Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Tim McGinnis (Ellicott City, MD/Loyola-Blakefield) made 16 saves and Jake Van Nostrand (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) netted a hat trick as No. 1 Gettysburg rallied from a 4-3 fourth-quarter deficit with four unanswered goals to edge seventh-ranked Salisbury 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the 2002 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse championship on Sunday.

 Nick Purkat (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson) and Ric Bremer (Ridgefield, CT/John Jay [NY]) scored the tying and go-ahead goals 21 seconds apart early in the fourth to help the Bullets (16-1) advance to the national semifinals for the second straight season and the fifth time in program history.

 Gettysburg, which reached the national championship game in 2001, will face Washington & Lee on Saturday at Musselman Stadium for a berth in this year's title game. Game time is 2 p.m. The Generals downed Washington 11-8 in their national quarterfinal meeting on Sunday in Chestertown, Md.

 Purkat finished with two goals and one assist on the day, his second two-goal performance in the past 12 games. Van Nostrand's hat trick was his third in as many games.

 McGinnis' seventh game with at least 15 saves this season helped the Bullets overcome a season-high 30 turnovers – 22 in the second half alone – and post their third straight win over the Sea Gulls (13-5).

 Steve Brianas and Andy Arnold each tallied one goal and one assist for Salisbury, which outshot its hosts 35-26 on the day while holding a decisive edge in both ground balls (52-38) and face-off wins (10-4).

 After watching Scott Simmons put the Sea Gulls ahead 4-3 as the horn sounded to end the third quarter, Gettysburg responded with four goals in five minutes to punch its return ticket to the Final Four.

 McGinnis stopped Simmons and Andy Murray in the opening minutes of the final frame to maintain the one-goal difference before Purkat finished a solo run across the goal-mouth with 10:23 left to knot the game at 4.

 Twenty-one seconds later, Pete Milliman (Rochester, NY/Brighton) fed Bremer on the left doorstep for a turn-around goal that put the Bullets ahead to stay.

 Minutes after the go-ahead goal, Wes Cadman (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) circled the net and tucked a high shot behind Salisbury goalie Dan Korpon to make it 6-4 with 8:33 remaining, Cadman's eighth consecutive game with exactly one goal.

 Purkat struck again at 5:24 to cap the 4-0 burst and add some crucial insurance.

 Arnold converted a 2-on-1 break with Brianas to pull the Sea Gulls within 7-5 with 1:17 remaining, but Salisbury would get no closer in the game's final moments.

 Van Nostrand, who scored three times against Stevens Tech in the first round on Wednesday, opened the day's scoring just 4:36 into the contest and staked Gettysburg to a 3-2 lead with back-to-back goals over a span of 2 minutes, 37 seconds midway through the second quarter.

 Justin Smith netted his lone goal of the day with 4:35 left in the second to tie the game at 3 midway through the game, the same halftime score as in the teams' regular-season meeting, a 12-8 Bullet victory on Apr. 13.

 The squads combined for 21 turnovers and no goals throughout a scrappy third quarter until Simmons beat the buzzer to stake the Sea Gulls to their final lead of the day.

 Bremer's lone goal was the 144th of his career, leaving him two shy of Don Martin (146 goals from 1989-92) for third place on the program's all-time list. Milliman, fifth on the all-time list with 134 career goals, was held without a goal for only the third time this season, but the first time in the past 10 games.

 Despite three straight losses to Gettysburg, Salisbury still holds a 10-5 advantage in the all-time series.
 

Goals:

Salisbury: Steve Brianas, Chris Lauer, Justin Smith, Andy Arnold, Scott Simmons.

Gettysburg: Jake Van Nostrand 3, Nick Purkat 2, Ric Bremer, Wes Cadman.

Assists:

Salisbury: Brianas, Arnold, Joe Tamberrino.

Gettysburg: Purkat, Bremer, Pete Milliman.

Shots: Salisbury 35, Gettysburg 26.

Ground Balls: Salisbury 52, Gettysburg