ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Elizabethtown Outguns Widener 5-2; Brooke Dotterer Gets Second Hat Trick in a Row

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College improved to 9-3-1 overall and 4-0 in the Commonwealth Conference with a 5-2 road win over Widener University Saturday. Widener dropped to 9-5-1 overall and 2-3 in the conference with the loss. For the second game in a row, Etown sophomore forward Brooke Dotterer (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) tallied a hat trick.

Elizabethtown jumped out to a 2-0 lead by halftime as Brooke Dotterer (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) scored off an assist by Keeley Trumbo (Phoenixville, PA/Great Valley) 10:00 into the game, and as Dotterer scored off a Dana Moyer (Harleysville, PA/North Penn) assist at the 20 minute mark.

Less than five minutes into the second half, Etown increased its lead to 4-0 when Dotterer scored her third goal of the game unassisted at 48:26, and when Jenna Russo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) scored off assists by Dotterer and Carly Hoskins (Bangor, PA/Bangor) at 49:33. Widener began to mount a comeback later in the second half. At 71:05, Samantha Hand scored the first goal of the game for Widener, and at 73:40, Lauren Hartman’s goal for Widener cut the gap to 4-2. Elizabethtown put the game away at 83:14, when Robin Szarzynski (Effort, PA/Pleasant Valley) scored off another Hoskins assist.

Elizabethtown out-shot Widener 23-15 over the course of the game and held a 22-9 advantage in shots on goal.

Elizabethtown will return to action at home Wednesday, October 18 against Haverford College in a 4:30 p.m. game. It is Elizabethtown’s final non-conference game of the regular season.

at Chester, Pa.
Elizabethtown 5, Widener 2
Goals by period      1 2   Tot
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 3 - 5
Widener............. 0 2 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 10:00 ETOWN Dotterer, Brooke (Trumbo, Keeley)
2. 20:00 ETOWN Dotterer, Brooke (Moyer, Dana)
3. 48:26 ETOWN Dotterer, Brooke (unassisted)
4. 49:33 ETOWN Russo, Jenna (Dotterer, Brooke; Hoskins, Carly)
5. 71:05 WID Hand, Samantha (Gunter, Alee)
6. 73:40 WID Hartman, Lauren (Miller, Melanie)
7. 83:14 ETOWN Szarzynski, Robin (Hoskins, Carly)

Shots: Elizabethtown Coll. 23, Widener 15
Saves: Elizabethtown Coll. 7 (Mellen, Dawn 7), Widener 17 (Gunter, Alee 2; Quinn, Kelli 15)