Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Chase Stewart (Downingtown,
PA/Downingtown) netted four goals and added an assist
to lead fifth-ranked Gettysburg past Muhlenberg 16-3 in Centennial
Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
Stewart, who leads the squad with 14 goals,
recorded all four of his goals in the first half to lift the
Bullets (5-1, 2-0 CC) to their 36th straight conference victory.
Jake Van Nostrand (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin)
found the twine three times and added two assists while Alec
Knight (Wilton, CT/Wilton) notched his first collegiate
hat trick in the winning effort.
John Westendorf led the Mules
(4-1, 0-1 CC) with two goals and Joe LaBella
made 11 saves in the loss.
Fueled by three goals from Stewart, Gettysburg
jumped out to a 6-0 lead in of the game and never looked back
on the way to the squad's third straight win.
Stewart opened the scoring with an unassisted
goal with 5:50 remaining in the first quarter. Nick
Purkat (Annadale, VA/W.T. Woodson) netted a goal off
a Tripp Neville (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) assist
at the 4:14 mark.
Van Nostrand found the twine 39 seconds later
to increase the advantage to 3-0. Stewart scored unassisted
before Purkat found John O'Bannon (Marshall, VA/Highland)
with seven seconds left in the first quarter.
After Stewart gave the Bullets a 6-0 lead
with his third marker of day at 10:09 in the second, Westendorf
put Muhlenberg on the scoreboard with a goal 38 seconds later.
Gettysburg then scored unassisted goals from
Stewart and Neville at the end of the half to go into the
intermission with an 8-1 advantage.
Van Nostrand found the twine off a Stewart
assist to open the second-half scoring at the 11:22 mark.
After Westendorf cut the deficit with a goal
at 8:58 in the third quarter, the Bullets erupted for six
goals to open up a 15-2 advantage and cruise to victory.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at home against No. 1 Middlebury in a rematch of last year's
Division III national championship game.
| Score by Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
F |
| #5 Gettysburg (4-1, 1-0 CC) |
5 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
- |
16 |
| Muhlenberg |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
3 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: Chase
Stewart 4, Jake Van Nostrand 3, Alec Knight 3, Tripp Neville
2, Nick Purkat, John O'Bannon, Peter Politi, Brian Pryor.
Muhlenberg: John Westendorf 2, Kevin
Kessler.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Purkat
2, Van Nostrand 2, Stewart, Neville, Evan Gallant, Campbell
Henry.
Muhlenberg: Dave Armstrong.
Shots: Gettysburg 45, Muhlenberg 18.
Ground Balls: Gettysburg
35, Muhlenberg 14.
Extra-Man:Gettysburg
1 of 4, Muhlenberg 1 of 3.
Faceoffs: Gettysburg
11, Muhlenberg 11.
Goalies: Gettysburg
(Tim McGinnis - 5 saves, 3 GA, Stuart Brown - 1 save, 0 GA,
James Desson - 2 saves, 0 GA), Muhlenberg (Joe LaBella - 60:00,
11 saves, 16 GA).
Clearing: Gettysburg
27 of 28, Muhlenberg 19 of 29.
Penalties: Gettysburg 5 for 4:30, Muhlenberg
4 for 2:00.
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