THE FACTS
No. 3 Gettysburg (3-0) 14, Stevenson (1-3) 12
What: Non-conference men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Mar. 4
Where: Owings Mills, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked third in the latest USILA Division III coaches' poll, rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to defeat Stevenson 14-12 in a back-and-forth affair.
THE LEADERS
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Kyle Howard (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) led the Bullets with three goals and two assists.
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Andy Marquet (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) paced the defense with three caused turnovers and two ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Jack Scaliti led the Mustangs with three goals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Goals from Dillon Linhardt and Grant Zick 18 seconds apart staked Stevenson to a 2-0 lead in the game's first 3:20.
Aidan Wykoff (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) finished a feed from
George Raymond (Darien, Conn./Suffield Academy) just 1:24 later to cut the deficit in half but the Mustangs responded with three straight to open up a 5-1 lead with 6:35 to play in the opening period.
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Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) found the back of the net with 2:40 on the first-period clock to spark a five-goal run that spanned carried into the opening two minutes of the third quarter.
Ryan Cernuto (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) had two goals during the stretch.
• Ryan Quinn snapped a 25-miunte, 32-second scoreless drought when he found the back of the net with 11:03 on the third-quarter clock and tied the game at 6-all. The teams traded two-goal runs before Quinn once again tied the game at 8-all with 7:22 remaining. Howard then bookended a three-goal run with a Cernuto tally in the middle that closed out the period with the Bullets in front, 11-8.
• Stevenson twice pulled to within one in the final 15 minutes but could never find the equalizer.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 31-30 edge in shots and 27-26 edge in ground balls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at No. 10 Washington and Lee on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
