THE FACTS
No. 8 Gettysburg (5-1) 22, Catholic (1-6) 7
What: Non-conference men's lacrosse game
When: Wednesday, Mar. 22
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked eighth in the latest USILA Division III coaches' poll, tallied eight of the game's first nine goals and never looked back in a 22-7 win over Catholic.
THE LEADERS
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George Raymond (Darien, Conn./Suffield Academy) tallied a career-best eight points for the Bullets, dishing out a career-best seven assists to go with one goal.
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Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and
Ryan Cernuto (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) each netted four goals to pace the team.
FOR THE FOES
• Connor Pierce and Fitz McLaughlin scored two goals each to lead the Cardinals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Kieran Ward (Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep) got the scoring started, ripping an unassisted tally just 1:05 into the game.
Ryan Cernuto finished a pass from
Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) pass just 47 seconds later for a 2-0 lead. After Ryan Carroll cut the deficit in half with 8:17 to play, Cernuto wasted no time, immediately finishing a
George Raymond pass off the ensuing faceoff win to push the lead back to three just eight seconds later and start a run of six straight goals.
Jack Dunleavy and Cerunto traded tallies through the rest of the first quarter, stretching the Gettysburg lead to 6-1.
• Ward and Kessler each scored in the first 3:23 of the second quarter to make it an 8-1 game before Victor Rosado momentarily halted the momentum 30 seconds later. A man-up tally from Mike Mullian with 7:00 on the clock closed the margin to 8-3 but back-to-back
Kyle Howard (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) markers, however, started another run of seven straight over a span of 8:49 that extended the lead to 15-3 before six minutes had elapsed in the third quarter. Cernuto and Kessler rounded out the first half scoring to make it 11-3 at the break.
• Raymond found Dunleavy with 13:35 on the third quarter clock before finding the back of the net himself nearly two minutes later. After
Aidan Wykoff (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) and Fitz McLaughlin traded goals,
Quinton Mather (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms) and Wykoff each scored to extend the lead to 17-4. McLaughlin tallied his second with 1:49 to play in the period.
• Dunleavey opened the final quarter with a man-up goal 15 seconds in before Howard finished the final of Raymond's seven helpers with 12:48 on the clock.
Oliver Duryee (Whitehouse Station, N.J./The Pingry School) scored his first collegiate goal off
Benny Kasoff's (Leesburg, Va./Riverside) first collegiate point to highlight the final quarter.
THE INSIDE STORY
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George Raymond's seven assists were the most in a game by any Bullet player since Martin Manilla had seven against Goucher on Feb. 27, 2013.
• Gettysburg outshot Catholic 64-34 on the day and had a 39-25 advantage in ground balls. The Bullets also won 19 of 32 faceoffs.
• Eleven different players scored a goal for Gettysburg and 12 registered at least one point.
• Jonathan (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl L. Vandermeulen) won 13 of the 20 faceoffs he took. He also picked up eight ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Ursinus in the Centennial Conference opener on Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.
