THE FACTS
No. 7 Gettysburg (2-0) 12, No. 1 Salisbury (3-1) 10
What: Non-conference men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Feb. 25
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
In a back-and-forth top-10 battle that lived up to its billing, seventh-ranked Gettysburg had the final say, tallying four times in the final 8:25 to topple No. 1 Salisbury, 12-10.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) led the Bullets with six goals, including the final three.
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Chase Morgan (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) backstopped the defense with 11 saves.
FOR THE FOES
• Cross Ferrara was one of three Sea Gulls with a hat trick. Brice Bromwell and Luke Nestor also registered three goals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Aidan Wykoff (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) wasted little time getting Gettysburg on the board, whistling a shot from the right side just 40 seconds into the game for a 1-0 lead.
Jack Dunleavy then got his first of the year from nearly the same spot less than two minutes later. Cross Ferrara bookended a second Dunleavy tally to make it 3-2 at the end of the first quarter.
• Off a turnover in the opening minute of the second quarter,
Frank Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) passed ahead to
George Raymond (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga), who finished from the left side for a 4-2 lead with 13:48 showing. Luke Nestor and Jack Dowd each converted during a one-minute, full-serve penalty to tie the game with 10:49 remaining.
Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) put the hosts back in front with 6:11 on the clock before
Ryan Cernuto (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) hit
Kyle Howard (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) in front of the cage to re-establish the two-goal edge. Brice Bromwell scored a pair of unassisted goals in the final 3:56 of the quarter to draw the game even at the break.
• Dunleavy gave Gettysburg a 7-6 edge with 12:42 remaining in the third quarter but Nestor started a 3-0 Sea Gull run with a man-up tally at the 8:24 mark, giving the visitors a 9-7 lead entering the final period.
• Dunleavy found
Kieran Ward (Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep) just 1:07 into the final quarter to cut the deficit in half. Ferrara pushed the lead back to two with 9:12 remaining but that would be the last quality look Salisbury would get at the cage. Ward once again drew Gettysburg within one with 8:25 showing before Dunleavy put a bow on his career day. Ward found Dunleavy on the doorstep to tie the game with 6;32 remaining. Three minutes later, Raymond found a cutting Dunleavy from behind for the lead. At the end of a Salisbury unreleaseable penalty, Raymond fired a pass across the field to Dunleavy, who one-timed it home for the final with 1:13 to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
• It was Gettysburg's first win over Salisbury and first over a No. 1-ranked team since Feb. 24, 2018 and an 11-10 double-overtime victory. The Bullets defeated a top-ranked team for the seventh time since 1999.
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Jonathan Moshe (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl L. Vandermeulen) won 14 of 25 faceoffs, including the final five of the game to keep possession for his team. He also picked up six ground balls.
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Andy Marquet (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) led the defense with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Gettysburg finished with a 36-31 advantage in shots and 29-26 edge in ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at No. 20 Stevenson on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.
