Box Score

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Muhlenberg College outscored Gettysburg 4-1 in the fourth quarter and the Mules upset the 11th-ranked Bullets 11-10 in Centennial Conference men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon.

Corey Aferiat scored the go-ahead goal with 6:34 left, then added an insurance tally 2:24 later for Muhlenberg (3-4, 1-1 CC), which defeated Gettysburg for the first time in 15 all-time match-ups. Alex Ardolino led the Mules – the first team to reach double figures in scoring against the Bullets this season – with four goals.

Senior #J.C. Ward# scored a career-high four goals and tied a career-best with five points for Gettysburg (5-4, 1-1 CC) while classmate Danno Lynch added three goals and one assist. Junior Pat Sartory scored two goals while senior Andrew Ryan notched one goal and one assist.

Neither team led by more than two goals in a nip-and-tuck affair that saw the Bullets outshoot the Mules 37-28. Gettysburg led 4-2 at the end of the first quarter and 5-3 with 11:00 left in the opening half before Muhlenberg closed the period on a 4-1 run, capped by a Brent Siebold tally three second before the horn that gave the hosts a 7-6 halftime advantage.

The Bullets ran off three unanswered goals in the third quarter to go ahead 9-7 heading into the final stanza. The Mules still trailed by two with less than 10 minutes left before catching fire, running off four consecutive goals over a 5:47 stretch. Ardolino and Clint Watkins sparked the run with back-to-back tallies, tying the game 9-9 with 6:43 remaining. The Mules then won the ensuing face-off and scored nine seconds later on Aferiat's game-winner. Aferiat struck again with 4:10 left to push Muhlenberg's lead to 11-9.

The Bullets cut it to one on Ward's final goal with 2:22 left, and Gettysburg had four potential game-tying shots the rest of the way. But goalie Mike Horowitz made three of his nine saves in the final two minutes, including one on a Sartory shot with two seconds left.

Sophomore #J.T. McCook# finished with 10 saves for the Bullets.

Gettysburg picks up its schedule next Saturday, when it visits Swarthmore College at 3 p.m. in another Centennial Conference showdown.