Box Score

The two teams battled to a 1-1 tie in 110 minutes of regulation and overtime, their second tie of the season. The Bullets ran their record to 7-6-5 while advancing to play top-seeded McDaniel in the semifinals on Saturday. Game time is 11:30 a.m.

 In a scoreless first half, Johns Hopkins held the edge in shots 8-2 and corner kicks 5-1, but Wells-Bundtzen kept the Bullets in the game with five saves.

 Gettysburg started the second half with two scoring opportunities. Pat Brown (Far Hills, NJ/Ridge) shook loose in the 57th minute, but his shot sailed high. Garrett Bruno (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Twp.) had a chance in the 65th minute and his shot from 15 yards out hit the crossbar.

 Bruno did take advantage of his next scoring opportunity. After a foul in the box, Bruno took a penalty kick and deposited it in the bottom left corner of the net to give the Bullets a 1-0 advantage at the 72:22 mark.

 The Blue Jays answered quickly to knot the game at 1-1 when Nicholas Gauna punched in a rebound at 76:33.

 Neither team scored in the remaining minutes of regulation and the game went to overtime. Hopkins outshot the Bullets in the first overtime, 2-1, but neither team put the ball in the net.

 In the second overtime period, Matthew Carlson had a great scoring chance in the 105th minute, but his shot hit the crossbar. The game ended in a 1-1 tie, and it took penalty kicks to determine who advanced to the next round of the CC playoffs.

 In the opening set of five penalty kicks, the Bullets and Blue Jays both scored four times each. Chris Bayon (Langhorne, PA/Lawrenceville School [NJ]), Brown, Bruno, and Ryan Franks (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) scored for the Bullets. Jeff Grosser, Trip Neil, Adam Simon, and Doug Pollack scored for the Blue Jays. Pollack’s shot, which was tipped by Wells-Bundtzen, knocked off the right post and into the goal to force another round of penalty kicks.

 In the first sudden death round, Tabor converted his shot into the bottom left of the goal past Dan Coble. Guana had the next shot and Wells-Bundtzen came up with a diving save to his left, allowing Gettysburg to advance to the next round of the playoffs. He finished the game with nine saves.

Johns Hopkins outshot the Bullets 24-8 and were led by Guana with six shots and Blaine Phillips with four. Gettysburg was led by Bruno and Cameron Bonfield (Princeton, NJ/The Hun School) with two shots apiece.
 

Gettysburg advances on kicks, 5-4

Scoring
G – Garrett Bruno, 72:22
J – Nicholas Guana, 76:33

Shots: G 8, J 24. Corner Kicks: G 2, J 8. Fouls: G 12, J 10. Saves: G 9 (Nick Wells-Bundtzen), J 3 (Dan Coble).