Box Score
CARLISLE,
Pa. – Chase Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown)
and Evan Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola)
each scored a game-high three goals, helping fifth-ranked
Gettysburg clinch a Centennial Conference (CC) men’s
lacrosse playoff berth with a 10-3 victory at Dickinson
on Wednesday.
Stewart
and Gallant struck for four of their six goals in the decisive
first half as the Bullets (10-3, 6-1 CC) opened up a 7-0
lead and cruised to head coach Hank Janczyk’s 200th victory at Gettysburg. The Bullets also extended their winning streak against
the Red Devils (8-5, 4-3 CC) to 29 games.
Pat
Vaughan (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola)
made 10 saves and Matt Stanley (Fallston, MD/Calvert Hall) forced five of Dickinson’s
33 turnovers to key Gettysburg’s defensive effort. For the fifth time in eight
CC games this season, the Bullet “D” held its
opposition to fewer than five goals.
Brian
Read scored a goal and added one assist for the Red Devils
while goalie Tom Wilson finished with 11 saves
on 41 shots.
On top of
their defensive game from the opening face-off, Gettysburg kicked in the offense with a scoring burst in each of
the first two quarters.
Following
nine scoreless minutes, Matt Twombly
(New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) started
the visitors’ game-opening 7-0 run with two goals in
a span of 27 seconds. The senior midfielder drifted right
of the cage before ripping a shot past Wilson at the 6:00
mark, then repeated the feat from the left side to give
the Bullets a 2-0 lead.
Vaughan
maintained the two-goal advantage with a kick save on Ed
Boyd and Gallant made it 3-0 seconds later off a
feed from Jake Van Nostrand
(Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) with 1:49 left in the quarter.
Stewart,
Gettysburg’s goal-scoring leader, finished a curling run to
the left of Wilson to open the second-quarter scoring, then tucked a drive inside the right pipe to make it 5-0. Gallant’s
extra-man one-timer pushed the lead to 6-0 and John
O’Bannon (Marshall, VA/Highland School) unleashed
an unassisted goal to cap the run with 6:20 left in the half.
In addition
to five first-half saves by Vaughan, the Bullet defense
was on display in the persons of Stanley and fellow close
defenseman Ben Roberts (Longmeadow, MA/Westminster),
who caused seven of Dickinson’s 18 first-half turnovers.
The Red
Devils showed signs of life late in the first half.
Read put
Dickinson on the board at the 5:19 mark, then set up Flynn Burch with four
seconds remaining in the half to cut the deficit to 7-2.
Taylor Hare one-timed a pass from Boyd past
Vaughan from close range to make it 7-3 midway through the third
quarter, but the Red Devils wouldn’t score again.
Stewart
answered Hare’s goal 66 seconds later to re-start the
Gettysburg attack and Jon Sowanick
(Bethesda, MD/Bullis) scored on a long-range bounce shot to push the lead
to 9-3. Gallant netted the only goal of the fourth quarter,
scooping up the rebound of Wilson’s save on Jay Mayes (Pikesville, MD/McDonogh) and putting it home
with 14:25 left.
Van Nostrand
finished with three assists on the day, breaking a tie for
fourth-place on the program’s all-time career points
list (203). The senior reached the 200-mark with a seven-point
outing on Saturday.
Eight of
Gallant’s 13 goals this season have come in the last
three games.
Janczyk, a two-time Division III Coach of the Year selection,
improved to 245-91 in 22 years of coaching, including a
200-57 mark in 17 seasons with the Bullets.
Gettysburg returns to the CC playoffs for the fourth straight season
in search of the program’s eighth CC championship.
The conference semifinals will be held on Friday, May 7
at Washington (Md.) with opponent and time to be determined.
The Bullets
wrap up their regular season on Saturday at Franklin &
Marshall. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
F |
| #5 Gettysburg (10-3, 6-1
CC) |
3 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
- |
10 |
| Dickinson (8-5, 4-3 CC) |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Goals
Gettysburg: Evan Gallant
3, Chase Stewart 3, Matt Twombly
2, John O’Bannon, Jon Sowanick.
Dickinson: Brian Read,
Flynn Burch, Taylor Hare.
Assists
Gettysburg: Jake Van
Nostrand 3, Stewart, Sean McTernan.
Dickinson: Read, Ed
Boyd, Drew Peace.
Shots: G 41, D 20.
Ground Balls: G 29, D 40.
Goalies: G (Pat Vaughan – 60:00, 10 saves,
3 GA), D (Tom Wilson – 60:00, 11 saves, 10 GA).
Extra-Man: G 2 of 3, D 0 of 3.
Face-Offs: G 4, D 13.
Clearing: G 24 of 29, D 14 of 24.
Penalties: G 3 for 3:00, D 4 for 3:30.
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