THE FACTS
No. 7 Gettysburg (13-3) 20, Muhlenberg (10-9) 9
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse tournament semifinal
When: Friday, May 2
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked seventh in the latest USILA Div. III coaches' poll, jumped out to a 6-1 lead early in the second quarter and cruised from there in the 2025 Centennial Conference men's lacrosse semifinal, defeating Muhlenberg, 20-9.
THE LEADERS
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Jackson Alpaugh (Darien, Conn./Westminster School) led the Bullets on the offensive end with three goals. He was one of 13 different players to register a point on the day.
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Tate Kuster (Williamstown, Mass./The Williston Northampton School) won 12 of 14 faceoffs with five ground balls. As a team, Gettysburg captured 22 of 33 faceoffs.
FOR THE FOES
• Daniel Friedel led the Mules with two goals and an assist.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Daniel Friedel opened the scoring just 57 seconds in, staking Muhlenberg to an early 1-0 lead. With 12:20 on the clock,
Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) found
Jackson Alpaugh from behind to even the game at 1-all and start a 6-0 run. Hearn then added a goal to his assist just over three minutes later before
Jack Dunleavy (New Providence, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) dished off the first of his game-high four helpers to
Matt Maciolek (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) for a 3-1 lead with 5:17 showing.
Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) made it 4-1 after one quarter, finding the back of the net with 71 ticks remaining.
• Hearn and
Nicholas Limberg (Dix Hills, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Diocesan) each finished solo runs in the first 1:48 of the second quarter for a 6-1 lead. Fridel hit Ryan Schmitz and tallied his second of the day around a
Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) to make it a 7-3 game with 7:08 remaining in the opening half. Barroll and Dunleavy, however, each found the back of the back of the net in the final 90 seconds of the half to build a 9-3 advantage at the break.
• The run extended to seven straight with the Bullets scoring the first five of the third quarter.
Stokes Myers (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) fired a pass across the field to
Declan Mack (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion), who finished falling down to start the second half scoring with 10:30 on the clock. Just over three minutes later, Alpaugh tallied his second before Dunleavy assisted on three goals in a 3-minute, 1-second stretch – the first to Myers for a man-up tally. He then found
Will Hedley (Charlotte, N.C./The Hotchkiss School) at the top of the box and Limberg on the right side for the 14-3 advantage. Tyler Kitchen and Jack Bill scored back-to-back goals to make it 14-5 but Mack lasered home his second of the day with 16.5 seconds left in the third to return the margin to 10.
• Maciolek tallied his second early in the fourth before two Drew Ryan tallies keyed a 3-1 Mule run that made it 18-8.
Vincent Ferrara (Sparta Township, N.J./Delbarton School) scored the Gettysburg goal in the middle.
Kyler Krewson (Cambridge, Md./Saints Peter and Paul) then scored his first two career goals in the final 3:25 – the first off a
Fionn Kinsella (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) feed in transition and the second off a takeaway right after a Muhlenberg faceoff win with 20 seconds left.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg had a 52-34 advantage in shots, including 30-9 over the opening 30 minutes.
• The Bullets will host No. 2 seed Dickinson for Sunday's conference championship game. It is the first time the championship game will be at Shirk Field since 2019. Gettysburg is in search of his first title since 2016.
• The 11-goal margin of victory is the largest since Gettysburg defeated Washington 23-5 in 2015. That was also the last time the Bullets scored 20 or more goals in a conference tournament game.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg hosts Dickinson for the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
