Game Notes
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The fourth-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team will make its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament and its 20th overall when it hosts the fifth-ranked Roanoke College Maroons at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the second round.
The two teams will meet for the 10th time, with the Bullets holding a 5-4 lead. The two teams have played twice in the NCAA tournament, with Roanoke winning both games. The Maroons captured the last contest between the two sides, a 13-12 decision in the 2006 NCAA quarterfinals at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
Ticket prices for Saturday's game are $5 for adults, $3 for student and senior citizens, and $1 for children ages 3-12. Children under 3 are admitted for free.
The game can be followed through live video at
http://www.gettysburgsports.com/showcase/#liveevents
and live stats at
http://livestats.internetconsult.com/gettysburg/mlax/xlive.htm.
Gettysburg (15-2), which ranks fourth in Division III in all-time NCAA bids, received a Pool C at-large berth in the tournament after its 11-8 loss to Haverford College in the Centennial Conference championship game back on May 2. The loss snapped the Bullets string of six consecutive conference titles. Junior
Chris Cahill led the Orange & Blue, tying a career-high with four goals to go with one assist, while senior
Kyle McGrath handed out a career-high four assists and scored one goal.
The Bullets, who started the season 9-0 and spent three weeks ranked No. 1 in Division III, have been led by the senior duo of McGrath and
Joe Brody. McGrath, the Centennial Conference Player of the Year, has scored a team-leading 38 goals and has distributed 18 assists while Brody, a First Team All-Centennial Conference selection, has posted 30 goals and 15 assists. A number of additional Bullets have contributed to a highly-balanced offense, including Cahill, who has dished out a team-high 25 assists, junior
Danno Lynch, who has fired in 32 goals, and senior
Josh Reichert, who has racked up 29 goals.
Defensively, Gettysburg ranks eighth in Division III, yielding just 6.41 goals per game. Sophomore
John LeClerc has posted a 15-2 record to go with a 6.50 goals-against average, which ranks ninth in the nation.
The Maroons (17-2) are making their second straight appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament, receiving a Pool A automatic bid after defeating Lynchburg College 12-8 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship game.
Roanoke advanced to the second-round game by virtue of its 15-4 victory over Wittenberg University in the first round on Wednesday in Salem, Va. The Maroons led from start to finish and outscored Wittenberg 9-1 to start the game. Sophomore Jeff Keating led the way with three goals and one assist while junior Justin Tuma also posted a hat trick with three goals. Senior Pat March contributed one goal and four assists for Roanoke, which held a commanding 65-21 shot advantage.
The Maroons have earned a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament in five of the last six years and 16 times overall. Roanoke has advanced as far as the championship game, where it lost in 1983 and 1992. Roanoke also won a Division II national championship in 1978.
Roanoke, which led Division III in scoring (17.3 gpg) as of the latest NCAA statistical report, has been led by senior Matt Quinton, who has piled up 52 goals on the season. March has added 38 goals and 24 assists while freshman Richard Lachlan has tossed in 37 goals. Junior Trey Keeley is tops on the team with 28 assists.
Defensively, senior Jake Dorsey has paced the Maroons, playing the bulk of the minutes between the pipes as the goalie of record in every game. At the X, Tuma and junior Greg Khanzadian have been solid, winning 64.9 percent and 55.6 percent of their face-offs, respectively.
