Box Score May 9, 2014
Box Score
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Kelyn Freedman scored the lone goal in overtime to lead Georgetown to a 9-8 win over seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins on Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Jays end their season with a 15-5 record, while the Hoyas improve to 11-8 and will face fourth-ranked North Carolina on Sunday.
It was a tight game, which featured four ties, from the opening draw. Georgetown took an early 1-0 lead and never trailed in the game. Reilly Woodman put the Hoyas on the board just over two minutes into the game after taking a goal-line extended pass from Corinne Etchison and burying it top shelf. After getting back-to-back saves from freshman Caroline Federico, Hopkins tied the game on the first of senior Taylor D'Amore's six assists. D'Amore found a cutting Dene' DiMartino in the middle of the fan for a quick-stick score at 23:56. The Hoyas retook the lead at the 18:45-mark when Freedman scored on a rocket of a shot from the right alley.
Courtney Caputo then scored a free position goal just 35 seconds later to push the Hoyas' lead to two. Hopkins came back with a goal from DiMartino to pull within one at 16:08. D'Amore dumped a pass to DiMartino curling around the left side of the crease and she beat Maddy Fisher inside the right post for the score. Freedman answered with a free position goal at the 13:57-mark and Georgetown held a 4-2 lead.
The Blue Jays responded with back-to-back goals in less than two minutes to tie the game with 9:44 to play in the half. Senior Sarah Taylor rolled the crease and then scored on shot inside the right post at 11:40. DiMartino then dodged across the fan and then blew a sidearm shot past Fisher to even the score. The Hoyas had the final say of the half with goals from Jody Cumberpatch and Caroline Tarzian to take a 6-4 lead into the half. Georgetown capitalized off a failed Hopkins' clear when Caputo found Cumberpatch open on the left post for a high-to-low score. Tarzian then scored on a low shot from seven yards out with just 46 seconds to play to make it a two-goal game at the break.
Hopkins only needed 10 seconds off the clock to cut the deficit in half in the second. Taylor won the draw and quickly passed to D'Amore in the offensive end. D'Amore found a wide-open Jenna Reifler on the doorstep for the score. With her assist on the goal, D'Amore became just the second player in program history and 27th in NCAA history to tally 300 career points.
A little less than five minutes passed before Georgetown got on the board and pushed its lead back to two. Hannah Franklin drew a free position and instead of shooting, passed to Cumberpatch on the left post for the score at the 24:54-mark. The Blue Jays once again answered, scoring back-to-back goals over a 10-minute span to pull even. D'Amore found classmate Sammy Cermack cutting down the middle of the fan, and Cermack buried her shot at 22:51 to make it a 7-6 game. Reifler pulled the teams even at 13:32, when she took a pass from D'Amore in the slot, turned and quickly fired home her second of the afternoon.
A little over four minutes later, Georgetown once again took the lead on an unassisted goal from Meghan Farrell. Hopkins needed just 15 seconds however to pull even. A scramble ensued off the draw before D'Amore scooped up the ball and found a wide-open Cermack alone in the fan. Cermack raced to the cage and beat Fisher to tie the game at eight-all with 8:46 to play. Neither team could find the equalizer and they headed to overtime for the second time in as many meetings.
Georgetown won the opening draw of overtime and the Hoyas moved the ball around until Freedman dodged down the middle of the fan and beat Federico for the go-ahead goal with 3:15 to play. Cermack won the draw after switching ends midway through the period and the Blue Jays worked the ball around on offense. D'Amore got a look at cage with just under two minutes to play, but her shot missed the mark and the Hoyas were able to clear and run out the remainder of the game.
The game ends the careers of D'Amore, Cermack, Taylor, Liz Johnson and Kayley Henz. The group led Hopkins to a school-record 15 wins this season, including a record 10-game win streak. The Blue Jays set school Division I records for goals (247), goals against average (7.40) and free position goals (45) in a season.
Notes: D'Amore finishes her career with 303 points on 142 goals and a school-record 161 assists. She also tallied 80 ground balls, 52 caused turnovers and a school-record 240 draws. She ranks fifth in NCAA Division I history in career assists and 19th in career draws. Cermack finishes with 98 goals, 51 assists, 149 points, 101 ground balls, 102 draws and 41 caused turnovers. She holds the record for career assists by a midfielder and ranks in the top 10 in school history in points, goals, assists and draws. Cermack and D'Amore also hold the school record for games played with 72. Taylor totaled 92 goals, 107 points, 58 ground balls, 53 draws and 40 caused turnovers. She ranks in the top 20 in school history in points, goals and draws. Johnson, in her first season as a starter, finishes with 27 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers. Henz missed the season due to a knee injury.
