THE FACTS
No. 10 Gettysburg (14-4) 15, No. 14 Stevens (15-4) 9
What: NCAA Div. III men's lacrosse tournament second round
When: Saturday, May 10
Where: Lexington, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 10th in the latest USILA Div. III coaches' poll, used a 6-0 run to close the third quarter to pull away from No. 14 Stevens and record a 15-9 victory in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Div. III men's lacrosse tournament at Washington and Lee.
THE LEADERS
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Jackson Alpaugh (Darien, Conn./Westminster School) led the Bullets with his second straight four-goal game. He also had three ground balls.
FOR THE FOES
• Shea Grant led the Ducks with two goals and one assist.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg scored the lone goal of the first quarter when
Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) took a quick pass from
Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and fired it home with 3:27 to play in the opening period.
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Jackson Alpaugh (Darien, Conn./Westminster School) made it a 2-0 game, finishing a pass from
JP Meyo (Westfield, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) directly off a faceoff win to start the second quarter. Matthew Pergola wasted no time getting Stevens on the board, cutting the deficit to 2-1 just 30 seconds into the period and Adam DeCristofaro tied the game just 29 seconds after that. A Shea Grant man-up tally gave the Ducks a 3-2 lead with 12:24 showing before the Bullets tallied the final three of the quarter.
Patrick Maroney (Hingham, Mass./Boston College H.S.) finished a second Dunleavy feed with 8:32 on the clock before
Nicholas Limberg (Dix Hills, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Diocesan) made it 4-3 less than a minute later.
Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) stretched the lead to 5-3 at the break.
• DeCristofaro and Joseph Grippo each found the back of the net in the first three minutes of the third quarter to even the game at 5-all. Dunleavy needed just 40 seconds to put Gettysburg back in front but Tommy Robertozzi put home a rebound to retie the game with 9:53 showing. Kessler ripped a long distance shot for his second and the lead once again a minute later before Dunleavy found the back of the net for an 8-6 advantage midway through the period, igniting a six-goal run over the remainder of the quarter. Kessler ripped another one from distance with 6:21 before
Stokes Myers (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) added a goal to his assist with 3:13 on the clock. Alpaugh and
Cooper Savoy (Killingworth, Conn./Notre Dame West Haven) capped the run.
• Finlay MacKnight broke up the run and snapped a nearly 14-minute scoring drought to make it 12-7 in the opening two minutes of the fourth quarter. Alpaugh sandwiched a Matthew Pergola goal to make it 14-8 with 8:10 to play before Grant and Meyo traded markers in the last 7:24 for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jackson Alpaugh has recorded three or more goals in all three postseason games this season.
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Ethan Kessler finished with three goals while
Jack Dunleavy had two goals and three assists to go with three ground balls and a caused turnover.
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Will Hedley (Charlotte, N.C./The Hotchkiss School) chipped in four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• The Bullets finished with a 48-38 advantage in shots.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against No. 7 Washington and Lee in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. Game time is 3 p.m.
