Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sam Bradman scored the game-winning goal with 15.9 seconds left in overtime and No. 3 Salisbury University erased a late Gettysburg rally to hand the No. 1 Bullets their first loss of the season, topping Gettysburg 11-10 in non-conference men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.

In one of the top rivalries in college lacrosse, the Bullets (9-1) rallied from a two-goal deficit inside the final 4:29, getting goals from seniors Josh Reichert and Kyle McGrath. McGrath forced OT with 39 seconds left, sending the Gettysburg crowd into delirium. The Bullets took the first two shots of the extra session before Bradman's game-winner, his fourth goal of the game.

It was the third game in a row between Gettysburg and Salisbury (10-0) that ended with an 11-10 score. The Bullets defeated the Sea Gulls by the same count in Salisbury during the regular season last year, and Salisbury claimed an 11-10 double-overtime decision against the Bullets in the 2008 NCAA semifinals at Salisbury.

The game featured the top-two all-time winningest coaches in NCAA men's lacrosse history in Salisbury's Jim Berkman and Gettysburg's Hank Janczyk. Berkman now has 356 wins while Janczyk has won 339 games.

The loss snapped Gettysburg's 20-game home winning streak – one shy of the school record – and was the Bullets first loss at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium since an 11-8 loss to Salisbury in 2008.

Mike Von Kamecke added two goals and three assists for the Sea Gulls, who blitzed to a 3-0 lead just 1:48 into the game and scored the game's first five goals. Jake DiLillo contributed two goals for Salisbury.

McGrath tallied three goals for the Bullets, who rallied from an early 5-0 deficit, while junior #J.C. Ward and senior Joe Brody scored twice. Senior Danno Lynch# had one goal and one assist.

Salisbury, which never trailed in the game, went ahead 10-8 after Bradman's third goal with 8:18 left. But Reichert pulled the Bullets to within one after flashing around the back of the net before sending home a low shot from the right wing with 4:29 to go. The Sea Gulls won the ensuing face-off and melted the next three-and-a-half minutes off the clock, but turned it over with 50 ticks showing. McGrath then converted on the break, drilling in a runner that deflected off the post and the goalie's stick before dribbling into the back of the net.

In overtime, junior Matt Griffo won the opening face-off, and the Bullets immediately called timeout. After the two teams exchanged turnovers, goalie Johnny Rodriguez saved a shot from Reichert with 2:40 left, but Salisbury turned it over just as they brought it into their offensive end. The Bullets took their final shot when McGrath missed wide right, and Gettysburg turned it over with just under a minute left. Bradman then took a centering pass from Shawn Zordani and drilled in a straightaway shot for his 33rd goal of the year.

The Sea Gulls wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, as Mike Winter converted off the opening face-off 12 seconds into the game. Bradman scored with 13:18 showing before Jake DiLillo converted off another Salisbury face-off win six seconds later on the Gulls third shot of the day, prompting a Gettysburg timeout.

DeLillo struck again with 6:25 left in the opening quarter before Von Kamecke completed Salisbury's opening run 29 seconds later to make it 5-0. Ward and McGrath stemmed the Sea Gulls momentum with a pair of goals sandwiched around Bradman's second tally to make it 6-2 at the end of the first quarter.

The Bullets made it a 7-4 game at the half, getting goals from senior Patrick Koehl and Brody around a Salisbury goal from Tim Lum.

Gettysburg scored the first three goals of the third quarter to force the first of three ties on the afternoon. Lynch found paydirt 52 seconds into the half before Brody cashed in on an extra-man opportunity with 10:48 showing. McGrath tied it up 27 seconds later, but Matt Cannone made it an 8-7 game at the end of the third quarter when he scored with 8:07 left.

Ward tied it 8-8 when he scored with 11:30 to go, but Von Kamecke and Bradman struck 46 seconds apart to give Salisbury their late 10-8 lead.

Rodriguez and sophomore John LeClerc each finished with nine saves.

Salisbury won 16-of-25 face-offs, with Ryan Finch going 15-of-22.

Gettysburg returns to action next Saturday, when they visit Washington (Md.) College at 1 p.m. in a Centennial Conference contest.