CORTLAND, N.Y. --- Ric Bremer (Ridgefield, CT/John Jay [NY]) scored four goals while Charlie Hanchett (Annapolis, MD/Stony Brook [NY]) and Mark Pollak (Fairfax Station, VA/Lake Braddock) added three points apiece to lift second-ranked Gettysburg to a 15-2 win over No. 14 Cortland St. in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
Pete Milliman (Rochester, NY/Canterbury [CT]) and Wes Cadman (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) added a pair of goals for the Bullets (6-0), who trailed 2-1 with after the first period before scoring the game's final 14 goals en route to their sixth straight win.
Pollak also scored twice and added one assist while Hanchett counted a pair of assists among his three points. Andrew Barter (N. Brookfield, MA/Tabor Acad.) and Eric Gregg (Narberth, PA/Episcopal Acad.) combined for six saves in the Gettysburg net while facing only 19 shots. The Bullets stifling defense also forced the Red Dragons (2-2) into 16 failed clears out of 31 overall attempts while recording a season-high 60 ground balls.
Goals by Anthony Sabatino and Brian Levings staked Cortland St. to a 2-1 lead until Bremer scored his second goal of the game 42 seconds into the second period to tie the game at 2-2. Pollak put the Bullets on top to stay with an unassisted goal at 11:28 and Cadman scored off a feed from Hanchett 46 seconds later to make it 4-2.
Goals from Milliman and Bremer gave the Bullets a 6-2 lead at halftime. Matt Twombly (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) and Milliman scored goals 11 seconds apart to make it 8-2 Gettysburg with 12:03 left in the third period before Hanchett picked up his second assist on a Cadman goal less than two minutes later to push the Bullet lead to 9-2.
John Rice (Carlisle, MA/Loomis Chaffee [CT]) capped the scoring with the first goal of his collegiate career at the 1:05 mark of the fourth period. Jason Carlstrom (Far Hills, NJ/West Morris Mendham) won 11 of 14 faceoffs for the Bullets while Milliman recorded a team-high 11 ground balls.
Gettysburg, currently ranked second in Division III, returns to action on Saturday, April 1 at home against No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA champion Salisbury St. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Period |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
F |
| #2 Gettysburg (6-0) |
1 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
- |
15 |
| #14 Cortland St. (2-2) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
2 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: Ric Bremer 4, Pete Milliman 2, Mark Pollak 2, Wes Cadman 2, Tommy Pearce, Matt Twombly, Charlie Hanchett, Christian Cronin, John Rice.
Cortland St.: Anthony Sabatino, Brian Levings.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Hanchett 2, Ross Garretson, Kevin Callahan, Twombly, Pollak, Cronin, Bremer.
Cortland St.: Ryan Pendal, Patrick Gorman.
Shots: Gettysburg 42, Cortland St 19.
Ground Balls: Gettysburg 60, Cortland 29.
Extra-Man: Gettysburg 1 of 3, Cortland St. 0 of 4.
Faceoffs: Gettysburg 13, Cortland St. 6.
Goalies: Gettysburg (Andrew Barter – 51 minutes, 5 SV, 2 GA; Eric Gregg – 7 minutes, 1 SV, 0 GA; Tim Kurz – 2 minutes, 0 SV, 0 GA), Cortland St. (Brian Gregoire – 47 minutes, 10 SV, 12 GA; Michael Draper – 13 minutes, 2 SV, 3 GA).
Clearing: Gettysburg 22 of 27, Cortland St. 15 of 31.
Penalties: Gettysburg 4 for 3:00, Cortland St. 3 for 2:00.
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