ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, September 30, 2006

Elizabethtown Defeats Lebanon Valley 2-0 in Conference Opener 

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College improved to 5-3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Commonwealth Conference Saturday night as the Blue Jays won their conference opener 2-0 over Lebanon Valley College. Lebanon Valley dropped to 1-6-2 overall and 0-3 in the conference with the loss.

Keeley Trumbo '07 scored the opening goal.

Elizabethtown took a 1-0 lead just 2:22 into the game. Keeley Trumbo (Phoenixville, PA/Great Valley) attempted a cross pass in front of the LVC net that was blocked by goaltender Erika Ely (Reading, PA/Antietam). Trumbo received the ricocheted ball from the block, took a shot, and scored. The Blue Jays added their second goal in the second half at 58:20. Brooke Dotterer (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season off an assists by Jenny Fromuth (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing).

Elizabethtown out-shot Lebanon Valley 28-4 over the course of the game and 20-1 in the first half alone. The Blue Jays held an 11-0 edge in corner kicks as well. Ely made 11 saves in the Lebanon Valley goal, while Dawn Mellen (Warren, NJ/Watchung Hills Regional) made four saves, three of which came in the second half, to preserve the shutout for Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown will return to action Wednesday, October 4 on the road against Delaware Valley College at 4:00 p.m.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown 2, Lebanon Valley 0
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Lebanon Valley Coll. 0 0 - 0
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 1 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 2:22 ETOWN Trumbo, Keeley (2) (unassisted)
2. 58:20 ETOWN Dotterer, Brooke (5) (Fromuth, Jenny)

Shots: Lebanon Valley Coll. 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 28
Saves: Lebanon Valley Coll. 11 (Erika Ely 11), Elizabethtown Coll. 4 (Mellen, Dawn 4)