Diplomats Post Win Over Garnet in Season Finale
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Swarthmore seniors Ashley Gunter and Natalie Stone scored goals in their final collegiate game as the Garnet field hockey dropped a 4-2 decision at Franklin & Marshall Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference play.
Franklin & Marshall (6-11, 3-7 CC) got on the board early when senior forward Pam Cassidy deflected a shot off a cross sent from sophomore midfielder Katie Datin in the sixth minute of play.
Stone (Philadelphia, Pa. / Friends Central) knotted the score, at one a piece with 15:08 on the clock, finished a pass from sophomore midfielder Devon Novotnak (Fogelsville, Pa. / Northwestern Lehigh) in the middle of cage. The goal was Stone’s ninth of the season, a team-high.
Diplomat sophomore Nora Kinney notched an unassisted goal at 22:07 to put Franklin & Marshall ahead by one goal at the end of the first half.
Gunter (Crisfield, Md. / Worcester Prep.) scored off a penalty stroke in the 52nd minute of the game, sandwiched between two additional Diplomat goals scored by sophomore forward Eileen O’Reilly and senior midfielder Jessika Mancino.
The Garnet edged the Diplomats in shots (9-7) and penalty corners (6-5) in the second half, but it was Franklin & Marshall who came away with the victory in the season finale for both teams.
Swarthmore junior Gina Grubb (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Oakland Catholic) played all 70 minutes in the cage for the Garnet, collecting five saves.
The Garnet conclude the 2008 season with an overall record of 5-13 and 1-9 in the Conference.
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