Swarthmore, Pa. - Swarthmore College outscored No. 11 Gettysburg College 6-1 in the third quarter to seize control of Saturday's Centennial Conference men's lacrosse game at Clothier Field on its way to a 14-10 victory.
 
The Garnet (7-5, 1-3 CC) and Bullets (8-4, 3-1 CC) went goal-for-goal over the first 38-plus minutes of Saturday's contest, swapping the lead five times with neither side holding a lead of greater than one goal during that span.
 
Sophomore Quinton Mather (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farm), who gave Gettysburg a 6-5 lead at halftime by scoring 14 seconds before the break, netted his second tally of the day with 13:47 remaining in the third quarter to give the Bullets a 7-6 edge.
 
Swarthmore countered with a decisive, five-goal run that gave the Garnet an 11-7 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
 
Goals from seniors Griffin Gallagher (Ardmore, Pa./Shipley School) and Spencer Knife (Venice, Calif./Winston Churchill) brought Gettysburg to within two at 11-9 with just under nine minutes remaining in regulation.  
 
The hosts answered with the next three markers to hold a comfortable 14-9 lead with less than a minute showing on the clock before Knife completed his hat trick in the closing seconds to cap the scoring.
 
Knife led Gettysburg's attack with three goals while Gallagher, Mather, and junior George Raymond (Darien, Conn./Suffield Academy) netted two markers apiece. 
 
Senior Kieran Ward (Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep) also scored for the Bullets while junior Connor Koch (Glenview, Ill./Loyola Academy) picked up an assist in the loss.
 
Senior goalkeeper Scott MacMillan (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) made eight saves for the Bullets.
 
Junior Jonathan Moshe (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl L Vandermeulen) collected a team-leading seven groundballs and won a team-best seven face-offs for Gettysburg.
 
Junior Zack Kinsella (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) paced the Orange and Blue with three caused turnovers while scooping up three groundballs. Junior Zack Puckhaber (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac High School) added three groundballs and two caused turnovers while freshman Frank Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) contributed two caused turnovers and two groundballs.
 
For the game, Swarthmore outshot Gettysburg 41-32 while holding a 39-32 edge in groundballs and an 18-9 advantage in face-offs won.
 
The Garnet went 15-for-18 on clears and were 1-for–4 with the extra man while committing 22 turnovers.
 
Gettysburg was 18-for-20 on clears while going 0-for-2 on extra-man opportunities and turned the ball over 15 times.
 
The Bullets will look to get back on track on Wednesday when they host McDaniel College in a Centennial Conference matchup starting at 3:30 p.m.