Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Jake Van Nostrand (Baldwin,
NY/Baldwin) collected a game-high five points and
John O’Bannon (Marshall, VA/Highland) netted
his first hat trick of the season to lead fifth-ranked Gettysburg
over Muhlenberg 16-3 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s lacrosse
action on Wednesday.
The senior duo tallied five of its eight
points in the first quarter, helping the Bullets (5-1, 2-0
CC) jump to a 6-0 lead. O’Bannon scored all three of his goals
in the game’s first 13:13 while Van Nostrand notched the 100th
of his collegiate career with 2:44 left in the first quarter,
finishing with two goals and three assists.
Pat Vaughan (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola)
made nine saves for Gettysburg, which won for the 40th time
in its last 42 CC games while snapping the Mules’ four-game
winning streak.
John Kushay, Bradley
Lutzer and James Robinson scored for
Muhlenberg (5-2, 0-1 CC), in its second varsity season after
returning from a 22-year hiatus in 2003.
Similar to Saturday’s win by an identical
score against Swarthmore, Gettysburg scored early and often.
O’Bannon started the barrage with two
goals in the first 4:32, the latter set up by Chase
Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown). Matt
Twombly (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) scored unassisted
at 4:01 and Van Nostrand netted career goal No. 100 with 2:44
left in the quarter.
O’Bannon finished his hat trick off a
Van Nostrand feed 57 seconds later and Jon Sowanick
(Bethesda, MD/Bullis) scored his second goal in as
many games to put the Bullets ahead 6-0 after one period.
Stewart, Kevin Smith (Baltimore,
MD/McDonogh) and Twombly all scored in the first seven
minutes of the second quarter to make it 9-0 before the Mules
got on the board, courtesy of Kushay with 4:40 left in the
half.
Van Nostrand picked up his third point
of the game assisting Alec Knight’s (Baltimore, MD/Calvert
Hall) goal to close the half. Gettysburg led by as
many as 13 on a Nick Purkat (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson)
goal that made it 14-1 with 10:36 remaining.
Bullet freshmen Jimmy Gates (Basking
Ridge, NJ/Ridge) and Andrew Mavraganis (Lancaster,
PA/Hempfield) tallied their first collegiate goals
to close out the scoring.
Twombly, Smith and Knight finished with
two goals apiece for Gettysburg while Campbell Henry
(Chapel Hill, NC/Episcopal [VA]) won 13 of 16 face-offs.
Justin Hollander added
an assist for the Mules. Gavin Crescenzo made
nine of his team’s 11 saves.
The Bullets return to action on Saturday
at home against top-ranked Salisbury, the defending Division
III national champions. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
F |
| #5 Gettysburg (5-1, 2-0 CC) |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
- |
16 |
| Muhlenberg (5-2, 0-1 CC) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
- |
3 |
Goals:
Gettysburg: John O’Bannon 3, Matt Twombly
2, Jake Van Nostrand 2, Kevin Smith 2, Alec Knight 2, Chase
Stewart, Jon Sowanick, Nick Purkat, Jimmy Gates, Andrew Mavraganis.
Muhlenberg: John Kushay, Bradley Lutzer,
James Robinson.
Assists:
Gettysburg: Van Nostrand 3, Stewart
2, T.J. Liberto, Evan Gallant, J.R. Parker.
Muhlenberg: Justin Hollander.
Shots: G 48, M 16.
Ground Balls: G 32, M 16.
Extra-Man: G 1 of 3, M 0 of 2.
Faceoffs: G 16, M 7.
Goalies: G (Pat Vaughan – 49:24, 9 saves,
1 GA; Stuart Brown – 6:33, 1 saves, 2 GA; James Desson – 4:03,
0 saves, 0 GA), M (Gavin Crescenzo – 51:56, 9 saves, 15 GA;
Mark Whitlock – 8:04, 3 saves, 1 GA).
Clearing: G 21 of 23, M 15 of 23.
Penalties: G 2 for 2:00, M 3 for 3:00.
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