Jenna Vadinsky ’23 dished out a pair of assists against No. 2 Johns Hopkins (Photo by David Sinclair).GETTYSBURG, Pa. – No. 2 Johns Hopkins University broke a 1-1 deadlock with a three-goal run spanning the second and third periods and left Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium with a 6-2 decision over Gettysburg College in Centennial Conference field hockey action on Wednesday.
Final Result
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| #2 Johns Hopkins (11-0, 4-0 CC) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Gettysburg (6-4, 2-2 CC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gettysburg’s Top Performers
- Emma Bertrando ’22 (West Chester, Pa./Henderson): Goal
- Isabella Fragomeni ’23 (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Madison): Goal
- Jenna Vadinsky ’23 (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan): 2 Assists
- Katie Shaffer ’23 (Dalmatia, Pa./Line Mountain): Defensive Save
- Eilene Besselman ’22 (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg): 11 Saves
Johns Hopkins’ Top Performers
- Maddie Brown-Scherer: 2 Goals, Assist
- Abby Birk: Goal, Assist
- Sadie Abboud: Goal
- Sam Chabot: Goal
- Liz Falterer: Goal
Game Summary
- First Quarter: Johns Hopkins went straight to the cage after the opening whistle and earned a pair of penalty corners in the first 45 seconds. The Blue Jays grabbed a 1-0 advantage when Abboud redirected a hot shot from Anna Scott 52 seconds into the game. The Bullets answered less than six minutes later after drawing their own penalty corner. Vadinsky slipped a pass to Bertrando on the left wing and the senior smashed a shot past the goalie for her fifth score of the season at 6:32. Later in the period, Shaffer knocked away a shot by Abboud in front of the goal to preserve the 1-1 tie.
- Second Quarter: Besselman stepped up with a big save to start the second quarter, swatting away an attempted penalty stroke by Falterer in the 16th minute. Besselman posted eight of her game-high 11 saves in the period, but the Blue Jay attack eventually found a way past the Gettysburg goalie. Birk scored the first goal off a pass from Brown-Scherer in the 24th minute before dishing to Falterer for another tally at 25:44 to give the visitors a 3-1 lead.
- Third Quarter: The action slowed to start the second half with just three shots and two penalty corners combined for both teams in the third quarter. Johns Hopkins went in front 4-1 when Brown-Scherer’s crossing pass deflected off the stick of a defender into the cage at 38:03.
- Fourth Quarter: The Bullets scored the first goal of the final period with Vadinsky driving up the left side of the field and flipping a pass to the right. Fragomeni touched the ball into the circle unopposed and crushed a shot past goalie Morgan Seward for her third goal of the season. Chabot scored off her own rebound in the 54th minute and Brown-Scherer turned in her second goal of the game in the 56th minute to set the final score.
By the Numbers
- Johns Hopkins led in shots (33-5) and penalty corners (14-3).
- Besselman more than doubled her previous career high for saves. The senior’s previous personal best was five set twice this fall.
Where the Series Stands Now
Johns Hopkins won its fifth in a row over Gettysburg and improved its lead in the all-time series to 23-19-1.
Next Up
Gettysburg hosts Muhlenberg College Saturday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.