No. 1 Gettysburg Dismantles King's Point
from press release
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – One day after earning their
first No. 1 ranking in eight years, the Bullets proved they
belonged at the top of the Division III men’s lacrosse world,
blasting Merchant Marine 19-3 in a non-conference tilt Tuesday
afternoon on a gorgeous sunny day at Shirk Field at Musselman
Stadium.
Gettysburg (5-0) took command from the opening face-off, scoring
six times before the Mariners (2-1) attempted a shot. The Bullets
led 9-0 at the end of the first quarter and 14-1 at halftime.
Senior Josh Reichert (Englewood, Colo./Kent School) tied a
career-high with five goals, including three in the opening 6:56,
to lead the Bullet offensive attack. Senior Joe Brody (Bethesda,
Md./Walter Johnson) added four goals and two assists for a
six-point day while junior Danno Lynch (Medfield, Mass./Avon Old
Farms) also notched a hat trick, scoring three goals to go with one
assist.
Junior Andrew Ryan (Palm Beach, Fla./Westminster School [Conn.])
contributed two goals for Gettysburg while junior J.C. Ward
(Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) handed out a career-high three
assists. Sophomore Pat Sartory (Ellicott City, Md./McDonogh School)
had one goal and two assists while senior Kyle McGrath (Randolph,
N.J./Randolph) and junior Chris Cahill (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery
Bell Academy) each had one goal and one assist.
Sophomore John LeClerc (Acton, Mass./Tilton School [N.H.]) made
three saves while playing the opening 37:31 to come away with the
win in goal. Sophomore Lucien Reichert (Englewood, Colo./Kent
School) made two stops in 16:32 while freshman J.T. McCook (Miami,
Fla./Gulliver Prep) turned aside one shot over the final 5:57.
Gettysburg’s 19 goals marked the team’s highest
offensive output since its 20-3 win at Messiah College on April 16,
2008.
All but two of the 47 players on Gettysburg’s roster entered
the game.
Brian Flannery had one goal and one assist for Merchant Marine.
Keegan Boyle suffered the loss in goal, yielding all but one of the
team’s goals and making 13 saves while playing the opening
three quarters.
Gettysburg, which won its 18th straight home game, held decided
advantages in shots (59-18) and ground balls (45-22). The Bullets
also maintained possession of the ball for the majority of the
game, making half as many turnovers (28-14) as the Mariners while
winning 19-of-26 face-offs. Freshman Nick Avedisian (Laytonsville,
Md./The Bullis School) was 8-for-11 at the X while junior Luke
Santoro (Townsend, Mass./Deerfield Academy) was a perfect 5-for-5.
Junior Matt Griffo (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) went 5-for-10.
Gettysburg, which entered the game holding its opponents to 67.6
percent on clears, continued to perform well on the ride, as
Merchant Marine was just 13-for-23.
Reichert scored three of his team’s first six goals in the
opening quarter, when Gettysburg out-shot Merchant Marine 20-2. The
Bullets tacked on two more goals at the start of the second quarter
to go ahead 11-0 before the Mariners Sean Zakow put the visitors on
the scoreboard with 11:43 to go before halftime. But the Bullets
struck for two more tallies to go into the locker room up 13.
Gettysburg outscored the Mariners 4-0 in the third quarter to make
it 18-1 heading into the final period. Merchant Marine scored twice
before sophomore Tyler Feeley (Phoenix, Md./St. Paul’s
School) capped the day’s scoring when he found the back of
the net with 5:39 left.
The Bullets play their Centennial Conference opener on Saturday,
when they host No. 14 Haverford College at 1 p.m.
