GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg will travel to Swarthmore, Pa. for one of two semifinals of 2023 Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse championship tournament on Friday. Game time is 7 p.m.
The Bullets (12-3, 6-2 CC), the No. 3 seed in the new five-team format, will travel to No. 2 Swarthmore (13-2, 7-1 CC) while top-seeded Dickinson (13-3, 7-1 CC) hosts the winner of Tuesday's first-round game between fourth-seeded Muhlenberg (11-5, 5-3 CC) and fifth-seeded Franklin & Marshall (8-7, 4-4 CC), which also begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday's first-round game also begins at 7 p.m.
The semifinal winners will advance to Sunday's championship game, which will be played at the site of the highest remaining seed. Game time will be finalized following the semifinals on Friday but will likely be a 1 p.m. start.
The tournament's champion will earn the CC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division III tournament, slated to begin on May 10 with six first-round games. The second and third rounds will be held on May 13 and 14. The NCAA field will be announced on Sunday night at 9 p.m.
The Bullets are seeking their 16th conference title and first since 2016. It is the 21st tournament straight appearance for Gettysburg. The Bullets also in search of their 28th NCAA tournament bid.
In the regular-season meeting between Gettysburg and Swarthmore, the Garnet rallied for a 12-11 overtime win in Gettysburg on Apr. 8.
Senior
Kyle Howard (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) leads the team with 44 goals and 68 points. His 24 assists is second on the team. Senior
George Raymond (Darien, Conn./Suffield Academy) leads the team and conference with 44 assists. He has added 15 goals to rank second on the squad with 59 points.
Senior
Jonathan Moshe (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl L. Vandermeulen) has won 177 of the 339 faceoffs he has taken this year for a 52.2 percent showing at the X. He leads the team with 81 ground balls. Senior
Declan Harrigan (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamoroneck) and sophomore
Andy Marquet (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) have led the defense with 20 caused turnovers apiece. Marquet has 41 ground balls while Harrigan has picked up 32.
Junior
Chase Morgan (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) has a 9.72 goals-against average and .467 save percentage in his nine starts between the pipes. Freshman
Colin LaForty (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) has an 8.71 goals-against average and .463 save percentage in eight games. Morgan has 71 saves in 500 minutes while LaForty has made 44 stops in 348 minutes.
-Go Bullets-