ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Tuesday, October 1, 2002

Etown Wins Conference Opener, 7-0, over Albright

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown won its 2002 Commonwealth Conference opener with a 7-0 blowout over Albright Tuesday night. The victory also improves Etown to 6-5 overall, taking the Blue Jays above .500 for the first time this season. Albright fell to 6-4-1 overall and 0-2 in the conference with the loss.

Rebecca Young (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) scored each of the Blue Jays first two goals in the opening five minutes of the game, and she was assisted by Kelly Drumel (Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway) both times. A goal by Heather Newswanger (Pine Grove, PA/Pine Grove), assisted by Courtney Phillips (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) at 30 minutes gave Etown a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.

Jessie Cromley (New Columbia, PA/Milton) scored on another assist by Phillips at 58:10. A Sara Hassinger (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) goal at 66 minutes off an assist by Danielle Grubb (Danville, PA/Danville) made the score 5-0 in Etown's favor. Grubb scored a goal of her own off assists by Newswanger and Becky Wise (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) at 70:45, and Megan Halladay (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) scored Etown's final goal on an unassisted blast from 45 yards out at 72:03.

Elizabethtown out-shot Albright 31-4, and the Blue Jays have totaled 19 goals in their last two games.

Etown returns to action at home Thursday, October 3 against Gettysburg in a 7:00 p.m. game.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown 7, Albright 0
Albright (6-4-1, 0-2)    0 0 -- 0
Elizabethtown (6-5, 1-0) 3 4 -- 7

Scoring:
EC-Becca Young (Kelly Drumel), 3:00
EC-Young (Drumel), 5:00
EC-Heather Newswanger (Courtney Phillips), 30:00
EC-Jessie Cromely (Phillips), 53:10
EC-Sara Hassinger (Danielle Grubb), 66:00
EC-Grubb (Newswanger, Becky Wise), 70:45
EC-Megan Halladay, 72:03

Shots: AC 4, EC 31. Corner Kicks: AC 1, EC 4. Yellow Cards: AC 2, EC 0. Goalie Saves: Mikki Anselmo (AC) 9, Lauren McGuirl (AC) 3, Amy Weid (EC) 3, Jackie Shoustal (EC) 1.