Boxscore
(Gettysburg, Pa.) – The #9-ranked Dickinson College men's lacrosse team ended a 36-game drought with a 9-6 win at Gettysburg on Wednesday afternoon. The third quarter has not been the kindest to the Devils this season, but a 6-1 run through the end of the third and into the fourth gave the Devils some breathing room.
First-year Brian Cannon (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola Blakefield) put the Devils on the board first, scoring unassisted just 1:49 into the game. Pat Sartory finished a Chris Cahill assist to tie the game at the 2:25 mark.
The second quarter was very similar as Brian Gleason (Darien, Conn./Darien) put the Devils up 2-1 with 11:44 remaining in the quarter, scoring off an assist from Ward Gruppo (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep). Sartory evened the score again, this time with an assist from Henry Tesar.
Christian Beitel (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) traded goals with Andrew Ryan to raise the score to 3-3 at the midpoint of the third quarter. Gleason triggered the 6-1 run with a goal off an assist from Matt Cherry (Radnor, Pa./Radnor) with 5:20 on the clock. Bobby Kingsley (Bethesda, Md./St. Albans) gave the Devils a 5-3 edge at the end of the third period, scoring with just nine seconds on the clock.
Gleason returned the favor, feeding Cherry for an extra-man goal just 11 seconds into the fourth after the Bullets were flagged for unnecessary roughness following Kingsley's goal in the third.
Chris Fumai answered at the 11:04 mark, but Beitel would find the net twice in a span of just over a minute with assists from Kingsley and B.J. West (Summit, N.J./Summit). Kingsley would pick up another assist at the 5:04 mark as long-stick midfielder Brandon Palladino (Basking Ridge, N.J./Basking Ridge) scored in transition to put the Devils in control, 9-4, with 5:04 to play.
Tesar and Sartory would tack on two more for the Bullets in the final 1:25 to make the final, 9-6. The Bullets fall to 6-5 overall and 2-2 in the Centennial Conference.
Beitel led the attack with three goals while Gleason tallied two goals and an assist. Kingsley finished with a goal and two assists. First-year Max Pawk (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley) earned the win in goal in his collegiate debut, making eight saves on the day.
The Red Devil defense turned in an outstanding performance, forcing 27 turnovers. First-year Draper Donley (Lutherville, Md./St. Paul's) anchored the effort with three caused turnovers and nine ground balls. Sophomore Peter Zouck (Baltimore, Md./Gilman) caused four turnovers. Palladino added four ground balls in the midfield, as did Nick Weaver (New York, N.Y./Millbrook School).
The Red Devils earn their first win over the Bullets since 1975, improving to 10-1 overall and a Centennial Conference leading, 4-0. The Red Devils travel to Washington College on Saturday for another big conference showdown with the Shoremen.
