Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Sophomore Bijan Firouzan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) scored the game-winning goal with 1:32 remaining and senior defenseman Matt Canter (Potomac, Md./Thomas S. Wootton) forced a game-clinching turnover with eight seconds left as the Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team rallied to beat host Ursinus College 10-9 in a Centennial Conference tilt on Saturday.

Firouzan had a hand in each of his team's final three goals during a frantic fourth quarter in which the two sides combined for eight goals. He finished with five points on two goals and three assists.

Freshman Jameson Smith (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge) added two goals and one assist for the Bullets (7-5, 3-2 CC), who trailed 5-2 at the end of the first quarter and did not hold a lead until midway through the fourth quarter. Sophomore Robby Maddux (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's) contributed two goals while senior Evan Thomas (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) added one goal and one assist. Junior Jon Maddalone (Newtown, Pa./Choate Rosemary Hall [Conn.]) made eight saves in just his second start of the season.

Logan Panaccione scored four goals to lead Ursinus (6-5, 0-5 CC) while Steve Smyrl added three goals. Brian Neff finished with 17 saves for the Bears.

Smith scored 2:16 into the game to make it 1-1, but Ursinus responded with a 4-1 run over the remainder of the quarter. Thomas struck off a Smith feed to account for Gettysburg's other first-quarter goal.

Neither team scored again until junior Martin Manilla (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) converted with 5:51 left in the opening half for the only goal in the second quarter, making it a 5-3 game at the half.

Panaccione scored with 9:58 to go in the third quarter, but the Bullets answered with a 4-0 surge spanning the final two periods to assume their first lead of the day. Senior Bobby DeWees (Wilmington, Del./Wilmington Friends) struck with 7:52 left in the third quarter before Smith scored 1:28 later to make it a 6-5 game heading into the final stanza.

Maddux tied the game for the first time since it was 1-1 when he found the back of the net with 11:02 on the clock. Sophomore Jimmy Morris (Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay) then gave the Bullets their first lead of the day when he scored his fourth goal of the season – all of which have come in the last three games – with 8:46 showing.

Panaccione tied it at 7-7 with 6:13 to go, but Firouzan gave Gettysburg back the lead when he scored with 6:13 left. Maddux then took a pass from Firouzan before depositing his team-leading 31st goal of the year with 4:08 remaining.

Panaccione struck for the final time with 4:02 left before Smyrl pulled the Bears even with 3:23 remaining. Ursinus won the ensuing face-off, but Maddalone made a clutch save with 2:40 left, setting up Firouzan's game-winner just over a minute later.

The Bears again won the draw, but after a pair of shots sailed wide, Mark Stratton was stripped by Canter coming out of a restart. Canter possessed the ground ball as the Bullets improved to 11-0 all-time against Ursinus.

Gettysburg picks up its schedule next Saturday, when it hosts 10th-ranked Washington College starting at 5 p.m. in another Centennial Conference tilt.