Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. - John Ward (Elysbury,
PA/Southern Columbia) made a career-high eight saves
and Garrett Bruno (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Twp.)
tallied his first collegiate goal as Gettysburg and McDaniel
battled to a 1-all tie in Centennial Conference (CC) men's
soccer action on Thursday.
Bruno scored the lone goal for the Bullets
(9-6-1, 4-3-1 CC) to end their four-game losing skid and snap
the Green Terror's (13-5-1, 5-2-1 CC) six-game winning streak.
Matt Wolfe tallied McDaniel's
goal while Andrew Wu made eight saves.
After splitting the last two meetings, both
teams came out focused and hungry, but neither could net the
game-winning goal to end at a standstill.
Gettysburg took the advantage early in the
first half when Bruno scored off an Andrew Maynard (Reading,
PA/Exeter) assist. Bruno's shot deflected off Wu's
hands and into the upper-right corner in the sixth minute
to give the Bullets a 1-0 lead.
The battle continued for 84 minutes, with
Gettysburg holding an 8-4 edge in shots. In the final seconds
of the second half, McDaniel rattled off three shots and found
the back of the net just as time had expired.
Matthew Smellie (Kingston, Jamaica/Phillips
Academy [MA]) cleared the Green Terror's corner kick
with 25 seconds left in regulation, but McDaniel kept the
ball alive and knocked it back into the box. Thomas
Kane and Todd Knepper had their shots
saved by Ward amongst a scramble at the six-yard line, before
Wolfe slipped the ball into the lower left corner simultaneously
with the buzzer sounding.
Both teams missed on several scoring opportunities
throughout the game while both goalies made several key saves
to keep the opponent off the scoreboard.
Michael Garea's (Maplewood, NJ/Columbia)
cross found an unmarked Mike Tirney (Springfield, PA/Springfield)
at the back post late in the second half, but the Green Terror
keeper made the diving stop.
Ward made back-to-back saves on a Brian
Samartino shot in the 106th minute and a Thomas
Kane header in the 107th minute to preserve the tie.
The Bullets would clinch the final spot in
the CC playoffs with a win at home against Dickinson on Saturday.
Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1
|
2
|
OT |
OT |
-
|
F
|
| Gettysburg (9-6-1, 4-3-1
CC) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
| McDaniel (13-5-1, 7-2-1
CC) |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
Scoring
G - Garrett Bruno 1 (Andrew Maynard), 5:38
M - Matt Wolfe 2, 89:59
Shots: G 11, M 15. Corner Kicks:
G 6, M 5. Fouls: G 18, M 9. Saves: G 8 (John
Ward), M 8 (Andrew Wu).
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