Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Ricky Gunnell
netted the game-winning goal in overtime to lead Dickinson
past Gettysburg 1-0 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's soccer
action on Saturday.
Gunnell scored his first collegiate goal
in the 98th minute to help the Red Devils (7-7-1, 3-3-1 CC)
end a five-game losing streak against the Bullets (12-4-2,
6-3 CC). Fellow freshman Andy Stemplewicz made
six saves for his third shutout of the season.
Steve Kopp (Upper Montclair, NJ/Montclair)
made two stops for Gettysburg, who has lost four of its last
five games after starting the season 11-0-2.
The Red Devils and Gettysburg battled through
sloppy field conditions for 97 minutes before Dickinson found
the twine to finish the season on a two-game winning streak
and even its record to 7-7-1.
Gunnell and Kopp both went up for the ball
in front of the net, but Gunnell got the advantage and headed
in the game-winner seven minutes, 23 seconds into the overtime
period.
The Bullets outshot the Red Devils 11-6,
but missed several scoring opportunities in the contest.
Malcolm Thomas (Albany, NH/North Yarmouth
Acad.) gave Gettysburg its first scoring threat 30
seconds into the game, but his shot was knocked away by a
Dickinson defender.
Stemplewicz made saves on shots by Michael
Bruno (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Twp.) and Michael
Sarbaugh (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) in the
22nd and 24th minutes, respectively.
Mike Bevilacqua (Marshfield, MA/Thayer
Acad.) gave the Bullets their best scoring chances
in the first half when he had a two-on-one break, but missed
wide and then high in a span of 44 seconds.
Andrew Maynard (Reading, PA/Exeter)
had shots in the 47th and 59th knocked away by Stemplewicz.
Stemplewicz made the
stop on a Sarbaugh shot in the 78th minute before Maynard
gave Gettysburg its last chance to score in the game, but
missed high in the 94th minute.
The Bullets will be the No. 3 seed in the
CC playoffs on Saturday. Gettysburg will play the loser of
Saturday's Franklin & Marshall-Johns Hopkins contest. The
winner of the Diplomats-Blue Jays game will host the two-day
tournament and play the No. 4-seeded Muhlenberg.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
OT |
- |
F |
| Dickinson (7-7-1, 3-3-1 CC) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Gettysburg (12-4-2, 6-3 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Scoring
D - Ricky Gunnell (unassisted), 97:23
Shots: D 6, G 11. Corner Kicks:
D 4, G 12. Fouls: D 10, G 20. Saves: D 6 (Andy
Stemplewicz), G 2 (Steve Kopp).
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