Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior Giuseppe Bua scored the game's only goal in the 86th minute and Franklin & Marshall College defeated Gettysburg 1-0 in a Centennial Conference men's soccer match Wednesday evening at Clark Field.

Making his second collegiate start, freshman Jamie Hahn (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) made four saves for Gettysburg (4-3-2, 1-2 CC) before Bua punched in the game-winner for the Diplomats (6-2-1, 2-1 CC).

With just over five minutes left, F&M received a corner kick, and the ball ricocheted out of the box to sophomore Rob Hassler. Bua accepted a pass from Hassler into the right side of the box before firing a shot just inside the right post for his second goal of the year.

The Bullets came out of the gates with the early momentum, taking the game's first four shots over the opening seven and a half minutes. But only one was on goal, and F&M limited Gettysburg to a pair of shots the rest of the period.

The closest the Dips came to scoring in the first half was in the 41st minute, when Eric Elicker had his shot from 20 yards out ring off the right post. The Bullets finished with a 6-5 edge in shots in the opening period.

Gettysburg received a great look less than a minute into the second half, but sophomore Kyle DeBlois (Cranbury, N.J./Princeton) fired a shot off the crossbar after finding some room at the top of the box.
F&M threatened in the 60th minute, when Matt Krantz found himself one-on-one with the goalie in the right corner of the box, but his point-blank shot was snuffed out by Hahn.

The action picked up late in the game, as the two teams combined for nine shots over a 17-minute stretch late in the game. Hahn made all four of his saves in the second half, but Gettysburg managed only one shot on goal in the final 45 minutes.

F&M held a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks.

The Bullets return to the pitch on Saturday, when they No. 18 Swarthmore College at 7 p.m.