BRANDY ESPENSHADE GETS HAT TRICK AS ETOWN DEFEATS DELAWARE VALLEY, 6-0

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown improved to 15-3 overall with a 6-0 win over Delaware Valley at home Thursday. With the loss, Delaware Valley falls to 5-12 overall.

Elizabethtown took a 4-0 lead into halftime on a hat trick by Brandy Espenshade (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin), who scored with 28:28, 26:21, and 8:47 left in the first half, and a goal by Beth Purcell (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) with 12:13 remaining. Mandi Ewing (McClure, PA/West Snyder) had three assists in the first half. M.E. Regan (Andover, NJ/Newton) and Kate Gwilliam (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) also had assists in the first half.

Ewing added a goal of her own at 7:57 unassisted, and Purcell scored her second goal of the game with 6:53 remaining to put the Blue Jays ahead 6-0.

Etown returns to action on the road against Wilkes Saturday, October 21. Game time is 11:00 a.m.

At Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown 6, Delaware Valley 0
Delaware Valley (5-12)   0   0 — 0
Elizabethtown (15-3)     4   2 — 6

First Period Scoring:
EC—Brandy Espenshade (Mandi Ewing), 28:28
EC—Espenshade (M.E. Regan, Ewing), 26:21
EC—Beth Purcell (Kate Gwilliam), 12:13
EC—Espenshade (Ewing), 8:47

Second Period Scoring:
EC—Ewing, 7:57
EC—Purcell, 6:33

Shots: DV 10, EC 28. Corners: DV 1, EC 13. Goalie Saves: Leigh Stauffer (DV) 17, Nicole Handera (DV) 3, Kate VanValkenburgh (EC) 9.