltimore, Md./Bryn
Mawr School) tied a career high with seven points, all in the first
half, as second-ranked Gettysburg College opened the Centennial
Conference schedule with an 18-9 victory over Washington (Md.)
College Friday.
Gettysburg (2-0, 1-0 CC), picked first in the conference preseason
poll, opened with five goals and scored 11 of the first 12 en route
to a 14-2 lead at the break. Senior Jessica Crane (Sudbury,
Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) tossed in the first goal just 15 seconds
into the contest. Emala had a hand in seven of the next 11 scores,
including her fifth and final goal with 2:36 before the half.
The Bullets emptied the reserves in the second half with every
field player seeing time on the field. Washington (0-1, 0-1 CC)
out-scored the Orange and Blue 7-4 in the period with Mollie
Shipley netting three goals.
Emala also set personal marks with seven ground balls and four
caused turnovers in the contest. Senior Hollis Stahl (Hightstown,
N.J./Peddie School) added four goals and paced a 21-8 Gettysburg
advantage off the draw with a team-best five draw controls.
Sophomore Hannah Church (Ellicott City, Md./Mount de Sales) was the
only other Bullet with multiple goals, scoring two and dishing out
an assist.
Crane, senior Erin Cushing (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton), and
junior Marnie Commins (Fairfax Station, Va./Robinson) each chipped
in with one goal and one assist for the Bullets. Senior Lexie Hearn
(Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) and junior Becky Lutz (Madison,
Conn./Daniel Hand) each dished out an assist and corralled four
draw controls.
Senior Kristen Krammer (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) played the entire
first half in goal for Gettysburg and made one save, while junior
Laura McIntyre (Glenmoore, Pa./Coatesville) closed the final period
with a trio of stops.
Gettysburg heads to Texas during spring break to play a set of
three contests, beginning with a twinbill on Tuesday, March 9. The
Bullets face Wittenberg University at 10 a.m. and follow up with
Colby-Sawyer College at 4 p.m. Gettysburg closes the trip with its
toughest challenge to date when in battles 10th-ranked Catholic
University on March 11 at 10 a.m.
