ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Mary Washington Edges Elizabethtown 3-2

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The University of Mary Washington scraped past Elizabethtown College with a 3-2 victory clinched with a goal with just 16 seconds remaining in the game at Etown Tuesday. Mary Washington improves to 12-3 overall with the win, while Etown drops to 4-14 with the loss.

The Blue Jays got on the scoreboard first when Whitney Brown (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) scored for Etown with 22:40 left in the first half. Mary Washington tied the score at 1-1 when Brynn Maguire scored off assists by Maureen McGee and Amanda Mulhern on a penalty corner with 18:36 left in the first half, and the score remained tied 1-1 at halftime.

Mary Washington went ahead 2-1 just 26 seconds into the second half as Jena Elliott scored off a Meghan Punaro assist. A Laura Rinck (Selinsgrove, PA/Selinsgrove) goal, assisted by Brown, with 9:53 left to play in the second half tied the score at 2-2. Mary Washington's game winning goal came with 16 seconds left in the second half courtesy of Maguire.

Mary Washington held a 9-7 advantage in shots over the course of the game, while Etown held an 11-6 advantage in penalty corners.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Saturday, October 23 against Moravian College in a 1:00 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game.

Mary Washington (12-3) vs. Elizabethtown (4-14)
Goals by period      1 2 Tot
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U of Mary Washington 1 2 - 3
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 1 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 12:20 ETOWN Whitney Brown (2) (unassisted)
2. 16:24 UMW-FH Brynn Maguire (16) (Maureen McGee;Amanda Mulhern) - Penalty corner
3. 35:26 UMW-FH Jena Elliott (5) (Meghan Punaro)
4. 60:07 ETOWN Laura Rinck (4) (Whitney Brown)
5. 69:44 UMW-FH Brynn Maguire (17) (unassisted)

Shots: U of Mary Washington 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 7
Saves: U of Mary Washington 5 (Robyn Lankford 5), Elizabethtown Coll. 5 (Lisa Marquette 2; Kristen Callaghan 3)