Box Score

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Gettysburg twice whittled a six-goal deficit down to two, but the 13th-ranked Bullets suffered their first Centennial Conference loss of the season in a 12-10 Centennial Conference setback at McDaniel College on Saturday.

The Bullets (10-4, 6-1 CC) saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end and lost to McDaniel for the first time since 1997. Gettysburg had won its last 16 against the Green Terror, which received a 17-save performance from Brad Motley.

Gettysburg entered the day in sole possession of first place in the Centennial Conference but is now tied with Washington College. However, ninth-ranked Dickinson College, which was one game back entering the day, dropped to 5-2 in league play after its 11-10 double-overtime loss to Franklin & Marshall College on Saturday. The Bullets, who defeated Washington a week ago, can now clinch first place and the right to host the Centennial Conference tournament with a win at Dickinson next Saturday.

Junior Bobby DeWees, freshman Bijan Firouzan, and junior Ryan Fumai all scored two goals for the Bullets while freshman Robby Maddux notched one goal and one assist. Junior Nick Avedisian won 18-of-25 face-offs.

In goal for the Bullets, junior #J.T. McCook started and allowed the first seven goals while stopping three shots. Sophomore Jon Maddalone# played the final 37:20 and let in five goals while making five saves.

William Clary scored three goals for McDaniel (7-6, 3-3 CC) while JS Duke had two goals and three assists. DJ Rickels and Nicholas DiBernardo each scored two goals.

McDaniel outscored the Bullets 8-2 in the first half, when it outshot Gettysburg 17-11. The Bullets turned up the heat in the third quarter, firing off 17 shots while scoring the next four goals to make it 8-6. Sophomore Martin Manilla kicked off the surge when he scored his team-leading 30th goal of the season before Firouzan, Maddux, and Fumai followed suit.

Motley prevented further damage by making nine of his saves in the quarter while the Green Terror answered with a 4-0 run spanning the final two quarters. The Bullets trailed 12-6 with less than seven minutes left before mounting a furious rally, starting with a tally by Fumai at the 6:37 mark followed by the first collegiate goal from junior long-stick midfielder Ian Casella on the ensuing face-off.

DeWees then scored back-to-back goals to make it 12-10 with 1:30 left. Gettysburg took a pair of shots that could have cut it to one, but Fumai's offering sailed wide and Motley saved a shot by Firouzan with less than a minute left.

Gettysburg visits Dickinson next Saturday at 1 p.m.