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MADISON, NJ – Forward Brittany Croll (Sr., Frankford, DE/Indian River) scored twice as the Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team downed Division II CW Post University 2-0 in the team’s season opener at Drew University’s annual Fall Festival tournament. Courtesy the win, the Diplomats advance to face the Drew Rangers at noon on September 4 in the championship game. The host Rangers defeated Cabrini College 2-1 in the other semifinal game. A member of the 2004 Division III All-South Region second team, Croll opened the scoring seven minutes into the game as she finished a pass from Eileen Keever (Sr., Prospect Park, PA/Interboro) for a 1-0 lead. The Diplomats added an insurance goal at the 62:33 mark as Lindsay Solar (So., King of Prussia, PA/Upper Merion) found Croll for another goal. The pair of scores moves Croll into a tie with Ann Ricciutti Phillips ’80, now the women’s lacrosse coach at Franklin & Marshall, as both have 38 career goals and are tied for fifth on the College’s career goals list. In goal, Lindsay Klimik (Sr., Brick, NJ/Brick) made two saves in the first half and Michelle Altman (Sr., Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) stopped both shots she faced in the second half as the Diplomats recorded their first shutout since a 6-0 win over Dickinson College in the 2004 Centennial Conference semifinals on November 6. For CW Post, Pam Guernaccini recorded six saves on 15 Franklin & Marshall shots to take the loss. Historically, the win marks the sixth straight season opening victory by Franklin & Marshall in field hockey as the team last lost an opening tilt on September 2, 1999 as the Diplomats fell 2-1 in overtime at York College of Pennsylvania. CW Post (0-1) 0-0 -- 0
Franklin & Marshall (1-0) 1-1 -- 2
Goals: F&M – Brittany Croll (Eileen Keever), 7:49
F&M – Brittany Croll (Lindsay Solar), 62:33
Goalie Saves: F&M – Lindsay Klimik, 2 (35 minutes) / Michelle Altman, 2 (35 minutes)
CW – Pam Guernaccini, 6 (70 minutes)
Shots: F&M 15, CW 4 Penalty Corners: F&M 16, CW 4
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