Box Score THE FACTS
No. 5 Gettysburg (5-0, 5-0 CC) 20, McDaniel (2-4, 2-3 CC) 3
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 24
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked fifth in the latest IWLCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored 12 of the first 13 goals en route to a 20-3 victory over McDaniel.
THE LEADERS
• Natalie Hoff (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) led the Green Terror with a goal and an assist.
FOR THE FOES
• Bri Strokes led the Bullets with four goals and three assists.
• Kerry McKeever added four goals and one assist. She also won seven draw controls.
• Katie Fullowan rounded out the trio of four-goal scorers for Gettysburg.
• Jordan Basso chipped in four assists to go with one goal.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Free-position tallies from Kerry Ullman and Caroline Sullivan 12 seconds apart staked the Bullets to a 2-0 lead before two minutes had elapsed in the game. Sullivan then found Ulman and Bri Strokes around a Kerry McKeever free-position goal to make it a 5-0 game with 25:27 to play in the opening half. A Kealey Allison (Frankford, Del./Indian River) free-position marker broke up the shutout with 23:14 on the clock but McKeever started a run of seven straight goals over the next nearly 20 minutes. Natalie Hoff found the back of the net on an eight-meter shot with 1:49 to play in the opening half.
• Jordan Basso record a goal and three assists as part of a 5-0 stretch in the opening 14:11 of the second half that helped push the lead to 17-2. Abby Blankenship (Urbanna, Va./Christchurch) halted the stretch off a pass from Hoff with 11:23 to play but a goal from Stokes and two from Katie Fullowan in the final 8:46 set the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Natalie Hoff's first-half goal was the first tally of her McDaniel career.
• Emma Miller (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) won eight draw controls.
• Gettysburg finished with a 29-16 advantage in shots, converting on 68.9 percent of its attempts.
NEXT UP
McDaniel concludes the season at home against Ursinus on Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.