Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Pat Vaughan (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola) made 16 saves and Kevin Smith (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) collected a career-high four points as fourth-ranked Gettysburg defeated No. 8 Hampden-Sydney 10-8 in non-conference men’s lacrosse action on Saturday.

 Vaughan recorded 10 of his stops in a highlight-reel first half, helping the Bullets (3-0) build an 8-1 second-quarter lead en route to a win in their first meeting with the Tigers (4-2) since 1999. Smith, who scored twice and dished out two assists, had a hand in both of Gettysburg’s crucial third-quarter goals to keep the visitors at arms length down the stretch.

 Jake Van Nostrand (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) and Chase Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) added two goals apiece in the win. Van Nostrand also picked up an assist to move into a tie for ninth on the program’s all-time career points list (170).

 Sean McChesney netted a pair of goals for Hampden-Sydney while Thomas Jennings and Michael Via each chipped in with a goal and an assist.

 Taking advantage of eight Tiger turnovers – among them six failed clearing attempts – the Bullets threatened to run away with the game in the opening half.

 Hampden-Sydney’s Chris Schaaf scored inside of the first five minutes to give his team a 1-0 lead, but Gettysburg rattled off eight straight goals in a span of 15 minutes, 34 seconds, starting with Stewart’s rip off an Evan Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola) feed at 7:33.

 Matt Twombly (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) finished a slashing half-field solo run at 5:43 of the first to put the Bullets ahead to stay. Van Nostrand scored off a feed from Smith at 3:40 and Gallant netted a spectacular spinning goal off a cross-zone feed from Jay Mayes (Pikesville, MD/McDonogh) with 3.1 seconds left in the quarter.

 The Gettysburg barrage continued unabated through the opening minutes of the second. Van Nostrand, Brian Ford (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) and Smith scored goals in a span of 56 seconds to make it 7-1. Alec Knight (Baltimore, MD/Calvert Hall) capped the burst off a feed from Van Nostrand with 6:59 left until halftime.

 Via started the Tigers’ long climb back with an unassisted goal just 31 seconds after Knight’s marker. Tom FitzGerald finished a solo move at 4:33 to make it 8-3 at the break.

 Jennings pulled Hampden-Sydney within 8-4 less than two minutes into the third quarter, and Vince Smith and Matt Fasnacht scored goals within a span of 83 seconds to make it 9-6. Stewart gave the Bullets’ crucial breathing room, however, by finished a feed from Kevin Smith with 28.7 seconds left in the quarter.

 McChesney scored 39 seconds into the final period and converted Hampden-Sydney’s lone man-up goal with 7:56 remaining to cut the deficit to 10-8.

Vaughan and the Gettysburg defense, however, kept the Tigers off the board the rest of the way. The freshman net-minder made four fourth-quarter stops while Ben Roberts (Longmeadow, MA/Westminster) and Matt Smith (Lansdale, PA/Germantown Acad.) registered key takeaways to seal the win, the Bullets’ first in their last three meetings with Hampden-Sydney.

 Gettysburg’s Campbell Henry (Chapel Hill, NC/Episcopal [VA]) battled Tiger preseason All-American Ryan Fassnacht to a virtual deadlock at the face-off “X”, winning 11 of 22 draws.

 Hampden-Sydney finished 1-of-5 on extra-man opportunities. The Bullets’ man-up unit didn’t see the field on Saturday, but Gettysburg did convert a pair of goals in delayed penalty situations.

 The Bullets return to action on Wednesday at home against second-ranked Middlebury. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
 

Score by Quarter	1	2	3	4	-	F
#8 Hampden-Sydney (4-2)	1	2	3	2	-	8
#4 Gettysburg (3-0)	4	4	2	0	-	10

Goals:

Hampden-Sydney: Sean McChesney 2, Matt Fassnacht, Chris Schaaf, Vince Smith, Thomas Jennings, Tom FitzGerald, Michael Via.

Gettysburg: Kevin Smith 2, Chase Stewart 2, Jake Van Nostrand 2, Alec Knight, Matt Twombly, Evan Gallant, Brian Ford.

Assists:

Hampden-Sydney: William Shell, Jennings, Via.

Gettysburg: Smith 2, Sean McTernan, Jay Mayes, Van Nostrand, Twombly, Gallant.

Shots: H 32, G 25.

Ground Balls: H 31, G 33.

Extra-Man: H 1 of 5, G 0 of 0.

Faceoffs: H 11, G 11.

Goalies: H (Jeremy Bull – 55:51, 7 saves, 9 GA; Peter Ellington – 4:09, 0 saves, 1 GA), G (Pat Vaughan – 60:00, 16 saves, 8 GA).

Clearing: H 19 of 27, G 18 of 19.

Penalties: H 0 for 0:00, G 5 for 3:30.

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