Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – The Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team shut out McDaniel College for over 53 minutes to start the game en route to a 12-2 victory over the Green Terror in Centennial Conference (CC) action Wednesday evening.
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Junior goalie
Tim Brady (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) made 11 saves for Gettysburg (9-5, 5-2 CC), which now finds itself tied with Dickinson for second place in the Centennial Conference standings heading into Saturday's regular-season finale. The top four teams qualify for the conference playoffs.
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Freshman
Mitch Wykoff (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) helped fuel the Bullet defense with eight ground balls and two caused turnovers while junior
Geoff Fulgione (North Andover, Mass./Brooks School) won 10-of-14 face-offs and also contributed a goal.
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McDaniel's two goals were the fewest the Bullets have allowed since their 9-2 win over Ursinus in last year's Centennial Conference championship game. Gettysburg has now yielded just six goals over their last two games.
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Offensively, Gettysburg was hot early on, outscoring the Green Terror 6-0 in the first quarter and 8-0 in the first half. The Bullets went on to outscore the hosts 12-0 to start the game before McDaniel broke up the shutout with a pair of goals inside the last seven minutes.
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Senior
Sean Fumai (Weston, Conn./Weston) scored three goals for the Bullets while sophomore
Tommy Heller (Livingston, N.J./Livingston) and
Blake Gray (Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh School) added two goals and one assist apiece. Sophomore
Jack Harvey (New Providence, N.J./New Providence) contributed two goals for the Orange and Blue, which has won its last three games.
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Coming off a 10-day break from competition, Gettysburg showed little signs of rust. Heller struck twice in the opening 2:17 before the Bullets erupted with four goals over a 3:30 span later in the quarter. Fumai scored with 6:58 on the clock before Fulgione cashed in on the ensuing face-off, making it a 4-0 game. Sophomore
Mike Risser (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) added a goal with 5:19 left in the opening quarter before Fumai drained his second tally with 3:28 showing to give the visitors their early 6-0 advantage.
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Gray continued Gettysburg's fast start when he scored with 10:53 left in the opening half. Fumai completed the first-half scoring when he netted a man-up tally with 3:35 left, good for his team-leading 32nd goal of the season as the Bullets took their 8-0 lead into the locker room.
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Brady made six of his saves in the first half, when Gettysburg held just a 17-15 shot advantage.
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Freshman
Brian Kolen (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) got into the action in the second half, scoring 59 seconds into the stanza for the Bullets. Gray struck again with 7:54 remaining in the quarter and Gettysburg led 10-0 heading into the final period.
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Harvey netted both his goals in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to complete the scoring for the Bullets. Carson Marshall put McDaniel on the scoreboard with 6:49 left before Timothy McNichol set the final score with a tally at the 1:44 mark.
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Senior
Ryan Goodall (Dover, Mass./Dover-Sherborn) came on to play the final 4:48 in goal for Gettysburg, making two saves and yielding one goal.
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Bryan Ruygrok made five saves and gave up eight goals over the opening 31:44 for McDaniel before Jacob Katzen stopped six shots and allowed four goals over the remaining 28:16.
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The Bullets finished with advantages in shots (37-35) and ground balls (26-20).
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Gettysburg concludes the regular season on Saturday, when it hosts Washington College at 1 p.m.
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