Box Score

Gallant, Sowanick, Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark’s) and T.J. Liberto (Arnold, MD/St. Mary’s) combined to net eight goals in the first two periods, staking the Bullets (15-3) to a 13-6 halftime advantage.

Pryor added two assists to help Gettysburg win its 10^th straight contest and advance to face top-ranked Salisbury in the national quarterfinals on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The two-time defending champion Sea Gulls moved on with a 13-9 win over Cabrini.

John Schlegel scored five goals for the Battling Bishops (10-4), who were meeting the Bullets for the second time in the NCAA playoffs – a 12-5 Ohio Wesleyan victory in 1989.

Sowanick and Chase Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) each finished solo runs in the game’s first 3 minutes, 7 seconds to stake Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead, and the hosts never looked back.

Sowanick got things going off a Battling Bishop turnover, scoring unassisted at the 13:11 mark.

Stewart tallied his lone marker 1 minute, 18 seconds later to force an OWU timeout.

Chris Renzi (Fairport, NY/Fairport) won the fourth of 11 straight face-offs to start the game for the Bullets, and Pryor tallied unassisted 22 seconds after Harrison Iuliano cut the Battling Bishop deficit in half at 9:31.

Gallant scored off a Kevin Freehill (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) assist with 7:53 to play in the first quarter to stretch the Bullet advantage to 4-1.

Schlegel took advantage of a man-up opportunity to cut the deficit to 4-2 at 6:20, but a minute later Liberto re-established the three-goal advantage.

Jared Harriman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth) finished a back-and-forth end to first quarter with a solo marker with 49 seconds remaining in the period to give the Bullets a 7-4 lead.

Within the first two minutes of the second quarter, Jim Culp (Swarthmore, PA/Ridley) and Brian Ford (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) pushed the lead to 9-4 with unassisted goals.

After Schlegel make it 9-5 with 11:39 to play until halftime, Liberto, Freehill and Sowanick all scored unassisted to make it a 12-5 game at the 4:37 mark.

After Schlegal broke through unassisted 3 minutes, 17 seconds into the third quarter, the defenses took over.

Harriman was the only Bullet who found the back of the net in a six-save period by Battling Bishop goalkeeper Paul McCommons, who finished the day with 12 stops.

The only other dent on Gettysburg keeper Pat Vaughan in a nine-shot quarter for Ohio Wesleyan was an unassisted tally by Jarred Law with 47 seconds remaining in the period.

Schlegel put the exclamation point on his five-goal day, finishing a Tyler Treece pass 21 seconds into the final quarter, pulling the Battling Bishops within 14-9.

Gallant and Sowanick capped their hat tricks with goals at the 14:24 and 7:35 marks, respectively.

Gallant scored off a Pryor assist while Sowanick drilled home a Gallant feed.

Vaughan finished the day with 10 saves.

The Bullets ended the contest holding a 17-10 advantage in face-offs, including 13 wins by Renzi – one off his season high of 14 against Messiah on Apr. 13.

In their earlier meeting this season, Salisbury defeated Gettysburg, 13-7.

Goals

Ohio Wesleyan: John Schlegel 5, Harrison Iuliano 2, Jarred Law, Chris Riehl.

Gettysburg: Evan Gallant 3, Jon Sowanick 3, Brian Pryor 2, Jared Harriman 2, T.J. Liberto 2, Chase Stewart, Kevin Freehill, Brian Ford, Jim Culp.

Assists

Ohio Wesleyan: Iuliano, Law, Tyler Treece.

Gettysburg: Pryor 2, Freehill, Gallant, Stewart.

Shots: O 26, G 39.

Ground Balls: O 24, G 37.

Goalies: O (Paul McCommons – 60:00, 12 saves, 16 GA), G (Pat Vaughan – 60:00, 10 saves, 9 GA).

Extra-Man: O 1 of 3, G 1 of 5.

Face-Offs: O 10, G 17.

Clearing: O 18 of 19, G 18 of 19.

Penalties: O 6 for 5:30, G 4 for 3:30.

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