Fords Blank Bullets
Game Recap: Women’s Soccer | 10/24/2021 12:00:00 AM
1 Haverford (7-7-2, 4-4-1)
0Gettysburg (10-3-1, 4-3-1)
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverford | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gettysburg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Gettysburg College women’s soccer team fell 1-0 in a hard-fought, physical contest against Centennial Conference opponent Haverford College on Saturday night at Clark Field.
Final Result
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Gettysburg (10-3-1, 4-3-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haverford (7-7-2, 4-4-1) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Top Performers – Gettysburg
Emma Bedell (Chatham, N.J./Mount Saint Mary) – 4 Shots
Maddie Cunningham ’22 (Mount Airy, Md./Linganore) – 4 Saves
Top Performers – Haverford
Celia Page – Goal
Hannah Friedrich – 5 Saves
How it Happened
First Half: The Fords kept the Bullets defense busy in the first five minutes of action by forcing five corner kicks and taking two shots, with Cunningham stopping one. One of Gettysburg’s best opportunities for a tally came 15 minutes into the contest. A Haverford defender kicked the ball back to goalkeeper Hannah Friedrich. She goes to clear the ball and it goes right to freshman Jalia Musah (Garu Tempane, Ghana/Millbrook School [N.Y.]), she recovered the ball and shoots, but Friedrich made the save. Cunningham made another save for the Bullets at the 16-minute marker to keep it at a 0-0 deadlock. Four minutes later, Haverford broke through when Celia Page drilled a shot into the upper left corner to make it 1-0. The two teams continued to battle, but the Fords held the 1-0 lead at halftime.
Second Half: The contest continued to be hard-fought and physical with both teams going back-and-forth on possessions in the second half. Haverford accrued a corner kick and two shots, with Cunningham and the team making two saves in the first five minutes. Gettysburg responded with a corner kick and three shots of its own during the next five minutes. The Orange and Blue continued to fight for the equalizer with Molly O’Shea (Reading, Pa./Wilson), Claudia Mischler (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional), and Kelly Gaudian (Arlington, Va./ Washington-Lee) each taking a shot on goal in 14 minutes, but Hannah Friedrich turned aside all three. The Bullets fell 1-0 against the Fords on Senior Day in front of a large home crowd. With the loss, Gettysburg sits behind Johns Hopkins University, McDaniel College, Franklin & Marshall College, and Swarthmore College in the CC standings.
By the Numbers
- Gettysburg outshot Haverford 16-9 with the Fords holding the 7-5 edge in corner kicks.
- The Bullets moved up in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division III Region V poll, ranking sixth. They also claimed a spot in the first NCAA Division III Region V Regional poll of the season.
- Gettysburg earned receiving votes in the latest D3Soccer.com Top 25 national poll.
- Prior to the start of the game, the Bullets recognized its seven seniors: Bedell, Cunningham, Gaudian, Paige Merz (Kensington, Md./St. John’s College), Erika Muskus (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood), O’Shea, and Maeve Regan (Breezy Point, N.Y./Poly Prep). In addition, Gettysburg honored 2021 graduate Julia Myers, who was unable to compete in her final season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All-Time Series
Haverford has captured five of the last six games against Gettysburg. The Bullets still hold the 15-14-3 all-time series record.
Up Next
The Bullets travel to rivals Franklin & Marshall College in another important CC contest on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.
