THE FACTS
No. 9 Gettysburg (12-4) 13, No. 8 Dickinson (15-3) 12 (OT)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse championship
When: Saturday, May 2
Where: Carlisle, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg found itself in a 4-0 hole before six minutes had elapsed in the game. Eighth-ranked Dickinson extended the lead to 6-0 in the second quarter before the ninth-ranked Bullets eventually clawed back to within two by the end of the third period. Trailing 12-9 with 5:09 to play, the real comeback started. Gettysburg scored the final three goals of regulation and then found the back of the net in overtime for a 13-12 victory in the 2026 Centennial Conference championship game.
THE LEADERS
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Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) led the Bullets to their first title since 2016 with three goals and three assists, including the game-tying goal, to earn the most outstanding player award for the championship.
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Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) added four goals and an assist, including the game-winner.
FOR THE FOES
• Luke Whalen led the Red Devils with two goals and three assists.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Dickinson raced out to a 4-0 lead in the game's first 5:13 behind goals from four different players to force an early timeout. Preston Boyd opened the scoring just 62 seconds into the game Mac Childs scored 54 seconds later to double the advantage. Luke Whelan scored from distance before Tommy Baldini snagged a ball out of the air to avoid a potential turnover and scored to cap the early run.
• Ben Monroe and Boyd stretched the lead to 6-0 in the first 2:35 of the second quarter before
Declan Mack (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Marion) scored a tough-angle goal to break up the shutout with 11:33 on the clock.
Ethan Kessler (Ridgefield, Conn./Millbrook School) wrapped around the cage and fired one home to make it 6-2 with 10:06 showing.
Jackson Barroll found
Jackson Hearn on the doorstep to make it 6-3 at the intermission.
• Caleb Oliver and Childs sandwiched a Hearn goal – all three unassisted – to make it 8-4 with 8:25 remaining in the third quarter. Just over four minutes later,
Charlie Johnson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) whistled home a Barroll pass to return the margin to three.
Luke Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) fired home a goal with 1:18 on the clock to make it an 8-6 game entering the final period.
• Landen Hyatt scored from the wing in the opening 34 seconds of the fourth quarter to make it a 9-6 game. Another Barroll-to-Hearn connection just over a minute later pulled the visitors back within two. Barroll then dotted the corner from distance 44 seconds later off a Johnson pass to close the deficit to 9-8. Whalen, though, dodged through the defense and finished to push the lead back to two with 10:52 to play. Just over three minutes later, Drew Stark opened the lead back up to three, firing one home from distance but Kessler needed just shy of a minute to make it 11-9. Childs and Barroll traded goals just over a minute apart to keep it a two-goal game with 3:59 remaining. Out of a timeout, Kessler broke free and found the back of the net to close Gettysburg within 12-11 with 1:52 to play. Barroll came out from behind the cage and tip-toed the crease before finishing the game-tying goal with nine seconds remaining.
• After an over-and-back call on Dickinson in overtime, Gettysburg went fast and Hearn found the back of the net from close range with 45 seconds left for the game-winning tally.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Dickinson finished with a 50-36 advantage in shots but Gettysburg had the 5-1 advantage in the extra session.
• It was the first overtime game in a CC title game since Dickinson defeated Gettysburg 10-9 in 2022.
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Henry Bennett (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) finished with two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
NEXT UP
The NCAA championship tournament field will be announced at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
