Box Score
SALISBURY,
Md. – Dan Boyer and Mac Chase each scored a team-high
three goals to lead top-ranked Salisbury over No. 9 Gettysburg 13-7 in non-conference
men’s lacrosse action on Sunday. Casey
Olejniczak added two goals while Chris Phillips collected
one goal and two assists for the two-time defending Division III champions, who
posted their 39th consecutive victory. The Sea Gulls (10-0) got 10 saves from
Dan Korpon and a 14-for-21 face-off performance from Bryan
Bradford in their third straight win over the Bullets (5-3).
Chris Renzi (Fairport, NY/Fairport) led Gettysburg
with a career-high four goals while Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark’s)
scored twice, improving his team-leading goal total to 17. Pat Vaughan (Cockeysville,
MD/Loyola Blakefield) matched a season high with 14 saves while facing
40 shots.
Salisbury never trailed
after an extra-man goal by Chase late in the first quarter, but needed a 7-2 run
over the game’s final 21 minutes to pull away.
Pryor
made it 1-0 just 45 seconds into the contest and Jared Harriman (Yarmouth,
ME/Yarmouth) knotted the game at 2 off a feed from Kevin Freehill
(Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) with 5:50 left in the first quarter.
The Bullets nearly killed off a one-minute slashing penalty
in the final minutes of the period, but Phillips set up Chase with 52 seconds
left in the quarter for a 3-2 lead, touching off a 4-1 Sea Gull run.
Down 6-3 at halftime, Gettysburg rallied with a pair of
unassisted goals from Renzi to pull within 6-5 with 6:24 left in the third quarter.
Salisbury answered with a four-goal eruption in a span
of 1 minute, 58 seconds to take a commanding 10-5 lead. Boyer scored twice during
the run.
Renzi completed his
second collegiate hat trick with 58 seconds left in the third, but Olejniczak,
Matt Dasinger and Chase scored in the opening five minutes of the
fourth quarter to make it a 13-6 game. Renzi closed out the scoring with 44 ticks
remaining.
The Sea Gulls outshot
the Bullets 40-30 on the afternoon and held a 49-30 advantage in ground balls.
In addition to his four goals, Renzi led Gettysburg with
11 shots and four ground balls.
The
Bullets return to action on Saturday at home against Washington College. Game
time is 1 p.m.
| Score
by Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | F |
| #9 Gettysburg (5-3) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 |
| #1 Salisbury (10-0) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 13 |
Goals
Gettysburg: Chris Renzi 4, Brian Pryor 2, Jared Harriman.
Salisbury: Dan Boyer 3, Mac Chase 3, Casey Olejniczak
2, Chris Phillips, Bryan Bradford, Justin Smith, Matt Dasinger, Luis Gonzalez.
Assists
Gettysburg: Kevin Freehill.
Salisbury: Phillips 2, Bradford, Smith, Jimmy Creighton,
Mike Edwards, Joe Parker, Ryan Rohde.
Shots:
G 30, S 40.
Ground Balls:
G 30, S 49.
Goalies: G (Pat
Vaughan – 60:00, 14 saves, 13 GA), S (Dan Korpon – 60:00, 10 saves, 7 GA).
Extra-Man: G 0 of 5, S 1 of 3.
Face-Offs: G 8, S 16.
Clearing:
N/A.
Penalties: G 3 for 3:00,
S 5 for 3:30.
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