Division III Men :      May 14, 2005 [ The Game Story]
Gettysburg 16 Ohio Wesleyan 9 Scoring: Scoring: Evan Gallant Brian Pryor Jon Sowanick Chase Stewart Tj Liberto Jared Harriman Kevin Freehill Jim Culp Brian Ford (3, 1) (2, 2) (3, 0) (1, 1) (2, 0) (2, 0) (1, 1) (1, 0) (1, 0) John Schlegel Harrison Iuliano Jarred Law Chris Riehl Tyler Treece (5, 0) (2, 1) (1, 1) (1, 0) (0, 1) Saves: Saves: Pat Vaughan 10  (0.526) Paul Mccommons 12  (0.429) Current Record :     (15-3) Current Record :     (10-4) Team Page For 2005 Team Page For 2005       The Game Story:

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Evan Gallant (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and Jon Sowanick (Bethesda, MD/Bullis) each scored three goals to lead No. 4 Gettysburg to a 16-9 victory over 11th-ranked Ohio Wesleyan in the second round of the 2005 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse championships on Saturday.

Gallant, Sowanick, Brian Pryor (Dallas, TX/St. Mark's) and T.J. Liberto (Arnold, MD/St. Mary's) combined to net eight goals in the first two periods, staking the Bullets (15-3) to a 13-6 halftime advantage.

Pryor added two assists to help Gettysburg win its 10th straight contest and advance to face top-ranked Salisbury in the national quarterfinals on Wednesday. The two-time defending champion Sea Gulls moved on with a 13-9 win over Cabrini.

John Schlegel scored five goals for the Battling Bishops (10-4), who were meeting the Bullets for the second time in the NCAA playoffs - a 12-5 Ohio Wesleyan victory in 1989.

Sowanick and Chase Stewart (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) each finished solo runs in the game's first 3 minutes, 7 seconds to stake Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead, and the hosts never looked back.

Sowanick got things going off a Battling Bishop turnover, scoring unassisted at the 13:11 mark.

Stewart tallied his lone marker 1 minute, 18 seconds later to force an OWU timeout.

Chris Renzi (Fairport, NY/Fairport) won the fourth of 11 straight face-offs to start the game for the Bullets, and Pryor tallied unassisted 22 seconds after Harrison Iuliano cut the Battling Bishop deficit in half at 9:31.

Gallant scored off a Kevin Freehill (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) assist with 7:53 to play in the first quarter to stretch the Bullet advantage to 4-1.

Schlegel took advantage of a man-up opportunity to cut the deficit to 4-2 at 6:20, but a minute later Liberto re-established the three-goal advantage.

Jared Harriman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth) finished a back-and-forth end to first quarter with a solo marker with 49 seconds remaining in the period to give the Bullets a 7-4 lead.

Within the first two minutes of the second quarter, Jim Culp (Swarthmore, PA/Ridley) and Brian Ford (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) pushed the lead to 9-4 with unassisted goals.

After Schlegel make it 9-5 with 11:39 to play until halftime, Liberto, Freehill and Sowanick all scored unassisted to make it a 12-5 game at the 4:37 mark.

After Schlegal broke through unassisted 3 minutes, 17 seconds into the third quarter, the defenses took over.

Harriman was the only Bullet who found the back of the net in a six-save period by Battling Bishop goalkeeper Paul McCommons, who finished the day with 12 stops.

The only other dent on Gettysburg keeper Pat Vaughan in a nine-shot quarter for Ohio Wesleyan was an unassisted tally by Jarred Law with 47 seconds remaining in the period.

Schlegel put the exclamation point on his five-goal day, finishing a Tyler Treece pass 21 seconds into the final quarter, pulling the Battling Bishops within 14-9.

Gallant and Sowanick capped their hat tricks with goals at the 14:24 and 7:35 marks, respectively. Gallant scored off a Pryor assist while Sowanick drilled home a Gallant feed. Vaughan finished the day with 10 saves. The Bullets ended the contest holding a 17-10 advantage in face-offs, including 13 wins by Renzi - one off his season high (14 against Messiah on Apr. 13).

In the earlier meeting this season, Salisbury defeated Gettysburg 13-7. Wednesday's game time will be announced on Monday.