ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Espenshade Notches Hat Trick at 19th Ranked Elizabethtown Blows Out Moravian, 8-1

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- 19th-ranked Elizabethtown played its final regular season home game of 2002 in hard rain mixed with sleet, but won in grand style with an 8-1 blowout of Commonwealth Conference rival Moravian. The Blue Jays improve to 10-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference with the win. Brandy Espenshade (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin) picked up a hat trick for the Blue Jays, scoring two first half goals and one second half goal.

Mindy Nace (Thompsontown, PA/East Juniata) started the Blue Jays off with a goal at 31:04, and assisted a pair of first half goals. Espenshade and Lisa Zbyszinski (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic) scored Etown's second and third goals. Espenshade (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin) scored again to give Etown a 4-0 lead at 5:48 off an assist from Nace. Moravian scored shortly thereafter to narrow Etown's lead to 4-1, but the Blue Jays ultimately took a 5-1 lead into halftime following another goal by Zbyszinski 3:58 before halftime. Jama Weigher (Enola, PA/Cumberland Valley) assisted Espenshade's first goal.

Etown piled on three more goals in the second half, as Kate Gwilliam (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown), Espenshade, and Christina DiLiello (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) all scored goals. The final goal of the game, assisted by Gwilliam, was the first of DiLiello's collegiate career.

Etown out-shot Moravian 37-6.

At this point, the Blue Jays have clinched a berth in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs for the third consecutive year. The conference playoffs will begin Wednesday, October 6.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
#19 Elizabethtown 8, Moravian 1
Moravian (3-13, 0-6)      1 0 -- 1
Elizabethtown (10-4, 5-2) 5 3 -- 8

First half scoring:
EC-Mindy Nace, 31:04
EC-Brandy Espenshade (Jama Weigher), 12:07
EC-Lisa Zbyszinski (Nace), 11:41
EC-Espenshade (Nace), 5:48
MC-Beitler,
EC-Zbyszinski, 3:58

Second half scoring:
EC-Kate Gwilliam, 34:26
EC-Espenshade, 32:03
EC-Christina DiLiello (Gwilliam) 6:11

Shots: MC 6, EC 37. Penalty Corners: MC 10, EC 9. Goalie Saves: Chelsea Marshall (MC) 10, Lisa Marquette (EC) 14, Terese Maiorana (EC) 6.