GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Gettysburg College men's lacrosse kept rolling with its sixth-straight victory on Wednesday, blowing out visiting McDaniel 14-5 at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Junior Josh Reichert (Englewood, Colo./Kent) and sophomore Danno Lynch (Medfield, Mass./Avon Old Farms (Conn.)) each tossed in four goals for the Bullets, who improved to 8-3 overall and 4-1 in the Centennial Conference.

After Gettysburg and McDaniel (7-4, 1-3 CC) exchanged goals to start the game, the Bullets went on a 13-0 run through the end of the third period. Six different players found the back of the net with Reichert tossing in four goals before the half.

The hosts tossed in four goals in the third, including three by Lynch, to take a 14-1 lead. The Green Terror finally cracked the scoring column in the fourth once Gettysburg's starting keeper, Zach Furshman (Miamia, Fla./Kent School (Conn.)), was given a well-deserved rest. McDaniel found no give against Furshman in the 48:25 he was in goal as the senior keeper stopped six shots.

Senior Tom O'Donnell (Montgomeryville, Pa./La Salle College) tossed in a goal and dished out a game-high three assists for Gettysburg, while senior Zach Pucci (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) tallied two goals and one helper. Junior Joe Brody (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) recorded a score and two assists, and is one goal shy of 100 for his career.

Gettysburg's defensive effort stifled McDaniel, which came into the game leading the CC in scoring offense. Senior Yanni Peary (South Portland, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) keyed the effort with a standout job on the conference's leading scorer, Gibbs Preston, holding him to just one goal through three quarters. Peary finished with four caused turnovers, while senior Tommy Kehoe (Coraopolis, Pa./Sewickley Academy) posted two caused turnovers and four ground balls.

Gettysburg returns to action this Saturday, April 11, at Ursinus College. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Danno Lynch and Josh Reichert scored four goals apiece to lead eighth-ranked Gettysburg to a 14-5 Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse victory over McDaniel on Wednesday. Gibbs Preston (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) tallied two of the five goals for the Green Terror (7-4, 1-3 CC), who found itself in an 8-1 deficit after one quarter and a 14-1 hole after three quarters.

The Bullets (8-3, 4-1 CC) rolled off 13 consecutive goals after McDaniel tied the game at 1-all on a Preston tally 3:51 into the game. With 9:12 to play in the first quarter, Chris Cahill broke the deadlock before Zach Pucci stretched the lead to two just 57 seconds later. After Lynch stretched the lead to 4-1 at the 6:04 mark, Reichard scored 47 seconds apart to push the lead to 6-1. Reichard completed his hat trick with six seconds to play in the first quarter.

The Green Terror held Gettysburg off the board in the second quarter until Tom O'Donnell scored with 49 seconds showing and Reichard stretched the lead to 10-1 just 10 seconds before the break. Lynch keyed a four-goal third with three markers before four different McDaniel players scored in the game's final 7:19 to set the final the margin.

The Bullets held a 40-25 advantage in shots and 32-16 margin in ground balls. Matt Dean (Glen Burnie, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) won 12 of 16 faceoffs. McDaniel returns to action at home against Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 1:30 p.m.

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Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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McDaniel............  1  0  0  4 -  5
Gettysburg..........  8  2  4  0 - 14
 
Attendance: 221
 
McDaniel SCORING:
GOALS: Gibbs Preston 2; Nicholas DiBernardo 1; Deane Mellor 1; Dan Leader 1.
ASSISTS: Gibbs Preston 1; Bill Warner 1.
 
Gettysburg SCORING:
GOALS: Danno Lynch 4; Josh Reichert 4; Zach Pucci 2; Tom O'Donnell 1;
       Chris Cahill 1; Joe Brody 1; Andrew Ryan 1.
ASSISTS: Tom O'Donnell 3; Joe Brody 2; Chris Cahill 2; Zach Pucci 1;
         Rob Triplett 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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McDaniel............  5  6  3 11 - 25
Gettysburg.......... 14  7 15  4 - 40
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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McDaniel............  6  3  2  5 - 16
Gettysburg.......... 11  6 10  5 - 32
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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McDaniel............  5-9   1-3   1-5   5-5  - 12-22
Gettysburg..........  4-9   2-3   4-5   0-5  - 10-22
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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McDaniel............  2-3   3-3   2-4   4-4  - 11-14
Gettysburg..........  7-7   3-3   5-5   4-4  - 19-19
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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McDaniel............  0-0   0-0   0-0   2-2  -  2-2
Gettysburg..........  1-2   0-1   0-1   0-0  -  1-4
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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McDaniel............  2  3  3  1 -  9
Gettysburg..........  1  2  2  2 -  7
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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McDaniel............  5  3  5  4 - 17
Gettysburg..........  2  2  2  3 -  9
 
PENALTIES - McDaniel 4/4:00; Gettysburg 2/2:00.

2009-04-09