Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Freshman Tim Brady (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) made a season-high 16 saves – including 11 in a pivotal second quarter – and the second-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team put together its first-ever undefeated regular season, holding off Centennial Conference (CC) foe Washington College 11-9 on Senior Day at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
 
The Bullets (15-0, 8-0 CC) also broke the school record for the longest winning streak with their 15th consecutive victory. Gettysburg will enter the Centennial Conference playoffs as the No. 1 seed and host No. 4 seed Washington (6-8, 5-3 CC) again on Wednesday in the conference semifinals at a time to be announced.
 
Gettysburg's 11 seniors were honored in a ceremony before the start of the game.
 
In a game that was tied five times, and in which neither side led by more than two goals, Gettysburg used a 6-2 run spanning the second and third quarters to open up its first two-goal lead (9-7) of the day. The two sides traded goals twice in the fourth quarter, with junior Jameson Smith (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge) giving the Bullets some breathing room down the stretch when he scored the game's final tally with 4:42 remaining.
 
Smith finished with two goals and two assists to lead the Bullets offensively while senior Robby Maddux (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's) added two goals and one assist. Senior Bijan Firouzan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) contributed two goals, and junior Paul Werner (Westfield, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) posted one goal and three assists.
 
Stephen Luck and Luke Birnbaum registered two goals and one assist each for the Shoremen while Michael Trapp scored twice and won 16-of-19 face-offs. Jackson Szurley turned aside 12 shots.
 
Brady's 16 saves exceeded his previous season-best by two, achieved in the team's 12-6 victory at Salisbury University back on Feb. 28.
 
Washington trailed for only the final 2:53 of the first half after Trapp scored 19 seconds into the game. It was the start of the two sides trading goals three times. Maddux had a hand in each of Gettysburg's first three tallies, assisting senior Brendan Morris (Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay) before scoring off a feed from senior defensive midfielder Jack Harvazinski (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) and a dish from senior Jimmy Morris (Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay) to make it a 3-3 game with 2:38 left in the opening quarter.
 
Luke Birnbaum scored the final two goals of the half, including a man-up tally with 29 seconds left, to give the Shoremen a 5-3 lead heading into the second quarter.
 
An amazing stanza from Brady helped the Bullets seize their first lead by the end of the period. Facing a 19-shot barrage, he registered 11 saves without yielding a goal. At the other end of the field, senior defensive middie Andrew Toner (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) provided a spark, scoring off an assist from sophomore Sean Fumai (Weston, Conn./Weston) before assisting on a goal from Werner that tied it at 5-5 with 4:54 on the first-half clock. Jimmy Morris then cashed in on a Werner feed with 2:53 remaining to give the Bullets their first lead of the game heading into the break.
 
Washington rallied in the third quarter, however, pulling even on each of its first two goals, which were sandwiched around Smith's first tally. But with the game tied 7-7, Fumai gave the Bullets the lead for good, scoring a man-up goal with 1:57 left in the period. Firouzan then go into the act, converting a dish from Werner with 34 ticks showing to make it a 9-7 game heading into the final quarter.
 
Luck made it 9-8 with 13:16 left, but Firouzan answered when he scored off an assist from Smith with 10:57 showing. Sam Birnbaum brought the Shoremen back once again, scoring with 9:22 left, before Smith iced it for the Bullets.