ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Thursday, April 28, 2005

Elizabethtown Falls 15-7 to Messiah; Liz Fretz Career Goal Total at 198

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown dropped to 5-10 overall and 3-6 in the Middle Atlantic Conference with a 15-7 home loss to Messiah College (13-3, 8-1 MAC) Thursday afternoon. Messiah out-shot Etown 32-16 and held a 6-2 lead at the half.

Elizabethtown senior Liz Fretz (Parkerford, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led Etown's offense with three goals and with one assist. Her career goal total now stands at 198 with one game remaining to play. Danielle Grooms (Frederick, MD/Gov. Thomas Johnson) scored a pair of goals for Etown. Ally Edel (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll) and Jen Manns (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine) each added a goal, and Sarah Gilson (Ocean View, NJ/Ocean City) had one assist for the Blue Jays.

Sarah Scholl (Forest Hill, MD/John Carroll) led Etown and all players in the game in ground balls with six and in caused turnovers with four. She also had a pair of draw controls and did not commit a single turnover.

Messiah's Kayte Hall (Landenberg, PA/St. Mark's, DE) led the Falcons in goals scored with five and had one assist. Megan Campbell (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis Christian) scored three goals and had one assist for the Falcons, and Shannon Finch (Finksburg, MD/Westminster) and Abby Boyd (Beverly, MA/Beverly) each scored a pair of goals. Finch led Messiah in ground balls with five, and Hall had four draw controls and four ground balls.

Etown will return to action in its final game of 2005 on the road Saturday, April 30 against MAC rival Moravian College at 1:00 p.m.

Messiah College (13-3, 8-1 MAC) vs. Elizabethtown Coll. (5-10, 3-6 MAC)
Date: Apr 28, 2005 Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. Stadium: Ira R. Herr Field
Attendance:50 Start time:4:00 pm End time:5:55 pm Total time:1:55

Score by period      1 2   Tot
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Messiah College..... 6 9 - 15
Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 5 - 7

Messiah College SCORING: GOALS: Kayte Hall 5; Megan Campbell 3; Shannon Finch 2; Abby Boyd 2; Erin Gallagher 1; Megan Duke 1; Maggie Wallace 1. ASSISTS: Megan Campbell 1; Erin Gallagher 1; Kayte Hall 1.

Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Liz Fretz 3; Danielle Grooms 2; Ally Edel 1; Jen Manns 1. ASSISTS: Liz Fretz 1; Sarah Gilson 1.

Messiah College GROUND BALLS: Shannon Finch 5; Kayte Hall 4; Megan Campbell 3; Erin Gallagher 3; Janelle Groff 3; Dana Richards 3; Kate Nesterwitz 2; Maggie Wallace 2; Corrie Whalen 2; Abby Boyd 1; Megan Duke 1; Bethany Moskevitz 1; Liz Schatz 1; Kirstyn Wheeler 1; Jenna White 1; Karen Wilson 1.

Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Sarah Scholl 6; Dana White 5; Angie Eder 4; Danielle Grooms 4; Ally Edel 3; Liz Fretz 2; Sarah Gilson 2;Kelly O'Connor 2; Jenna Brown 1; Jen Manns 1; Ashley Owen 1; Amanda Simpson 1.

Messiah College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Corrie Whalen 2; Kirstyn Wheeler 2; Megan Campbell 1; Joy Eckmann 1; Shannon Finch 1; Erin Gallagher 1; Christina George 1; Maggie Wallace 1; Karen Wilson 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. TURNOVERS CAUSED: Sarah Scholl 4; Angie Eder 1; Liz Fretz 1; Danielle Grooms 1; Kelly O'Connor 1.

SHOTS - MESSW 32; ETOWN 16.
SHOTS ON GOAL - MESSW 25; ETOWN 13.
TURNOVERS - MESSW 14; ETOWN 18.

GOALIES - MESSW: Janelle Groff (60:00 minutes, 13 shots-6 saves, 7 GA); ETOWN: Kelly O'Connor (60:00, 25-10, 15).