Etown Pulls Away From Gophers Late

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Host Elizabethtown scored once in the first quarter and twice in the fourth en route to a 3-0 win over Goucher in Landmark Conference field hockey Sunday afternoon in the conference opener for both teams.

• Goucher (0-6, 0-1 Landmark) generated a penalty corner just under four minutes into the game that produced a shot on goal by Hannah Washburn (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) that was saved by Elizabethtown (4-4, 1-0) goalie Angelina Giglio-Tos.
• Grace Hussey had Etown's first shot just past the 11-minute mark that was saved by Devin Brashear (Escondido, Calif./San Pasqual).
• The Blue Jays generated three penalty corners in the final three minutes of the quarter and cashed in on an untimed corner as Anna Mostoller scored.

• Etown kept the pressure up with five penalty corners in the first half of the second quarter, with Brashear recording three saves.
• Off a Gopher penalty corner in the 25th minute, a shot by Daryn Carter (Dover, Pa./Dover Area) rang off the post.
• The Blue Jays had two more shots in the quarter resulting in a Brashear save and a shot off the post.

• Brighid Kowal (Silver Spring, Md./Northwood) had a shot just over two minutes into the second half that was saved by Giglio-Tos.
• The Gophers generated a penalty corner with just over five minutes left in the period.
• Brashear saved both shots on goal she faced in the quarter.

• Grace Hardy converted a penalty stroke for Elizabethtown just over two minutes into the quarter to make it 2-0.
• Brashear stopped four straight shots by the Blue Jays.
• Etown cashed in on a corner with 47 seconds to go with Sydney Aguilar scoring.

• Elizabethtown generated a 19-3 shot advantage and took 14 of the game's 17 penalty corners.
• Brashear registered 12 saves, her second straight double-digit save effort.

• Goucher returns home Wednesday night, hosting Eastern Mennonite for a 7 pm non-conference tilt at Beldon Field.