Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – Chad Tarabolous scored the game-winner with 22 minutes remaining and added another goal to lead Johns Hopkins past Gettysburg 6-4 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s soccer action on Wednesday.

 Tarabolous tallied his conference-leading 20th and 21st goals of the season as the Blue Jays (14-2, 8-0 CC) moved a step closer to clinching home-field advantage in the upcoming CC playoffs.

 Michael Sarbaugh (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown), Andrew Maynard (Reading, PA/Exeter), Ryan Franks (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) and Michael Bruno (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Twp.) each tallied a goal apiece for the Bullets, who have dropped three of their last four after rising to No. 3 in the national rankings.

 Gettysburg (12-3-2, 6-2 CC) and JHU battled back-and-forth in a wild affair, but it was Johns Hopkins took the victory after coming from behind twice.

 After Rob Morrison tied the game at 4 in the 61st minute, Tarabolous scored the game-winner off a deflection in the 69th minute. Matt Weil sealed the victory with a goal in the 85th minute.

 The Bullets jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead. Sarbaugh scored unassisted off a scramble in front of the net in the 12th minute and Maynard found the twine 4 minutes, 3 seconds later on a two-on-one break for a two-goal edge.

 The Blue Jays scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 halftime lead. Adam Hack scored in the 19th minute off an indirect kick to cut the deficit to 2-1.

 Jeff Grosser tied the game at 2 with a goal off a Greg Mangels assist in the 23rd minute before Tarabolous scored into the right netting off a Chris Brown assist in the 31st minute.

 Fourty-five seconds into the second half, Franks scored to knot the game at 3 just seconds after JHU goalie Gary Kane, Jr. made back-to-back saves off of shots from Maynard and Malcolm Thomas (Albany, NH/North Yarmouth Acad.).

 Bruno gave Gettysburg a short-lived 4-3 advantage off a David Pone (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown) assist in the 58th minute.

 Johns Hopkins outshot the Bullets 23-9 on the game, but Gettysburg missed several scoring opportunities.

 Michael Garea’s (Maplewood, NJ/Columbia) shot was knocked over the net in the 13th minute by Kane and James Bealer (Darien, CT/Darien) had a shot stopped in the 33rd minute.

 In the second half, Bullet leading scorer Mike Bevilacqua (Marshfield, MA/Thayer Acad.) missed a two-on-one scoring chance when Kane came away with the save in the 51st minute. The Blue Jay keeper finished with five saves on the night.

 The loss marked the first time in Gettysburg’s 71-year history that the Bullets lost a game in which they scored at least four goals.

 Gettysburg returns to home on Saturday to wrap-up the regular season against Dickinson. Game time is 11 a.m.
 

Score by Half	1	2	-	F
Gettysburg (12-3-2, 6-2 CC)	2	2	-	4
Johns Hopkins (14-2, 8-0 CC)	3	3	-	6

Scoring
G – Michael Sarbaugh (unassisted), 11:50
G – Andrew Maynard (unassisted), 15:53
J – Adam Hack (unassisted), 18:01
J – Jeff Grosser (Greg Mangels), 22:13
J – Chad Tarabolous (Chris Brown), 30:14
G – Ryan Franks (Malcolm Thomas), 45:45
G – Michael Bruno (David Pone), 57:44
J – Rob Morrison (unassisted), 60:53
J – Tarabolous (unassisted), 68:01
J – Matt Weil (unassisted), 84:07

Shots: G 9, J 24. Corner Kicks: G 5, J 7. Fouls: G 14, J 8. Saves: G 10 (Steve Kopp 8, David Love 2), J 5 (Gary Kane, Jr.).

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