Bullets ride big comeback to fifth straight victory
Photos Courtesy of David Sinclair
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Senior Erica Barbuto (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally with 5:46 remaining, and the Gettysburg College field hockey team rallied for its fifth-straight victory with a 4-2 win at McDaniel College Tuesday afternoon in Centennial Conference (CC) action.
The Gettysburg Bullets (8-5, 3-3 CC) trailed two to nothing early in the second half before embarking on a game-ending 4-0 run. It marked the second time in the last four games that Gettysburg erased a 2-0 second-half deficit; the Orange and Blue also accomplished the feat in a 4-3 win over Swarthmore on Oct. 5.
Senior Liz Baron added two assists for Gettysburg while classmate Alexis Bralow made six saves.
Caila White also turned aside six shots for McDaniel (7-6, 2-4 CC).
Sarah Meszler scored six minutes into the game to put the Green Terror up 1-0, and that’s how the score remained until half- time. Julie Little followed up 5:41 into the second stanza to give McDaniel its 2-0 lead.
Forty-five seconds later, Barbuto put the Bullets on the scoreboard, converting a feed from sophomore Alex Calder (Baltimore, Md./Dulaney) on a corner. Then with 25:35 showing, first-year Hannah Fitzgerald pulled Gettysburg even, finishing off a scramble in front.
Barbuto notched her team-leading tenth goal of the season and what held up as the game-winner when she redirected a hit from Baron. After Bralow made a save on a potential game-tying shot, first-year Tori Sankey (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) provided an insurance tally with 1:03 left when she tapped in a pass from Baron for the first goal of her collegiate career.
Gettysburg held a 16- 13 edge in shots and held a 14-5 advantage in corners.
The Bullets return to action on Saturday, when they host the Muhlenberg College Mules in a Centennial Conference game starting at 3:30 p.m.
