Top-ranked Bullets Cruise Past Swarthmore
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Gettysburg sophomore Megan Moore and senior Alexandra Ewing scored four goals and handed out two assists apiece as the No. 1-ranked Bullets downed hometown Swarthmore 18-4 in Centennial Conference women's lacrosse action Thursday afternoon at Clothier Field.
Katie Hagan added two goals and three assists for Gettysburg while Jen Betts and Cristi Farrell chipped in two scores each.
Swarthmore (3-2 overall, 0-1 CC) was led by sophomore midfielder Marissa Schaffer with two goals while senior Catherine Crawford and freshman Hannah Jaicks each tallied a score.
The Bullets (5-0 overall, 2-0 CC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead as sophomore Cristi Farrell scored once and Moore put home her first two scores in the opening five minutes. The Garnet got on the board when Crawford carried the ball into the offensive zone and knifed through two Gettysburg defenders. The midfielder beat Bullets' starting goalie Kristen Krammer for her seventh goal of the season at 20:15.
Gettysburg gained control of the game by scoring the next 11 goals to hold a 13-1 lead at the intermission.
Swarthmore churned up some momentum in the second half, fueled by two goals in four minutes by Schaffer. The sophomore converted a free-position opportunity at 23:10, and then took a pass from freshman Alex Gilbert-Bono before beating Gettysburg netminder Susan Meyers at 19:20.
Jaicks notched her third goal of the season with 1:24 left after getting a feed from Crawford (her fifth helper of the year).
Starting Swarthmore goalie Susannah Blair made four saves in nearly 54 minutes of action while Krammer and Meyers made one stop apiece after splitting the goalie duties.
The Garnet travel to Massachusetts this weekend to defend their 2006 Seven Sisters title. Wellesley College is the site of the 2007 Seven Sisters Women's Lacrosse Tournament and Swarthmore, the top seed, will face off against Cedar Crest on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. Click here for more Seven Sisters Information.