GETTYSBURG, PA. – The nationally third-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team scored five of the game's final six goals to break a 9-9 tie and earned a 14-10 win at top-ranked Gettysburg on the road Saturday afternoon in non-conference action. The Red Dragons improved to 2-0 with the win, their second in two seasons against the nation's number-one ranked team, while the Bullets fell to 4-1.
Junior
Ashley Gentile (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) led Cortland with four goals and one assist. Senior
Emma Hayes-Hurley (Huntington) and juniors
Tara Monaghan (Stony Point/North Rockland) and
Elise Bennett (Webster/Webster Thomas) each tallied three goals and one assist. With her four points, Monaghan eclipsed 100 for her career.
Freshman
Hannah Elmer (Syracuse/West Genesee) tallied a goal, and sophomores
Kristen Ohberg (Brewster) and
Kaitlin Antelmi (Bridgeport/Chittenango) recorded one assist apiece for the Red Dragons. Junior goalie
Liz Ingalls (Centerport/St. Anthony's) made five saves. Hayes-Hurley secured a game-high eight draw controls as Cortland dominated the statistic, 17-9, in the game. Monaghan and Gentile each won four draws, while Monaghan scooped up five ground balls and junior
Colleen Wright (Huntington Station/Huntington) added three.
Bridget Kenny netted a game-high five goals for Gettysburg. Mandy Buell recorded two goals and one assist, Abby Baigelman, Maggie Connolly and Amanda Borucki each netted a goal and Katie Landry totaled five assists. Goalie Shannon Keeler turned aside two shots and collected three ground balls. Kenny won three draws.
The Bullets steadily built a 4-0 lead just past the midway point of the first half as Kenny scored twice and Buell picked up a goal and an assist. The Red Dragons responded with a four-goal run in less than a three-minute span to pull even at 4-4. Four different players found the back of the net. Kenny and Buell wrapped goals around Elmer's score and Gettysburg led, 6-5, at the half.
After Kenny notched her fourth goal of the game to open the scoring in the second half to increase the Bullets' advantage to 7-5, Hayes-Hurley, Gentile and Monaghan each scored in less than a two-minute span to give Cortland its first lead of the game at 8-7. Baigelman and Borucki then sandwiched goals around Monaghan's third of the game, and the game stood tied at 9-9 with 15:33 to play.
From that point, the Red Dragons seized control of the game as Bennett and Gentile each netted two goals to give Cortland a 13-9 lead with 3:13 remaining. Kenny's fifth goal stopped the four-goal Cortland burst, but Hayes-Hurley sealed the victory with her third goal at the 1:58 mark.
Cortland 14, Gettysburg 10
GAME SUMMARY:
Team 1-2 Final
Cortland 5-9 14
Gettysburg 6-4 10
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Ashley Gentile 4-1,
Emma Hayes-Hurley 3-1,
Tara Monaghan 3-1,
Elise Bennett 3-1,
Hannah Elmer 1-0,
Kristen Ohberg 0-1,
Kaitlin Antelmi 0-1
Gettysburg: Bridget Kenny 5-0, Mandy Buell 2-1, Amy Baigelman 1-0, Maggie Connolly 1-0, Amanda Borucki 1-0, Katie Landry 0-5
Goalkeepers:
Cortland:
Liz Ingalls, 5 saves (10 GA in 60:00)
Gettysburg: Shannon Keeler, 2 saves (14 GA in 60:00)
Shots: Cortland 24, Gettysburg 22
Ground Balls: Cortland 13, Gettysburg 13
Clears: Gettysburg 10-of-13, Cortland 9-of-12
Draw Controls: Cortland 17, Gettysburg 9
Caused Turnovers: Gettysburg 8, Cortland 4
Turnovers: Cortland 14, Gettysburg 10
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-0 (ranked 3rd nationally in Div. III); Gettysburg (Bullets) 4-1 (ranked 1st in Div. III)
