HAVERFORD, Pa. – Gettysburg was held to one second-half goal and the No. 11 Bullets lost their Centennial Conference opener, falling 8-4 at No. 14 Haverford College Saturday afternoon. The Bullets (2-3, 0-1 CC) led just once in the game but trailed just 6-4 after a Zach Pucci (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) goal with 8:21 left. But the Fords (4-1, 1-0 CC) iced the game with a pair of tallies inside the final 4:23.

Senior Tom O'Donnell (Montgomeryville, Pa./La Salle College) led Gettysburg with two goals while Max Hjelm and Brian Fleishhacker scored two goals apiece for Haverford. Travis Gregory added a goal and two assists for the Fords while Joe Banno made 11 saves.

Andrew Kim scored 2:20 into the game for Haverford, but only one goal was registered over the remainder of the period, as senior Rob Triplett (McLean, Va./McLean) tied it up with 3:28 on the clock.

The Bullets took their only lead of the contest when O'Donnell struck at the 10:03 mark of the second quarter. But the Fords would not trail again after Gregory scored with 9:10 left and Hjelm converted a man-up to put the hosts up 3-2 with 7:59 remaining. O'Donnell scored again 24 seconds later, but Hjelm gave Haverford the lead for good when he tallied his second goal with 6:31 showing,
making it a 4-3 game at the half.

The Fords scored the only two goals of the third quarter, with Fleishhacker finding the back of the net with 9:42 left and Phillip Valiant converting with 4:01 to go, completing a 3-0 run that put Haverford up 6-3 heading into the final period. But after Pucci's goal, Fleishhacker and Matt Turnier provided insurance tallies for the Fords.

Gettysburg out-shot Haverford 32-24 but the Fords held a 34-30 advantage in ground balls. The two teams split the 16 face-offs. Senior Zach Furshman (Miami, Fla./Kent School [Conn.]) was credited with four saves in goal for the Bullets.

Gettysburg plays its fourth ranked opponent of the season when it hosts No. 7 Cabrini on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Gettysburg..........  1  2  0  1 -  4
Haverford College...  1  3  2  2 -  8
 
Attendance: 211
 
Gettysburg SCORING:
GOALS: Tom O'Donnell 2; Zach Pucci 1; Rob Triplett 1.
ASSISTS: Joe Brody 1; Chris Cahill 1.
 
Haverford College SCORING:
GOALS: Max Hjelm 2; Brian Fleishhacker 2; Travis Gregory 1;
       Phillip Valliant 1; Andrew Kim 1; Matt Turnier 1.
ASSISTS: Travis Gregory 2; Zack Cohen 1; Grant Firestone 1;
         David Lawrence 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Gettysburg.......... 10  7  5 10 - 32
Haverford College...  5  8  5  6 - 24
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Gettysburg..........  4  9  9  8 - 30
Haverford College...  6  9  7 12 - 34
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Gettysburg..........  2-3   3-6   1-3   2-4  -  8-16
Haverford College...  1-3   3-6   2-3   2-4  -  8-16
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Gettysburg..........  5-5   4-4   6-6   8-9  - 23-24
Haverford College...  4-7   4-5   5-7   8-9  - 21-28
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Gettysburg..........  0-1   0-1   0-0   0-1  -  0-3
Haverford College...  0-1   1-2   0-0   0-2  -  1-5
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Gettysburg..........  2  0  0  2 -  4
Haverford College...  2  3  3  3 - 11
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Gettysburg..........  2  4  6  6 - 18
Haverford College...  1  6  7  8 - 22
 
PENALTIES - Gettysburg 5/4:00; Haverford College 3/3:00.

2009-03-14