RADNOR, Pa. (March 19) – The second-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team scored the game-winning goal with 32 seconds remaining in overtime to hold off #9 Cabrini College 9-8 this afternoon. The Cavaliers drop their first contest of the season, falling to 4-1, while the Bullets remain undefeated with a 6-0 mark.

Sophomore Rich Romanelli led the Cavaliers with three goals while sophomore Casey Grugan tallied two, including the only score of the fourth period, which forced the extra minutes.

Both juniors Kevin Fahey and Mike Dolente won six face-offs and junior Jeff Moore recorded a team-best four ground balls and seven caused turnovers. Junior Kevin Chenoweth played 63:28 minutes in the net for the Cavaliers and stopped eight of the Bullets' shots.

The Cavaliers built a 2-0 lead with goals from senior Pat Jenkins and junior Matt Conaway in the first seven minutes of play before Gettysburg knotted the score, tallying two goals in the final minute of the opening period.

Gettysburg took its first lead of the game (5-4) with seven seconds left in the first half off back-to-back goals from Joe Brody but Grugan evened the score just before the break with a goal with one second on the clock.

The Bullets attacked first in the third quarter with a score at the 10:22 mark and the teams exchanged goals before Gettysburg held an 8-7 edge at the end of the period. Just seven seconds into the fourth period, Grugan scored the final goal in regulation.

Gettysburg held a slight 33-31 edge in shots and recorded four more ground balls than Cabrini (34-30). The Cavaliers face Widener on Saturday, March 22 at 1:00 p.m.

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RADNOR, Pa. – Junior Tom O'Donnell (Montgomeryville, N.Y./La Salle College) scored the game-winning goal with 32 seconds left in the first overtime and the No. 2-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team held on to beat No. 9 Cabrini College 9-8 in a non-conference nail-biter Wednesday afternoon.

Gettysburg (6-0), which was playing its first overtime game since a 12-11 win at SUNY Cortland in 2004, received three goals apiece from sophomore Joe Brody (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) and senior Jared Harriman (Yarmouth, Maine/Yarmouth) while senior Ben Sufrin (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) handed out a career-high three assists. For Brody, it was his sixth consecutive hat trick to open the season.

Junior goalie Zachary Furshman (Miami, Fla./Kent School (Conn.)) entered the game at the beginning of the second half and made seven saves to earn his first collegiate win. Senior Trip Dyer (Ocean View, Del./Worcester Prep (Md.)) distributed two assists and his now two points shy of 100 for his career.

Rich Romanelli led Cabrini (4-1) with three goals while Kevin Chenoweth stopped eight shots in a losing effort.

In an extremely close game, neither team led by more than two the entire afternoon. The Cavaliers scored the first two goals, but the Bullets scored twice inside the last 1:08 of the first quarter to make it 2-2 after 15 minutes of play. Brody scored with just over a minute left before junior Zach Pucci (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) deposited a shot two seconds before the horn to tie it at 2-2. Neither team would lead by more than one the rest of the way, and the score would be deadlocked six more times before O'Donnell's game-winner.

Gettysburg led 5-4 after Brody scored back-to-back goals 6:04 apart in the second quarter, his final goal of the game coming with just seven seconds left in the opening half. However, Casey Grugan scored with one tick showing to make it a 5-5 game at the break.

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