THE FACTS
No. 10 Gettysburg (10-4, 7-1 CC) 18, Franklin & Marshall (8-8, 3-5 CC) 11
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 25
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 10th in the latest USILA Div. III coaches' poll, put together a 6-1 run to turn a two-goal edge in the second quarter into a 14-7 lead midway through the third en route to an 18-11 win over Franklin & Marshall on a wet senior day.
THE LEADERS
• Freshman
Brady Schwenk (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford Area) led the Bullets with a 21-for-28 day on faceoffs, picking up 12 ground balls and scoring his first collegiate goal.
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Charlie Johnson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) registered five points on three goals and two assists, including a highlight-reel goal just before the first-half horn.
FOR THE FOES
• Ben Dale led the Diplomats with four goals and two assists.
• Jack Luviano scored five times.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) and Matt Marino traded goals in the game's first 4:07 before Ben Dale gave Franklin & Marshall a 2-1 lead just over minutes later.
Owen McAllister (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic) picked up the ground ball after the ensuing faceoff and scored his first to tie the game at 2-all. Solo runs from
Charlie Johnson,
Nicholas Limberg (Dix Hills, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Diocesan) and
Vincent Ferrara (Sparta Township, N.J./Delbarton School) opened up a 5-2 lead with 2:51 showing. Two Dale goals closed the deficit to 5-4 after one quarter.
• Johnson found
Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) in transition off a turnover 30 seconds into the second quarter. The teams traded goals until, holding an 8-6 lead,
Will Schwanke (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall) scored with 4:50 to play in the second quarter. Johnson then deposited a Hearn feed before
JP Meyo (Westfield, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) corralled a shot off the post that rebounded 30 yards out late in the clock. Meyo found Johnson on the doorstep and he went behind-the-back, no-look to make it 11-6 with just 0.4 seconds on the clock.
• Luviano got the opening goal of the second half but
Brady Schwenk won the ensuing faceoff and went right to the cage, finishing low.
Miles Balachandran (Wayne, Pa./The Haverford School) then got in the action with his first career goal with 12:44 remaining. Barroll returned the favor for Hearn to make it 14-7 with 8:15 to play. After a Liam Timmins goal, Hearn and Barroll both found the back of the net to make it 16-8 but Luviano responded in the final 31 seconds to trim the deficit to seven.
• A
Will Hedley (Charlotte, N.C./The Hotchkiss School) pole goal and
Declan Mack (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) tally made it 18-9 with 6:01 to play. Luviano and Dale finished off the scoring in the final 4:20.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg held a 45-34 advantage in shots and won 22 of 32 faceoffs on the day.
•
Jackson Hearn matched
Charlie Johnson with three goals and two assists while adding two caused turnovers and two ground balls.
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Jackson Barroll had two goals and two assists.
• The Bullets will be the No. 2 seed in next week's Centennial Conference tournament after finishing tied for the top spot with Dickinson but losing out on the tiebreaker.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action in the conference semifinals, hosting Washington (Md.) on Thursday. Game time will be announced on Monday morning.
