Game Notes

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team will make its 12th consecutive appearance in the Centennial Conference (CC) playoff tournament when it takes on Dickinson College on Friday.

The third-seeded and 20th-ranked Bullets (10-5, 6-2 CC) will take on the second-seeded and 13th-ranked Red Devils (12-3, 6-2 CC) in the CC semifinals at 4 p.m. at tournament host Washington College in Chestertown, Md. In the other semifinal, top-seeded and 18th-ranked Washington (10-4, 7-1 CC) will play fourth-seeded McDaniel College (9-6, 5-3 CC) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.

The two semifinal winners will meet in the conference championship game at 1 p.m. on Sunday back at Washington. The conference champion earns an automatic bid in the NCAA Division III tournament.

The Bullets will be aiming for their 12th straight CC tournament opening-round victory, as they have won every conference semifinal since the league began holding a championship tournament in 2001. Gettysburg has won 13 Centennial Conference championships, including eight since the conference has used a postseason playoff to determine the champion.

Gettysburg and Dickinson will be facing off in the conference tournament for the third time. Last year, the Red Devils defeated the Bullets 6-5 in the Centennial Conference championship game. Gettysburg claimed a 12-11 victory when the teams met in the 2004 semifinals. The two teams just met this past Saturday in their regular season finale, and the Devils 12-7 victory gave Washington the top seed in the conference tournament and home-field advantage that goes with it. A Bullet win would have sent the tournament to Gettysburg.

The Bullets split their meetings with Washington and McDaniel this season. Gettysburg handed the Shoremen their only Centennial Conference loss with a 13-11 victory at Washington on April 14, but lost 12-10 at McDaniel on April 21.

Washington finished in first place in the conference for the first time since 2004, when it lost 7-6 to Gettysburg in the championship game in Chestertown.

The Bullets have been led offensively by sophomore Martin Manilla, the conference's second-leading goal scorer who has piled up 31 goals for the season. Freshman Robby Maddux has scored all of his 19 goals over the last eight games while junior Ryan Fumai has contributed 15 tallies. Senior Caldwell Rohrbach leads the team with 14 assists.

Defensively, junior long-stick midfielder Ian Casella leads the team with 13 caused turnovers while a pair of goalies have split the time in net. Sophomore Jon Maddalone has gone 5-2 with a 7.52 goals-against average and a 55.0 save percentage while junior #J.T. McCook# is 5-3 with an 8.70 GAA and a 51.9 save percentage.

Junior Nick Avedisian has taken the majority of Gettysburg's face-offs and won 54.7% (99-181) of his attempts while sophomore Wes Lincoln has also seen significant time at the X, posting a 62.5% (65-104) mark.