Blue Jays Use Quick Start to Down Gophers

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Two goals in the game's first 4:10 proved to be the difference as Elizabethtown College downed Goucher College 2-0 in Landmark Conference field hockey Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field.

• Goucher (7-9, 1-7) generated a penalty corner less than a minute in.
• Elizabethtown (7-7, 4-4 Landmark) got on the board just 1:36 into the game on a Hannah Long goal.
• The Blue Jays made it 2-0 at the 4:10 mark on a Drew Bridges tally.
• Katie Bloom made a pair of saves for the Gophers in the opening frame.
• Kaitlyn Bucci had a pair of shots for the guests, with one going wide and one being blocked.

• Makayla Batts had a pair of shots blocked for Goucher three minutes into the second.
• The Gophers had four penalty corners in the first four minutes of the frame.
• Bloom made four saves in the second.
• Bucci had a shot saved by Etown goalie Rachel Murphy in the waning moments of the first half.

• Bloom turned aside six shots by the Blue Jays in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
• Bucci sent a shot wide off a penalty corner with just over two minutes to go in the third.

• A Bucci shot was saved by Etown relief goalie Angelina Giglio-Tos with six minutes left.
• Bucci had two more shots, with one saved with three minutes left.
• Bloom made her final save of the game with 1:30 left.

• Etown held a 19-15 shot advantage and took 13 corners to Goucher's 12.
• Bloom recorded 13 saves, her second straight double-digit save performance and seventh of the season.
• Murphy and Giglio-Tos each made two saves in 30 minutes in the cage for Elizabethtown.
• Bucci totaled 11 shots, while Batts had three.

• Goucher wraps up its season Wednesday evening when it travels to Moravian for a 6 pm contest.