Box Score

CARLISLE, Pa. – Dickinson outscored Gettysburg 8-3 in the first half and the 13th-ranked Red Devils topped the 18th-ranked Bullets 12-7 in a key Centennial Conference men's lacrosse game Saturday afternoon at Biddle Field.

The regular season finale for both teams and a rematch of last year's Centennial Conference championship game, the contest decided the top-three spots in final conference standings. With the win, Dickinson (12-3, 6-2 CC) finishes in second place while Gettysburg (10-5, 6-2 CC) takes third. The same two teams will meet again on Friday in the Centennial Conference semifinals at No. 1 seed Washington College, which will host the conference tournament.

Freshman Robby Maddux scored two goals for Gettysburg while senior Caldwell Rohrbach posted one goal and two assists. Freshman Bijan Firouzan and sophomore Martin Manilla notched one goal and one assist apiece. Sophomore Jon Maddalone made 11 saves while senior defenseman Billy Grayson posted five ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.

Bobby Kingsley led Dickinson with four goals while Chip Murray won 15-of-22 face-offs. Greg Hanley stopped nine shots for the Red Devils.

Manilla scored the game's opening goal with 9:09 left in the first quarter but Dickinson came back with three unanswered tallies to take the lead for good. Senior Matt McMurray cut it to 3-2 with 1:23 left in the opening quarter, but Brian Cannon answered with 51 ticks showing to make it 4-2 at the end of the period.

Cannon's tally was the start of a 7-1 Red Devil run that extended into the second half. Dickinson scored three times in a 2:42 flurry to open up a 7-2 lead before junior Evan Thomas stopped the bleeding at the 4:57 mark. But Sam Greenberg converted an extra-man opportunity with 3:40 showing to give Dickinson its five-goal lead at the break.

Kingsley scored six seconds apart early in the second half to make it 10-3 with 9:35 on the clock. Rohrbach and Maddux scored one goal apiece over the final 8:29 of the quarter as the Bullets pulled to within 11-5 heading into the final stanza.

Maddux made it 11-6 with he scored with 9:15 left, but that would turn out to be Gettysburg's final goal until the game's final minute, when Firouzan struck with 20 seconds remaining.

Dickinson outshot the Bullets just 36-32 after Gettysburg held a 24-9 advantage in the second half. The two sides split the 10 second-half face-offs.

Starting times for Friday's games will be announced on Monday. Washington will take on McDaniel College in the other semifinal.