<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=36Et0B_0vkyQVQV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=36Et0B_0vkyQVQV00" width="800" height="450" >THE FACTSGettysburg (7-1) 2, Elizabethtown (4-4) 0What: Non-conference field hockey gameWhen: Wednesday, Sept. 25Where: Gettysburg, Pa.THE SKINNY STORYAt first neither team could break the other defense until late in the second quarter when Gettysburg scored two before the half. With a stalemate of a second half, the Bullets finished off a 2-0 over Elizabethtown.THE LEADERS• Jillian Somers (Virginia Beach, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate) scored the first goal, marking her fourth goal of the season.• Alex Wenz (Blue Bell, Pa./Gwynedd Mercy Academy) scored her first goal of the season.FOR THE FOES• Angelina Giglio-Tos made seven saves in goal for the Blue Jays.THE REST OF THE STORY• The first 23 minutes of the game was a back-and-forth battle between the Bullets and the Blue Jays. Jillian Somers knocked home the first goal in the 24th minute before Alex Wenz redirected a ball that had chipped up in the air into the cage just over four minutes later.• The best chance of the second half came when Elizabethtown was awarded a penalty stroke in the third period but Emilia Saccento (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood) turned away the attempt to preserve the shutout.THE INSIDE STORY• Elizabethtown had two defensive saves with Hailey Meyer and Megan Meyer each recording one.• Gettysburg finished with advantages of 15-8 in shots and 10-7 in penalty corners.• Emilia Saccento made seven saves for her second straight shutout.Gettysburg returns to action at home in the Centennial Conference opener against Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.</div></body>

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At first neither team could break the other defense until late in the second quarter when Gettysburg scored two before the half. With a stalemate of a second half, the Bullets finished off a 2-0 over Elizabethtown. THE LEADERS. • Jillian Somers (Virginia Beach, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate) scored the first...