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CLERMONT, Fla. – Abby Baigelman recorded a game-high nine points to lead the sixth-ranked Gettysburg College women's lacrosse team to a, 14-9, victory over 14th-ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), this morning in non-conference play from the National Train Center. With the win, the Bullets improve to 3-0, while the Engineers drop to 0-2.

Gettysburg scored twice in the opening five minutes to take open the scoring. RPI junior Jamie Wakefield (Windsor, CT/Windsor) cut the early deficit to 2-1, off a feed from senior Michelle Denny (Lusby, MD/Patuxent) with 24:44 left in the first half.

The teams then traded goals until the 14:58 mark of the half, when the Bullets ran off three straight goals, including one from Baigelman (Larchmont, NY/Mamroneck), to take a 7-3 lead with 5:20 left in the stanza. Sophmore Erin DeLucca (East Lyme, CT/East Lyme) ended the run with her first goal of the year, but Gettysburg's Bridget Kenny (Gladstone, NJ/Bernards) made it 8-4 at the half.

The Bullets kept RPI at bay throughout the second half. They answered Wakefield's opening tally with a pair of goals to take a 10-5 lead. Junior Lauren Miller (North Andover, MA/North Andover) made it a four-goal game (10-6) again, but Baigelman and Kelsey Markiewicz (Taconic, CT/Berkshire School) came right back with goals, less than a minute apart, to go up 12-6, with less than 10 minutes to play.

Rensselaer scored three of the next four goals, including senior Rachel Scofield's (Albany, NY/Colonie) first of the year, to draw to within 13-9. Markiewicz capped the scoring, with her fourth of the contest.

Junior goaltender Erin Amarello (Griswold, CT/St. Bernard School) made seven saves for the Engineers, while Catherine Towers (Midlothian, MA/St. Anne's Belfield) made eight stops for Gettysburg.

RPI is back in action on Thursday, when they face Haverford in Clermont, Fla. (11am).