ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Thursday, March 31, 2005

Elizabethtown Downs Alvernia 15-5 in Blue Jays' Home Opener

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown improved to 2-4 overall with a non-conference win over Alvernia College by a 15-5 score Thursday. It was the Blue Jays' 2005 home opener. Alvernia dropped to 0-3 overall with the loss.

Alvernia scored the game's opening goal 2:28 after the opening draw as McKenna Shafer scored. Etown's Angie Eder (Eldersburg, MD/McDonogh School) struck back with a goal off a Sarah Gilson (Ocean View, NJ/Ocean City) assist 6:09 into the game. At 9:19 into the game, Eder scored again to give Etown a 2-1 lead, and the Blue Jays were ahead to stay. By halftime, Etown held a 7-3 advantage. Alvernia scored twice within the first eight minutes of the second half, and Etown concluded the game with five consecutive goals over the course of the last twenty minutes.

Six Blue Jays – Eder, Gilson, Jen Manns (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine), Danielle Grooms (Frederick, MD/Gov. Thomas Johnson), Liz Fretz (Parkerford, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and Michelle Collier (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) – scored a pair of goals over the course of the game. Also scoring single goals were Katie Braid (Parkton, MD/Hereford), Dana White (Freeland, MD/Hereford) and Ally Edel (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School). Braid led Etown in assists with two, and Eder, Gilson, Grooms and Manns each notched single assists. Grooms led Etown in ground balls with four.

Shafer and Laura-Beth Diggs were Alvernia's top scorers with two goals each, and Tracy Pyne added one goal.

Elizabethtown will return to action Saturday, April 2 when it hosts King's College (Pa.) in a 3:30 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference game.

Alvernia College (0-3) vs. Elizabethtown Coll. (2-4)
Date: Mar 31, 2005 Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. Stadium: Ira R. Herr Field
Attendance:50 Start time:4:00 pm End time:5:45 pm Total time:1:45

Score by period      1 2   Tot
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Alvernia College.... 3 2 - 5
Elizabethtown Coll.. 7 8 - 15

Alvernia College SCORING: GOALS: Laura-Beth Diggs 2; McKenna Shafer 2; Tracy Pyne 1. ASSISTS: None.

Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Jen Manns 2; Sarah Gilson 2; Danielle Grooms 2; Angie Eder 2; Liz Fretz 2; Michelle Collier 2; Katie Braid 1; Dana White 1; Ally Edel 1. ASSISTS: Katie Braid 2; Angie Eder 1; Sarah Gilson 1; Danielle Grooms 1; Jen Manns 1.

Alvernia College GROUND BALLS: Mary Kathryn O'Brien 6; Kimberly Diamond 4; Laura-Beth Diggs 3; Karen Hutton 3; Krystal Brown 2; Lisa Ross 2; Shira Glenn 1; Tracy Pyne 1; Lindsey Rizzardi 1; McKenna Shafer 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Danielle Grooms 4; Jen Manns 3; Katie Braid 2; Jenna Brown 2; Kim Chuba 2; Michelle Collier 2; Liz Fretz 2; Ashley Owen 2; Sarah Scholl 2; Ally Edel 1; Sarah Gilson 1; Kelly O'Connor 1; Amanda Reid 1; Leah Robinson 1; Dana White 1.
Alvernia College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Laura-Beth Diggs 4; Mary Kathryn O'Brien 2; Lindsey Rizzardi 1; Lisa Ross 1; McKenna Shafer 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. TURNOVERS CAUSED: Sarah Scholl 2; Ally Edel 1; Jen Manns 1; Ashley Owen 1; Jignasha Patel 1; Amanda Reid 1.

SHOTS - ALVERNIA 15; ETOWN 34.
SHOTS ON GOAL - ALVERNIA 12; ETOWN 28.
TURNOVERS - ALVERNIA 14; ETOWN 12.

GOALIES - ALVERNIA: Shira Glenn (60:00 minutes, 28 shots-13 saves, 15 GA); ETOWN: Kelly O'Connor (46:10, 12-7, 5) , Leah Robinson (13:50, 0-0, 0).