Box Score
GETTYSBURG,
Pa. – Jon Sowanick (Bethesda, MD/Bullis) scored three of his career-high
four goals during a 10-0 first-half run, leading ninth-ranked Gettysburg over
No. 8 Washington 15-6 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s lacrosse action on Saturday.
Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark’s) also
scored four times, increasing his team-leading goal total to 21 as the Bullets
(6-3, 3-0 CC) remained perfect at home in 2005 (4-0). Chase Stewart (Downingtown,
PA/Downingtown) added two goals and three assists, handing the Shoremen
(5-3, 3-1 CC) only their second loss in the last six meetings between the two
teams.
With the win, Gettysburg
moved into a tie for first place in the CC with Franklin & Marshall.
Jon Spivey and Kevin Nolan
led Washington with two goals apiece while Kevin Thibadeau made
14 saves.
Powered by a barrage
of first-half goals, the Bullets cruised to victory in the CC’s perennial conference
championship rematch.
Spivey
put the Shoremen ahead 1-0 just 1 minute, 26 seconds into the game and scored
his team’s second goal with 1:34 left in the first half.
In between, however, Gettysburg scored 10 straight goals
to seize control.
Sowanick
started the burst with an unassisted goal at 11:38 and Kevin Freehill (Baldwin,
NY/Baldwin) followed off a feed from Stewart at 10:15, putting the hosts
ahead to stay. Sowanick followed 63 seconds later and completed his hat trick
for a 4-1 lead with 2:32 left in the quarter, the first of four Bullet goals in
the final minutes of the quarter.
Less
than a minute later, two of Chris Renzi’s (Fairport, NY/Fairport)
eight first-quarter face-off wins led to back-to-back goals by Pryor and a 6-1
advantage.
But Gettysburg wasn’t
finished with the first quarter. In a span of nine seconds, Renzi won the next
draw, Ted Leonard (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) scooped the resulting
ground ball and finished a half-field run with his second goal of the season,
making it 7-1.
Jared
Harriman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth) got into the act early in the second
quarter, scoring off a feed from Evan Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield)
with 12:33 left in the half. Stewart struck unassisted 56 seconds later and Renzi
capped the 10-0 run with 2:16 remaining before the break.
Spivey connected on an extra-man goal with 1:34 remaining
in the half, snapping Washington’s 27-minute scoring drought and setting the halftime
score at 10-2.
The Bullets
led by as many as 11 down the stretch, going ahead 15-4 after scoring five of
the first seven goals in the second half.
Gallant
finished with three points for Gettysburg, scoring one goal and adding two assists.
Vaughan made 11 saves before giving way to Stuart Brown (Wyndmoor, PA/Penn
Charter) in the game’s final minutes.
Led
by senior defensemen Matt Smith (Quakertown, PA/Germantown Acad.)
and Matt Stanley (Fallston, MD/Calvert Hall College), who combined
for six ground balls and four caused turnovers, the Bullet defense held the Shoremen
to 10 of their 24 shots in the decisive first half.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday at home against
sixth-ranked Messiah. Game time is 4 p.m.
| Score by Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | F |
| #8 Washington (5-3, 3-1 CC) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| #9 Gettysburg (6-3, 3-0 CC) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 15 |
Goals
Washington: Kevin Nolan 2, Jon Spivey 2, Tyler Larkin,
Tim Kerr.
Gettysburg: Jon
Sowanick 4, Brian Pryor 4, Chase Stewart 2, Evan Gallant, Chris Renzi, Kevin Freehill,
Jared Harriman, Ted Leonard.
Assists
Washington: Nolan, Andrew Generazio.
Gettysburg: Stewart 3, Gallant 2, Sowanick.
Shots: W 24, G 42.
Ground
Balls: W 20, G 37.
Goalies:
W (Kevin Thibadeau – 56:08, 14 saves, 15 GA; Nick Larkin – 3:04, 0 saves,
0 GA; Phil Schuman – 0:48, 0 saves, 0 GA), G (Pat Vaughan – 58:24, 11 saves, 5
GA; Stuart Brown – 1:36, 1 save, 0 GA).
Extra-Man:
W 2 of 5, G 0 of 4.
Face-Offs:
W 12, G 12.
Clearing: W 16
of 18, G 20 of 21.
Penalties:
W 4 for 3:00, G 5 for 4:30.
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