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By JAY HILBERT 6-1 Centennial) Il-game the second S""",F.4;U). winless streak (0-10-1) and half. gave the Green Terror their first Between Western Maryland's Cen- win at their Interstate 97 oppo- the 24th and tennial Conference game with ncnt since September 24,1988. 23rdminute Gettysburg last Wednesday All five goals were scored in left in the consisted of a stumping team. the second half. se con d, the Green Terror, playing forre- With 2:15 left in the second Gettysburg's spect. half, Western Maryland was ( I 2 - 4 - I G-Burg, on tbe other hand, , awarded a free kick. As Massey overall, 5- was looking to rebound after went, in" front Of the GiBurg 2-I CC)Jim suffering their first home loss in wall, one of the Bullets players R u d d y 23 games to Millersville. went with him, which gave s cor e d Entering the WM game, G- Chris' Kaplan a chance to ma- twice to Burg was still in the hunt for a neuver the kick 10 Chnsuaan give G- Division III playoff berth. Abildso. Abildso fed it to Burg a 2-1 Gettysburg is not in the hunt Massey, who headed past Bullet lead. for that berth any longer. goalie Scott Estill for the go- Goalie Matt Massey's second goal ahead goal. Man St. of the game, witb 1:59 left in the "We had lost so many games J e a n game, gave Western Maryland in the last few minutes, it was fi- s top p e d tbe 3-2 upset in front of the nally good to pull one out," ex- nine shots stunned Gettysburg crowd. plained Massey. compared "We wanted to win because Abildso's sixth goal of the to five for it was Gettysburg," said season, off Eric Laurence's Estill. 15-15 lie. Kaplan has one goal years that a freshman has won Massey. "We had heard all the fourth assist of the year (tops on Gettysburg outshot Western advantage on the freshman, the Green Terror points title. stuff about them, and they talk the team), knotted the game at Maryland 17-9. while Abildso has two more as- The last time a freshman won it trash alt during their games; we 2-2 with 11:5-3 left. sists than the senior. was Brian Redding with 24 were very intense going in." Massey opened the scoring Note: As for (he WM indi- If Abildso can overtake points back in 1989 (II goals The win snapped Western on a header from Kaplan with a vidual points crown, Kaplan Kaplan for the points title, it and two assists). Maryland's (4-11-2 overall, 1- little less than five minutes into and Abildso arc deadlocked in a would be the first time in five Women's Soccer Loses to G-burg in Close Game By JAY HILBERT tory. The Green Terror came couple of weeks," said senior Freshman Ken Thompson connected on her second goal of s""",F.4;!a' within two minutes of taking co-captain Paula Moyer. then dribbled back out and the game; but, Dickinson an- the game into overtime, but lost Moyer and co-captain Christa found fellow classmate Stacey swered late to send it into extra It seemed for a while 3-2. Mose, both four year starters, O'Brien. O'Brien attempted an- frames. that Green Terror women's Keep in mind that two played their final home game. other lob from about five yards Said Kelly: "I don't think soccer would be going no- weeks ago, Gettysburg shocked " I really think we have outside the goal box. The sec- they (Dickinson) knew that where, After losing six in a defending D-III champ Trenton made an impression on the con- ond lob was definitely the much about our team coming row, it looked like 1994 was State, 1-0, as Trenton Slate lost terence," Moyer added. charm as O'Brien connected in, so they pretty much didn't going to be a year in which the for the first time at home ever. In the 13th minute of the with the high right part of the cover me." freshman gained experience. Much of the soccer that WM first overtime, Courtney Boden goal to give WM the 3-2 lead. While Kelly was scoring the Much to the credit of the showed against G-Burg was took an Arnie Chilcoat pass,' The action in the second goals, trosh Julie Backof was Green Terror, they did not call there last Tuesday as the host dribbled past two Red Devil overtime was, for the most part, holding down fort in the goal. it a season at that point. In fact. Green Terror defeated players, worked her way inside around midfield, and WM was The WM defense made it they almost pulled off the up- Dickinson, 3-2 in overtime, to the goal box, and lofted a shot able to run out the clock for the difficult for D'son to get off a set of the year against move up to .500 in the Centen- over D'son goalie Natascha wm. shot as Backof faced only seven Gettysburg on October l lth. nial (3-3-1). Blake. The shot looked ready Once again, the offensive shots, making five saves. Gettysburg entered the to catch the high left shelf of star for the Green Terror (5-9-1 Heading into the D'son game undefeated at I \-0 in the goal, but hit the top of the overall, 3-3-1 Centennial) was game, Backof was tops in the Centennial Conference his- crossbar. freshman Erin Kelly. Kelly conference in save percentage netted the first two goals (.915), and second in goals against D'son, giving her nine against average (1.76). She re- on the year-the second fresh- cently had a streak 01'210 min- man in three years to lead the utes without allowing a goal. team in scoring (Julie Cox- "We dominated the whole 1992). game ... They didn't have that Heading into this season, many good shots on me:' said Kelly did not know what to ex- Backof pect from her new team. "The younger defenders arc "I really didn't know what starting to see how we play. type of team this was; r know You notice in practice that their they needed players, I knew really getting a grasp of the de- they had a bad season last fense we play here. I don't year ... I really didn't think we know how of these players would be this good," said played the diamond defense in Kelly. high school," said Moyer of Thompson set up Kelly' s how the solid defensive play first goal at 3: 15 of the first half has began to rub off on others. to give WM the quick 1-0 lead. Offensively, the Green Ter- But with II minutes before the ror pounded out 37 shots, with half, Red Devil Heather Ganley Blake making IS saves. pounded her league-leading Note: On October 22nd, ninth goal of the season to tie WM played Haverford to a matters at I-I into the rruermts- 0-0 tie, the second in the 115 sicn. gamc history of Green Ter- In the second half, Kelly ror women' s soccer.