GETTYSBURG, Pa. --- Ric Bremer (Ridgefield, CT/John Jay [NY]) scored a game-high five goals and one assist, including three straight unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to help lead No. 2 Gettysburg past Western Maryland 18-9 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
Tommy Pearce (Chestertown, MD/Woodberry Forest [VA]) collected a hat-trick with one assist while Matt Twombly (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) and Mark Pollak (Fairfax Station, VA/Lake Braddock) added a pair of goals as the Bullets (8-1, 2-0 CC) collected their 18th straight conference victory.
Pete Milliman (Rochester, NY/Canterbury [CT]) and Wes Cadman (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) contributed a goal and two assists each for Gettysburg while Adam Aiello (South Setauket, NY/Ward Melville), John Czerapowicz (Wayland, MA/Wayland) and Peter Politi (Wilton, CT/Wilton) chipped in with one goal each.
Andrew Barter (N. Brookfield, MA/Tabor Acad.) and Eric Gregg (Narberth, PA/Episcopal Acad.) combined for nine saves in the Gettysburg net
Brett Sweeney, Western Maryland's (7-1, 1-1 CC) second-leading goal scorer, tallied three goals and an assist for the Green Terror while Joe Ellis picked up a pair of goals. Western Maryland also got goals from Anthony Burgos, Mike Coleman, Tyler Urbano and Gaelen Cross. Terror's goalie Brian Nottingham made 16 saves while facing 44 Bullet shots.
The Bullets quickly commandeered control of the Green Terror net. Milliman scored off a pass from Cadman 1:06 into the game to lead off a quarter that would see six Gettysburg goals from six different Bullets. Twombly scored unassisted at 12:50 with Pearce following him 35 seconds later to push the Gettysburg lead to 3-0.
Western Maryland temporarily halted the Bullet attack, but Gettysburg broke the quarter open when Ross Garretson (New Hope, PA/Germantown Acdmy.) scored at 4:19 and Czerapowicz returned six seconds later off the ensuing faceoff to score his first goal of the season. The Bullets closed out the quarter with a 6-0 lead when Pollak scored the first of his two goals with 3:26 left in the quarter.
The Bullets opened the second quarter with the first of Bremer's five before the Green Terror could get on the board with goals from Sweeney and Burgos to pull within 7-2. With 6:38 left to go in the half, Aiello broke through a Green Terror man-up advantage and netted his first collegiate goal to spark a 3-0 Gettysburg run, and end the half with the Bullets leading 10-3.
Western Maryland scored two of the first three goals after halftime to pull within 11-5, but could get no closer the rest of the way.
Gettysburg outshot the Green Terror 44-23 on the afternoon and held a 44-37 advantage in ground balls.
Gettysburg, currently ranked second in Division III, returns to action on Saturday, April 15 away at Washington College (Md.). Game time is 2 p.m.
| Centennial Conference |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
F |
| Western Maryland (7-1, 1-1 CC) |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
- |
9 |
| #2 Gettysburg (8-1, 2-0 CC) |
6 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
- |
18 |
Goals:
WMC: Brett Sweeney 3, Joe Ellis 2, Anthony Burgos, Mike Coleman, Tyler Mercer, Gaelen Cross.
Gettysburg: Ric Bremer 5, Tommy Pearce 3, Matt Twombly 2, Mark Pollak 2, Ross Garretson, Pete Milliman, Wes Cadman, Adam Aiello, John Czerapowicz, Peter Politi.
Assists:
WMC: Sweeney, Tom Brown, Jason Goodman
Gettysburg: Milliman 2, Cadman 2, Pearce, Garretson, Bremer, Callahan
Shots: WMC 23, Gettysburg 44.
Ground Balls: WMC 37, Gettysburg 44.
Extra-Man: WMC 2 of 11, Gettysburg 0 of 2.
Faceoffs: WMC 17, Gettysburg 13.
Goalies:
WMC (Brian Nottingham -- 60 minutes, 16 SV, 18 GA)
Gettysburg (Andrew Barter -- 58 minutes, 8 SV, 7 GA; Eric Gregg -- 2 minutes, 1 SV, 2 GA).
Clearing: WMC 11 of 16, Gettysburg 24 of 29.
Penalties: WMC 2 for 2:00, Gettysburg 11 for 7:30.
