Box Score
LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg outscored Franklin & Marshall 6-2 in the third quarter, breaking open a close game as the 20th-ranked Bullets clinched a Centennial Conference (CC) playoff berth 16-12 victory over the host Diplomats Wednesday afternoon.
Junior
Pat Sartory tied a career-high with four goals and handed out one assist to lead Gettysburg (9-5, 5-2 CC), which will make its 11th straight appearance in the CC tournament next weekend at Dickinson College, which has clinched the top seed.
Nine different Bullets scored a goal, including freshman
Henry Tesar, who notched his second straight hat trick with three goals and one assist. Senior
Danno Lynch contributed two goals and one assist while freshman
Martin Manilla scored two goals. Senior #J.C. Ward# posted one goal and tied a career-high with four assists for the Bullets, who tied their season-best CC scoring output for the second game in a row.
Billy Kempner and Tristan Miller notched four goals and one assist apiece for Franklin & Marshall (8-5, 3-4 CC).
The Bullets never trailed after Ward found paydirt two and a half minutes into the game. The Diplomats tied it twice in the first half, but Gettysburg carried a 6-5 lead into the intermission.
F&M tied it a third time when Kevin Kilpatrick scored 2:48 into the second half before the Bullets used a 4-0 run to take control. Junior
Tyler Feeley kicked off the spurt with a man-up goal before Tesar sandwiched a pair of goals around a Sartory tally.
Miller halted the run when he struck with 3:19 left in the third quarter to make it 10-7, but Lynch and Sartory answered with a pair of late goals, with Lynch scoring eight ticks before the horn, to give the Bullets a five-goal lead heading into the final stanza.
Gettysburg pushed its lead to six (15-9) courtesy of a Manilla goal with 5:10 to go before F&M outscored the Bullets 3-1 the rest of the way.
Sophomore #J.T. McCook# finished with seven saves for Gettysburg while Cameron Setian stopped 10 shots for the Dips.
The Bullets play their regular season finale on Saturday, when they host McDaniel College at 1 p.m.
