Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Despite being outshot by a 55-26 margin and allowing nine second-half goals, No. 3 Roanoke held on for a 13-12 victory over No. 2 Gettysburg in the NCAA quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Maroons' senior goalie Matt Madalon made 19 saves, and freshman midfielder Chaz Carlson scored four goals, including the game winner with 5:52 to play.
 
Bullets' (17-2) junior midfielder Kevin Freehill (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) netted his second career hat trick, while sophomore Trip Dyer (Ocean View, DE/Worcester Prep [MD]) tied a career high with a pair of markers. Senior attackman Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark's) and junior midfielder Jared Harriman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth) each scored twice, and Harriman added a pair of assists. Junior goalie Pat Vaughan (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) made 10 stops on the day.
 
At the other end, Roanoke (15-2) got three goals apiece from sophomore attackman Zack Thomas and senior midfielder Chris Keating. Sophomore goalie Drew Bowers came off the bench while an injured Madalon was being tended to and made a huge save with the Bullets on a man-up opportunity.
 
Gettysburg scored first and won nearly every statistical category, but could not overcome a four-goal Roanoke run to end the first quarter. Harriman scored just 1:25 into the game, and Keating countered 1:25 after that. Over the next 10 minutes, the game settled into more of a defensive struggle, but that proved to be just the calm before the storm.
 
The Maroons ripped off three goals in the final three minutes of the opening frame, including a spectacular strike by Keating. With Roanoke up 2-1, Thomas passed the ball to Keating, who was streaking across the crease uncontested. In one motion, Keating caught the ball, faked a forehand shot and wrapped a backhanded shot around his head for the 3-1 advantage. Thomas then converted a wide-open backdoor pass with just three seconds remaining in the quarter.
 
Dyer closed the gap to 4-3 with a pair of goals in the first 2:07 of the second quarter, but a Gettysburg penalty put Roanoke into a man-up situation, which was converted by Thomas. Pryor made a nice turnaround move in front of the crease nearly three minutes later, but Madalon denied the opportunity. Thomas and senior midfielder Pat Hurley each scored before the half expired, giving the Maroons a 7-3 edge after 30 minutes.
 
Gettysburg went on the attack after the intermission, scoring twice in the first four minutes. The home team easily could have scored twice more in that span. Freehill started the run, and senior midfielder Chris Renzi (Fairport, NY/Fairport), who was 18-for-28 on faceoffs, won the ensuing draw, collected the ground ball and raced in on net, but his shot was wide. Just over a minute later, Madalon played a ball behind the net, but Harriman gained control and nearly beat the goalie in footrace to the net. Madalon got in front just in time to make the save.
 
Pryor cut the deficit to 7-5 with 11:09 to play in the third off a nice series of passes. Junior midfielder Kenny Levene (Armonk, NY/Byram Hills) passed up a decent look just outside the crease and hit senior attackman Evan Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) behind the net. Gallant quickly fired a pass back over the net to Pryor in front for a wide-open chance that he did not miss.
 
Roanoke won the next faceoff and came down to score, and Keating struck again to get the two goals back. Freehill answered with a man-up goal at the 8:03 mark. The Maroons gained control off the ensuing faceoff, but junior midfielder Ted Leonard (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) forced a turnover. Gallant scored a goal that forced Madalon into an awkward position. After getting medical attention for several minutes on the field, he walked gingerly to the sideline, giving way to Bowers.
 
A minute after Bowers took his place in the crease, Dyer had a good look in front of the net, but converging Roanoke defenders rushed his shot and forced the ball wide. Less than a minute later, a Maroons penalty gave Gettysburg a man-up opportunity. Freehill ripped a quality shot, but Bowers closed off the near post and got his body in front for what proved to be a big save. It was Bowers' only save of the day, but it allowed Roanoke to gain possession and take it to the other end where Carlson scored.
 
In the first minute of the fourth quarter, senior attackman Chase Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) found himself with the ball below the crease to Madalon's right. He charged toward the center of the field, and made a nice spin move to record what would be the final goal of his career. Stewart will graduate as the school's 10th-leading all-time scorer despite missing nearly half of this season with an injury.
 
Carlson scored his third goal of the day on the Maroons' next possession, giving the visitors an 11-9 lead. A little more than two minutes later, Freehill converted a man-up screamer from 15 yards out. The team cut the deficit to one goal for the first time since 2-1 three minutes later on a wild sequence.
 
Senior midfielder T.J. Liberto (Arnold, MD/St. Mary's) took a one-bounce shot that was knocked straight up into the air by Madalon. Stewart picked it out of the air in front of the crease and took a shot that went wide. He was hit on the play, and a flag was thrown, but as play continued, Pryor picked up the ground ball behind the net and scored on a wrap-around.
 
Just as quickly as the Bullets cut it to one goal, the Maroons' extended the lead to three again after junior attacker Jon Mason and Keating each scored in a 36-second span. Harriman answered less than a minute later, and Renzi won the ensuing faceoff and took it in for the score. In a span of 13 seconds, the Roanoke lead went from three goals to one again.
 
A minute later, Thomas broke away in transition and got a 1-on-0 against Vaughan, who made a tremendous save to keep the deficit at one. Madalon made a nice save on Stewart with less than three minutes to go, and the Bullets could never get the equalizer despite being a man up for 30 of the last 36 seconds. Freehill tried to find Gallant at the back door, but the two could not connect, and Roanoke held on for the win.
 
The Maroons advance to the NCAA semifinals, where they will play No. 1 Salisbury this weekend. The Bullets wrap up their season tied with the 2002 squad for the school record with 17 wins. They also became the 15th Gettysburg team in the last 16 years to reach the NCAA quarterfinals.
 
NCAA Quarterfinal: Roanoke at Gettysburg

Score by Quarter	1	2	3	4	-	F
No. 3 Roanoke (15-2)	4	3	3	3	-	13
No. 2 Gettysburg (17-2)	1	2	4	5	-	12

Goals:
Roanoke: Chaz Carlson 4, Chris Keating 3, Zack Thomas 3, Matt Duke 1, Pat Hurley 1, Jon Mason 1.
Gettysburg: Kevin Freehill 3, Trip Dyer 2, Jared Harriman 2, Brian Pryor 2, Evan Gallant 1, Chris Renzi 1, Chase Stewart 1.

Assists:
Roanoke: Scott Pattison 2, Duke 1, Thomas 1.
Gettysburg: Harriman 2, Freehill 1, Gallant 1, Greg Montgomery 1, Renzi 1.

Goalies: R (Matt Madalon – 56:27, 19 saves, 12 GA; Drew Bowers – 3:33, 1 save, 0 GA); G (Pat Vaughan – 60:00, 10 saves, 13 GA).

-30-