THE FACTS
No. 13 RIT (5-2) 10, No. 9 Gettysburg (2-3) 7
What: Non-conference men's lacrosse game
When: Friday, Mar. 13
Where: Owings Mills, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
RIT, ranked 13th in the latest USILA Div. III poll, jumped out to a 4-1 first-quarter lead and held on to defeat No. 9 Gettysburg 10-7 on the first day of the Callum Robinson Mustang Classic hosted by Stevenson.
THE LEADERS
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Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) led the Bullets with two goals and an assist.
FOR THE FOES
• Ryan Sanders led the Tigers with four goals and an assist. He also had a caused turnover.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Ryan Sanders got RIT on the board less than a minute into the contest before
Ethan Kessler whistled one home top shelf to tie the game with 12:54 on the clock. Philip Minardo wasted no time putting the Tigers back in front, winning the ensuing faceoff and going right to goal with a 2-1 lead with 12:50 showing. Sanders then found Ryan Langille for a 3-1 lead with 8:01 to play and then netted his second in the final minute of the opening period for a 4-1 advantage.
• Once again, Sanders needed less than a minute into the second quarter to find the back of the net and stretch the lead to 5-1. Kessler got his second with 11:34 on the clock before
Charlie Johnson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) ripped one from distance to cut the margin to 5-3 with 9:12 showing. Erich Acton pushed the lead back to three just over three minutes later.
Luke Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) got the game back to two at the break, scoring from the right wing with 2:06 remaining.
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Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) found Johnson up top and he fired it home to make it 6-5 just 51 seconds into the second half. The defenses took over from there in the quarter until Ryan Bullock netted the Tigers' lone goal of the period with 29 ticks remaining, pushing the advantage back to two.
• Ethan Harkins stretched the lead to 8-5 with 8:34 remaining before Sanders went low-to-low four minutes later for a four-goal advantage. Just 36 seconds later, Hearn found
Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) to make it 9-6. Barbera worked free out of a timeout and found the back of the net to make it a two-goal game with 1:27 to play. Bullock broke out of a double team out of a timeout and went to the goal with 40 seconds remaining for the final tally.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Charlie Johnson added two goals and three ground balls.
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Luke Barbera also found the back of the net twice.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action in the second day of the Callum Robinson Mustang Classic against No. 4 Lynchburg on Saturday. Game time is 11 a.m.
