THE FACTS
No. 5 Gettysburg (8-1, 3-0 CC) 14, Haverford (2-8, 0-3 CC) 8
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 1
Where: Haverford, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked fifth in the latest USILA Division III coaches' poll, took a 6-0 lead into the second quarter, building a lead as large as 11-2 en route to a 14-8 win at Haverford.
THE LEADERS
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Declan Harrigan (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) led the Bullets' defense with four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
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Kyle Howard (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) once again paced the attack, recording four goals and two assists.
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Jonathan Moshe (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl L. Vandermeulen) went 15 of 21 on faceoffs with nine ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Andrew Arth led the Fords with three goals and an assist.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) opened the scoring, finishing a solo run just 41 seconds into the game.
Kyle Howard then found
Aidan Wykoff (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) with 10:21 showing before Howard did the work himself, scoring a pair of unassisted tallies about five-and-a-half minutes apart for a 4-0 lead with 4:07 on the clock. Wykoff hit
Kieran Ward (Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep) with 2:06 remaining and Kessler just beat the end of the first quarter for the 6-0 first-quarter lead.
• Andrew Arth finished a Matt Richards pass just 1:43 into the second quarter before he returned the favor 73 seconds later to close the margin to 6-2.
George Raymond (Darien, Conn./Suffield Academy) connected with
Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and
Quinton Mather (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farm) in a span of just 43 seconds to push the lead back to six with 8:47 on the clock.
Ryan Cernuto (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater Raritan) took a pass from Dunleavy and found the back of the net with 6:08 showing before Howard finished a pass from Wykoff in the final 1:50 of the half for an eight-goal lead at the break.
• Howard and Mather connected for the Bullets' second man-up tally nearly five minutes into the third quarter to push the lead to 11-2 before three Haverford goals in 5:04 closed the margin to 11-5. Richards had two assists in the stretch. Howar's fourth of the day stopped the run with 1:27 remaining in the period.
• Ward finished from Raymond then found Mather for a 15-4 advantage nearly midway through the final quarter. Two Arth goals keyed a 3-0 finish over the final 6:26 for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Ethan Kessler added eight ground balls to his two goals.
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Quinton Mather finished with three goals for his first hat trick of the season and the fourth of his career.
• Gettysburg finished with a 64-33 advantage in shots and 42-28 advantage in ground balls. It was the fourth straight game with 50 or more shots for the Bullets.
• Jacob Abraham made 22 saves in goal for the Fords.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at No. 13 York (Pa.) on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
