Men’s Lacrosse: #3 Bullets Edge Swarthmore
GETTYSBURG, Pa.- Third-ranked Gettysburg (6-0, 1-0 CC) scored four goals in the third period, and then held off a late Swarthmore charge to win 7-4 on Saturday afternoon in the Centennial Conference opener for both squads.
The Bullets, the 2005 Centennial Conference champions, got on the board early with an unassisted goal by Chase Stewart at 13:26 in the first period.
Swarthmore evened the score 1-1 when junior captain Jay Charles put home his team-leading ninth goal of the season off a feed from freshman midfielder Todd Friedman with 2:37 to go in the half. The Bullets used a Brian Pryor score off a pass from Andrew Mavraganis to re-take the lead at 1:09.
Swarthmore knotted the score at 2-2 when freshman attack Stelios Wilson tallied his fifth goal of the season with only twenty-three seconds left in the half. The score remained 2-2 into the intermission.
The Bullets took control of the game in the third period, scoring four times in the final seven minutes to take a commanding 6-2 lead.
The Garnet managed two more goals in the fourth period, one by sophomore middie Ivano Ventresca and one from freshman Ben Young, but Bullets goalie Pat Vaughan kept Swarthmore at bay with two key saves.
Gettysburg held a 26-17 advantage in shots and a 22-15 lead in ground balls. The Bullets also controlled the face-offs, winning 12-of-15 on the afternoon.
Garnet sophomore goalie Frank Mazzucco made 10 saves in goal.
Swarthmore travels to upstate New York for its next game; the Garnet will be in Saratoga County on Saturday, April 1 to take on the Thouroughbreds of Skidmore College at 11:00 a.m.