Championship Central
Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall each secured home wins in the opening round of the Centennial Conference Women's Soccer Championship on Tuesday night.
In Lancaster, Pa., fourth-seeded F&M (11-4-4) earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over fifth-seeded Gettysburg (7-9-3, 4-5-1 CC) on Tuesday evening at Tylus Field. The Diplomats found the back of the net twice in the last 16 minutes of the match to overtake the Bullets on the scoreboard.
Trailing 1-0 in the 74th minute, F&M earned a free kick on Gettysburg's side of the field. Colleen Ferrarese sent a perfect pass into the Bullets' box that was chipped into the back of the net by Emerson McDonald to tie the contest at 1-1. Just eight minutes later, Kate Boujoukos found Lillian Williams deep into the Bullets' end of the field. Williams rocketed a shot over the outstretched arm of Gettysburg's goalkeeper to give the Diplomats the lead, 2-1.
F&M will travel to Swarthmore for a semifinal matchup against the top-seeded Garnet on Friday at 7 p.m.
In Carlisle, Pa., third-seeded Dickinson (13-4-3) got goals from four different players en route to a 5-0 victory over sixth-seeded Washington College (10-7-2) at Miller Memorial Field.
Ava Prisco and Joelle Ma put the Red Devils on top early with scores in the 15th and 18th minutes, respectively, as the Red Devils held a 2-0 edge at halftime. Lila Brown broke things open for Dickinson mid-way through the second half, scoring twice in a two-minute span with both coming off assists from Ma. Ellie Nordwind then closed out the scoring barrage for the Red Devils in the 84th minute.
Next up for Dickinson is a semifinal tilt at second-seeded Johns Hopkins on Friday at 6 p.m.
FIRST ROUND: Tuesday, Nov. 4 | at #3 & #4 seeds
#3 Dickinson d. #6 Washington College, 5-0 | Box Score
#4 Franklin & Marshall d. #5 Gettysburg, 2-1 | Box Score
SEMIFINALS: Friday, Nov. 7 | at #1 & #2 seeds
#3 Dickinson at #2 Johns Hopkins, 6 p.m. | BUY TICKETS
#4 Franklin & Marshall at #1 Swarthmore, 7 p.m. | BUY TICKETS
CHAMPIONSHIP: Sunday, Nov. 9 | at highest remaining seed
Semifinal winners, time TBA
