GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Emily Harwood recorded
three goals and an assist to lead No. 16 Gettysburg to a 5-1
victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) field hockey
action on Wednesday.
Jessica Largent (Denton, Md./North Carolie)
recorded the lone goal for the Green Terror (7-8, 4-3 CC) while
Erika Wawzyanick (Wantage, N.J./High Point
Regional) made nine saves.
Lexie Hearn added a goal and an assist for the
Bullets (10-5, 5-2 CC), who broke a three-way deadlock for third
place in the CC with the win and now hold the advantage to earn a
first-round bye with three games to play in the conference
schedule. McDaniel falls into a tie with Haverford for the fifth,
and final, playoff spot.
Off a scramble in front of the cage, Harwood found the backboard
for a 1-0 lead just 7:44 into the game.
Just 1:37 into the second half, Savannah Ruth
finished a short Lexie Hearn pass in front of the
cage to double the advantage on Gettysburg's first attempt of
the second half.
Harwood made it a 3-0 game just over two minutes later, flicking an
arcing shot off a defender's stick and into the top of the
cage.
Four minutes later, Jessica Largent (Denton, Md./North
Caroline) tipped in a long Michelle Fluty
(Huntingtown, Md./Calvert) pass to break up the
shutout.
Off a corner in the 52nd minute, Hearn finished a
Harwood pass to re-establish the three-goal advantage.
Harwood completed the hat trick with 8:56 to play off a scramble 10
yards out, handing the Green Terror its second consecutive 5-1
loss.
McDaniel returns to action at home against No. 3 Ursinus on
Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
Score by
Period
1
2
-
F
McDaniel (7-8, 4-3
CC)
0
1
-
1
No. 16 Gettysburg (10-5, 5-2
CC)
1
4
-
5
Scoring
G –Emily Harwood, 7:44
G – Savannah Ruth (Lexie Hearn), 36:37
G – Harwood, 38:54
G – Hearn (Harwood), 51:52
G – Harwood, 61:04
Shots: M 4, G 20. Penalty
Corners: M 7, G 15. Saves: M 9 (Erika
Wawzyanick), G 0 (Christina Anderson).
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