THE FACTS
No. 8 Gettysburg (1-0) 15, No. 8 Lynchburg (0-1) 10
What: Non-conference men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, February 17
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
In the season opener for Gettysburg, ranked eight in the USILA preseason poll, the Bullets used a balanced attack and strong goalie play to down Lynchburg, also ranked eighth, 15-10.
THE LEADERS
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Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) scored four goals to lead the attack.
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Chase Morgan (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) backstopped the defense with 14 saves and two ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Jake Rust and Dylan Wolfe each scored two goals and added two assists for the Hornets.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Both teams sent several shots before Dylan Wolfe finally found Jake Rust for the first tally of the day almost ten minutes in. The Hornets added another just a minute later for a 2-0 lead. Kessler capitalized on a pass from
Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) with 3:35 showing to get the Bullets on the board, and Kessler added another unassisted tally to tie the game 2-all. Wolfe dished his second assist of the day to Riley Hastings for a 3-2 Hornets lead just before the end of the first quarter.
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Patrick Maroney (Hingham, Mass./Boston College H.S.) got a second-chance shot off in the beginning of the second quarter for his first collegiate tally to tie the game yet again. Goals within 30 seconds of one another by Finn Schmidt and Gettysburg's
Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) tied the score once more, and with 6:18 showing in the half, Hearn dished to
Quinton Mather (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms) for Gettysburg's first lead of the day. Maroney put up two more in a 90 second space to make a 7-4 Bullets advantage going into half.
• Two goals within 45 seconds by Kessler and Mather stretched Gettysburg's lead to five goals, and Mather added another to complete the hat trick and make it a 10-4 margin. The Hornets got their first goal in almost 14 minutes of play from Rust, and added another from Kolbe Haug to trim the gap to four goals. In the final 5:35 of the quarter,
Stokes Myers (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) sent one in, but Lynchburg scored twice in the last 30 seconds to trail by three going into the final quarter.
• Dunleavy and Schmidt traded goals before Wolfe scored his second of the day to bring the Hornets within just two goals, their closest margin since the second quarter. Goals by Dunleavy and
Will Hedley (Charlotte, N.C./The Hotchkiss School) created a four-goal cushion in the final 4:20, and Kessler would score once more with 24 ticks left for a 15-10 final.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Luke Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) and
Charlie Johnson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) also registered their first collegiate points with an assist each.
• Both teams picked up 30 ground balls.
• Gettysburg took 47 shots to Lynchburg's 43.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Salisbury on Saturday. Game time is 1:00 p.m.
