Gettysburg Uses 12-0 Run to Cruise by Muhlenberg

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg outscored Muhlenberg 12-0 in the first half and the Bullets posted a season-high scoring output with a 13-5 victory in a Centennial Conference game played through a steady, soaking rain at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Gettysburg (4-3, 2-0 CC) received a balanced scoring effort, with eight different Bullets scoring at least one goal. Each of the team's first eight tallies was scored by a different player.

Sophomore Martin Manilla (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) continued his torrid start for the Bullets, scoring three goals and recording his sixth hat trick in seven games. Classmate Henry Tesar (Lake Bluff, Ill./Avon Old Farms [Conn.]) contributed two goals and one assist, while senior Caldwell Rohrbach (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Academy) and junior Ryan Fumai (Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) posting two goals apiece. Seniors Pat Sartory (Ellicott City, Md./McDonogh School) and Matt McMurray (Orangeville, Ont./Hill Academy) added a goal and an assist apiece.

Making his second straight start, sophomore Jon Maddalone (Newtown, Pa./Choate Rosemary Hall [Conn.]) made 13 saves in goal for Gettysburg to earn his second win in a row. Sophomore Wes Lincoln (McLean, Va./Landon [Md.]) won 10 of 16 face-offs and picked up seven ground balls for Gettysburg.

Corey Aferiat and Casey Gill notched one goal and one assist apiece for Muhlenberg (2-7, 0-3 CC), which lost its sixth straight.

Gettysburg outshot Muhlenbeg 35-25 and owned a 35-19 advantage in ground balls.

The game included 14 penalties totaling 13 minutes.

After a quiet opening five minutes, the Bullets erupted with three goals in a 1:22 span, with junior Bobby DeWees (Wilmington, Del./Wilmington Friends), McMurray, and sophomore Austin Dodson (Bethesda, Md./Landon) supplying the offense.

Fumai, Manilla, Sartory, and Tesar all scored over the final 4:35 of the first quarter as the Bullets extended their lead to 7-0. Another 3-0 spurt pushed Gettysburg's advantage into double digits, as Rohrbach, Fumai, and Manilla (man-up) scored in less than three minutes early in the second quarter, prompting a goalie change. Zack Gunzburg replaced Adam Schlauch between the pipes, but the Bullets struck two more times before the break, with Rohrbach (man-up) and Tesar closing the first-half scoring to give the hosts their 12-0 lead.

Muhlenberg outscored the Bullets 5-0 in the third quarter to pull to with seven but was shut out in the fourth period. With 12:32 left in the game Manilla posted his 21st goal of the season – two more than his total from all of last year – to set the final score.

Schlauch finished with four saves while Gunzburg stopped two shots.

Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday, when it visits Widener University at 7:00 p.m. in a non-conference tilt and its only night contest of the regular season.

2012-03-24