Box Score  GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The second-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team opened the NCAA Division III tournament by setting or tying four school records, running past Catholic University 19-3 in the first round at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium on Wednesday.
 
The Bullets (18-0), who pushed their school-record winning streak to 18, broke the school record for wins in a season and tied the program record for goals in an NCAA playoff game initially set in a 19-6 first-round win over Widener University in 2000.
 
On the same day that he was named the Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year, senior Robby Maddux (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's) poured in six goals and one assist. He tied the team record for goals in an NCAA tournament game that was shared by five others and last achieved by Ric Bremer '02 in a 16-5 first-round win over Stevens Tech in 2002. Maddux also moved into a tie with Jake Van Nostrand '04 for third in school history with 219 career points.
 
The final record was set by freshman Tim Brady (Charlotte, N.C./Providence), who made eight saves over 49 minutes to earn the victory, giving him a school-record 18 goalie wins. He surpassed the former mark that was achieved by Pat Vaughan '07 in 2006 and Tim McGinnis '03 in 2002.
 
Senior Brendan Morris (Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay) added a career-high four goals and one assist for the Bullets, who will move on to the second round and host 13th-ranked Ursinus College, an 8-7 first-round winner over 16th-ranked Cabrini College. The game, which will be played on Saturday at a time to be announced, will be a rematch of this past Saturday's Centennial Conference championship game.
 
Also turning in big offensive performances were senior Bijan Firouzan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), who scored three goals and handed out one assist; senior Jimmy Morris (Waccubuc, N.Y./John Jay), who notched two goals and one assist;, and junior Paul Werner (Westfield, N.J./Seton Hall Prep), who contributed one goal and two assists.
 
Sophomore long-stick midfielder Chris Palladino (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) picked up five ground balls to pace the defense, which held an opponent to five goals or less for the second time in the last three games. Senior defenseman Ben Armellini (New Canaan, Conn./Kent School) registered three caused turnovers.
 
Kevin Carillo made nine saves for Catholic (11-6), which played without starting goalie Harrison Holak due to illness. Matt Brennan won 16-of-26 face-offs for the Cardinals, who were making their NCAA tournament debut.
 
Gettysburg opened the game on a 9-0 run and led 4-0 at the end of the first quarter after receiving goals from Jimmy Morris, Firouzan, and Brendan Morris. Gettysburg scored its final three goals in a span of 2:22.
 
Gettysburg stayed hot early in the second quarter, reeling off five tallies in the opening 4:50. Maddux and Brendan Morris added two more goals each while Werner also found the back of the net.
 
Liam Clancy put Catholic on the scoreboard with 6:55 remaining in the half, but the Bullets would end the period on a 3-1 spurt to assume a 12-2 halftime advantage. Senior long-stick midfielder Owen Rothe (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Maddux, and Firouzan all scored during the spurt.
 
The Bullets put it out of reach with a 4-0 run to open the second half. Jimmy Morris and Firouzan struck before Maddux went back-to-back for his final two goals of the game, giving him 57 for the season and making it 16-2 with 6:48 remaining in the third quarter.
 
Dylan Neville scored with 2:23 remaining in the stanza to make it 16-3 heading into the fourth. Brendan Morris, junior Mike Distler (Lutherville, Md./Loyola Blakefield), and sophomore Reed Barbe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick Academy) all scored in the final period to set the final score.