Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark’s)
collected a game-high six points, Jared Harriman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth)
scored a career-best four goals and ninth-ranked Gettysburg defeated Muhlenberg
13-7 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s lacrosse action on Wednesday.
Pryor dished out three goals and handed out three assists,
scoring twice in the Bullets’ six-goal first quarter, then completing the hat
trick after the Mules (5-2, 0-1 CC) had pulled within 7-6 early in the third quarter.
Harriman sealed the victory with four straight goals in
an 18-minute span of the second half, helping Gettysburg (5-2, 2-0 CC) improve
to 8-0 all-time against Muhlenberg.
Evan
Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and Kevin Freehill (Baldwin,
NY/Baldwin) each scored twice for the Bullets while Pat Vaughan
(Cockeysville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) recorded 11 saves.
Kyle Farris paced the Mules with three goals
while Sean Toohill added two goals and one assist.
Gettysburg never trailed after erasing an early 2-1 deficit
with a five-goal outburst, but needed a 6-0 second-half run to put the Mules away.
Muhlenberg took its only lead of the night on goals from
Kyle Hart and Farris in a span of 42 seconds. Freehill followed
1 minute, 11 seconds later to knot the game at 2 and Gallant cashed in an extra-man
opportunity to put the Bullets ahead 3-2 with fewer than five minutes elapsed
in the game.
Pryor struck twice
to make it 5-2 and Chris Renzi (Fairport, NY/Fairport) added a goal
with 12 seconds left in the quarter for a four-goal lead.
Unfazed, the Mules got two goals from Farris and one from
Toohill to pull within 6-5. Freehill restored Gettysburg’s two-goal edge by scoring
unassisted with 1:48 left in the half.
Toohill
opened the third quarter with a goal to cut the Bullets’ lead to 7-6, but Muhlenberg
wouldn’t score again until the game’s final minute. In the interim, Gettysburg
rattled off six straight goals to clinch the win.
Pryor finished his hat trick to make it 8-6 and Gallant
followed off a feed from Harriman 37 seconds later. Harriman then netted the game’s
next four goals, tallying two unassisted markers and two off assists from Pryor
for a 13-6 lead.
The Mules’
James Robinson closed the scoring with 44 seconds left.
Muhlenberg goalie Gavin Crescenzo made 15
saves while facing 40 Bullet shots.
T.J
Liberto (Arnold, MD/St. Mary’s) also scored for Gettysburg while Renzi
won 13 of 21 face-offs and scooped a game-high nine ground balls. Pryor, who has
14 goals and 11 assists in his last five games, assumed the team lead for goals
(15), assists (13) and points (28).
The
Bullets return to action on Saturday at top-ranked Salisbury. Game time is 1 p.m.
Score
by Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | F |
#9 Gettysburg (5-2, 2-0 CC) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 13 |
Muhlenberg (5-2, 0-1 CC) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
Goals
Gettysburg: Jared Harriman 4, Brian Pryor 3, Evan Gallant
2, Kevin Freehill 2, Chris Renzi, T.J. Liberto.
Muhlenberg:
Kyle Farris 3, Sean Toohill 2, Kyle Hart, James Robinson.
Assists
Gettysburg:
Pryor 3, Chase Stewart 2, Harriman, Renzi, Ted Leonard.
Muhlenberg: Toohill, Cliff Burwell, Tim Martin.
Shots: G 40, M 30.
Ground Balls: G 38, M 21.
Goalies: G (Pat Vaughan – 60:00, 11 saves, 7 GA), M (Gavin
Crescenzo – 60:00, 15 saves, 13 GA).
Extra-Man:
G 2 of 4, M 0 of 3.
Face-Offs:
G 15, M 9.
Clearing: G 12
of 17, M 15 of 19.
Penalties:
G 3 for 2:30, M 4 for 3:00.
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