ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Overtime Goal Gives Gettysburg 3-2 Victory over Elizabethtown
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Molly Latta scored 2:53 into overtime to give Gettysburg College a 3-2 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference field hockey action at Wolf Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The Bullets (6-4 overall) forced overtime with 3:40 remaining in regulation as Savannah Ruth scored off a penalty corner by Nikki Dyer. Dyer had given Gettysburg a 1-0 lead with 10:10 left in the first half as she scored off an assist by Nina Emala.
The Blue Jays (8-4 overall), who saw a six-game winning streak come to an end, tied the match with 8:53 left in the first half when junior Kelsey Diehl (North East, MD/Rising Sun) scored her first goal of the season off an assist by junior Alison Duval (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley).
Elizabethtown went ahead 2-1 with 26:03 to play when junior Andrea Miles (Phoenix, MD/Notre Dame Prep) tallied her fifth goal of the season off an assist by first-year student Julie Foster (Reading, PA/Oley Valley).
After Ruth's goal forced overtime, Latta scored the winning goal as she took a penalty corner by Molly Myer and fired a shot that deflected off the Blue Jay defense and into the cage to end the match.
Both teams took 10 shots at goal during the match, while Gettysburg held a 13-10 advantage in penalty corners.
First-year student Laura Ressler (Media, PA/Delaware County Christian) made her first start in goal for the Blue Jays and finished with four saves, while Katherine Corkhill made six stops for the Bullets.
Gettysburg (6-4) vs. Elizabethtown (8-4)
Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot
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Gettysburg College.. 1 1 1 - 3
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 1 0 - 2
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 24:50 GC Nikki Dyer (Nina Emala)
2. 26:07 ETOWN Kelsey Diehl (Alison Duval)
3. 43:57 ETOWN Andrea Miles (Julie Foster)
4. 66:20 GC Savannah Ruth (Nikki Dyer)
5. 72:53 GC Molly Latta (Molly Myer)
Shots: Gettysburg 10, Elizabethtown 10
Corners: Gettysburg 13, Elizabethtown 10
Saves: Gettysburg 6 (Katherine Corkhill 6), Elizabethtown 4 (Laura Ressler 4)