Box Score
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Ursinus junior midfielder Megan
Yoder (Lititz, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) had three goals
and an assist as third-ranked Ursinus (17-2) defeated Haverford
(9-10) 10-2 Saturday afternoon in the Centennial Conference
semifinals at Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field.
The Bears will face Johns Hopkins, as the third-seeded Blue Jays
defeated Gettysburg 4-3, in the second semifinal of the day.
Ursinus held a 44-8 advantage on shots, and will try for its
sixth-straight Centennial Conference title Sunday at 1 p.m.
Senior forward Jessica Zatwarnicki (Reading,
Pa./Exeter), and sophomore forward Alyssa Thren
(Barto, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) had two goals each for
Ursinus.
Ursinus took a 1-0 lead 12 minutes in when junior forward
Jennifer Bayzick (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area)
scored on a rebound. The Bears added their second goal four minutes
later, as Yoder scored on an assist by junior back Taylor
Weidensaul (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin).
The lead grew to 3-0 at 19:14 when senior midfielder
Sarah Brant (Collegeville, Pa./The Hill School)
scored her first goal of the season on an assist by junior
midfielder Michelle Wimmer (Palm, Pa./Upper
Perkiomen).
Haverford scored its lone goal of the first half to cut the
deficit to 3-1 at 22:23 when freshman midfielder Bridget Gibbons
scoed her ninth goal of the season on a rebound.
Ursinus added two more goals before the end of the half, as
Yoder scored at 23:29, followed by a goal from Thren at 28 minutes
even for a 5-1 halftime lead.
In the second half, Haverford got on the board as sophomore
midfielder Juliana Morgan-Trostle scored on a shot between the pads
of Ursinus senior goalkeeper Erica Scott (Carney's Point,
N.J./St. Elizabeth) at 36:08 for a 5-2 Ursinus lead.
From that points, Ursinus went up 6-2 at 39:43 when Yoder scored
her third goal of the game, followed by a goal from senior forward
Jessica Zatwarnicki (Reading, Pa./Exeter) at 41:08
on an assist by Yoder.
Weidensaul scored her lone goal of the game at 50:15 when she
blasted a shot from the left side, for a 8-2 lead.
Zatwarnicki then scored at 59:46 on an assist from junior back
Lindsay Doutt (Willow Street,
Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), followed by the last goal of the
game from Thren at 63:38.
Scott finished with one save in 46 minutes, while junior
goalkeeper LauraLee Lightwood-Mater (Bethlehem, Pa./George
School) held the Fords scoreless in 24 minutes.
For Haverford, junior Maggie Cronin had six saves in the first
half, while freshman goalkeeper Sydney Hyder had 14 saves in the
second half.