ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Saturday, October 6, 2001

Purcell Scores Two, Leimbach Scores First of Career, as Etown Defeats Villa Julie, 4-0

CHESTER, Pa. --- Beth Purcell (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) scored a pair of goals and Amanda Leimbach (Stewartstown, PA/Kennard-Dale) scored the first goal of her career as Etown improved to 7-5 overall with a 4-0 win over Villa Julie (4-8).

Purcell scored the first two goals of the game on assists by Kelly Miller (Robesonia, PA/Conrad Weiser) and Lauren Potosky (Wrightsville, PA/Eastern York) with 23:50 and 20:16, respectively, left in the first period.

Lisa Zbyzsinski (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic) scored unassisted with 8:35 left in the first half to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead going into halftime. Leimbach scored the game's final goal, unassisted, with 16:36 remaining in the second half.

Etown goaltenders Kate VanValkenburgh (Malvern, PA/Great Valley) and Lisa Marquette (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) combined in the shutout effort. VanValkenburgh had four saves, and Marquette made three saves in the game's final 16:26. Villa Julie keeper Denise Ocasio made 22 saves as Etown outshot Villa Julie 32-9.

Elizabethtown returns to action on the road Monday, October 8 against Dickinson. Game time is 4:00 p.m.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown 4, Villa Julie 0
Villa Julie (4-8) 0 0 — 0
Elizabethtown (7-5) 3 1 — 4

First Period Scoring:
EC—Beth Purcell (Kelly Miller), 23:50
EC—Purcell (Lauren Potosky), 20:16
EC—Lisa Zbyzsinski, 8:35

Second Period Scoring:
EC—Amanda Leimbach, 16:36

Shots: VJ 9, EC 32. Corners: VJ 4, EC 12. Green Cards: VJ 1 (Audrey Pritts), EC 0. Goalie Saves: Denise Ocasio (VJ) 22, Kate VanValkenburgh (EC) 4, Lisa Marquette (EC) 3.