Box Score
GETTYSBURG,
Pa. – Garrett Bruno (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Twp.) scored the
game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the 104th minute to lead Gettysburg past
McDaniel 1-0 in semifinal round Centennial Conference (CC) playoff action on Saturday.
Gettysburg ran its record
to 8-6-5 with the upset of top-seeded McDaniel. The fifth-seeded Bullets will
try to complete their improbable run to the CC championship when they face third-seeded
Muhlenberg tomorrow at McDaniel. Game time is 1 p.m.
With the game scoreless and likely heading toward a penalty-kick
shootout, Gettysburg found a way to prevail. A McDaniel defender was called for
a hand ball in the box when he knocked down a crossing pass. Bruno, who also converted
a penalty kick goal against Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, took the penalty kick
and hammered it past McDaniel goalkeeper Andrew Wu for the win.
This game was marked by a battle of two all-conference
goalkeepers, Gettysburg’s Nick Wells-Bundtzen (Williamstown, MA/Mt. Greylock)
and McDaniel’s Wu.
The first
half did not see many scoring opportunities, but both goalkeepers made key saves
to keep their teams in the game. Brad Tabor (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon),
Chris Bayon (Langhorne, PA/Lawrenceville School [NJ]), and Jesse
Gemberling-Johnson Wyndmoor, PA/Christopher Dock) each had chances for
the Bullets midway through the period, but nobody found the back of the net. Donzell
Tate had the Green Terror’s best scoring chance late in the half, but
he was denied by Wells-Bundtzen.
Gettysburg
outshot McDaniel 8-2 and had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks, but could not put
the ball past Wu in the second half. He denied a Bullet offensive attack in the
final eight minutes of regulation in which Gettysburg had four corner kicks. Off
the corners, Bayon took two shots and Bruno took one with Wu making two saves.
In overtime, Wells-Bundtzen was the star for the Bullets.
In the first overtime he stopped shots by Scott Martin and Todd
Knepper. In the second overtime, he came up big saving another shot by
Knepper before Gettysburg took the ball back to the offensive zone and found a
way to win.
Wells-Bundtzen
finished the game with four saves and Wu had seven.
Bruno’s goal was his team-leading sixth of the season.
Bayon led the Bullets with four shots while Bruno and Gemberling-Johnson added
three each. Knepper led the Green Terror with three shots.
Gettysburg is seeking its fourth CC championship and its
first since 2001. The Bullets defeated Muhlenberg 2-1 in double overtime when
the teams met during the regular season.
| CC Semifinals | 1 | 2 | OT | 2OT | - | F |
| Gettysburg (8-6-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 |
| McDaniel (13-4-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Scoring
G
– Garrett Bruno, 103:51
Shots: G
14, M 9. Corner Kicks: G 7, M 5. Fouls: G 16, M 21. Saves: G 4 (Nick Wells-Bundtzen),
M 7 (Andrew Wu).
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