BRYN MAWR, Pa. – The Bryn Mawr Field Hockey team capped off its senior day in spectacular fashion, as a last-second goal from
Elodie Anderson gave the Owls a 3-2 victory over Gettysburg at Shillingford Field on Saturday afternoon.
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Prior to the game, the Owls honored its five seniors; Camielle Heynen,
Delia Angulo Chen,
Zoe Woon,
Ilona Bender and
Sophie Chung.
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Highlights:
- Bryn Mawr (12-5, 6-4 Centennial) pressured Gettysburg (9-8, 3-7) early, breaking through four minutes in as Lilly Paul drove along the back line and put a shot off a Bullets' defender and into the cage.
- Gettysburg turned the momentum around for the remainder of the frame posting seven shots attempts that resulted in three saves for Sydney Wright.
- The Bullets continued to test the Owls in the second quarter with three shots and another save from Wright.
- Bryn Mawr extended its lead just under two minutes into the frame as Leya Patel sprang Sydney Dues onto a breakaway. Dues fired a shot low past Gettysburg's Langley Benson to make it 2-0.
- Gettysburg responded just two and a half minutes later as Elise Knock got the visitors on the board.
- With five minutes remaining in the contest, Margaret-Ann Graves tied the game with a shot on the back post.
- The navy and gold turned up the offense in the final minutes with eight shots with the last of which from Elodie Anderson gave Bryn Mawr the lead with 11 seconds remaining.
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Bryn Mawr finished the season with a 12-5 record and went 6-4 in conference play. The Owls finished tied with Haverford and Dickinson in the Centennial Conference but missed out on the post season due to tiebreakers. Since the conference expanded past a four-team postseason, the Owls are the first team with a record above .500 to miss the post season.
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