May 14, 2008
#3 Bullets Stymie #5 Shoremen, 12-5, in NCAA Quarters
Generazio Scores Twice in Loss for Washington

GETTYSBURG, PA -- Third-ranked host Gettysburg College held fifth-ranked Washington College scoreless for the first 26:21 of the game en route to a 12-5 win over the Shoremen in an NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinal game this afternoon on Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The Bullets improved to 17-2 with the win and advance to this weekend's semifinals against the winner of tonight's game between Cabrini and Salisbury. The Shoremen close out their season at 14-4.

The Bullets struck first when Ben Sufrin fired in a goal with 11:55 left in the first quarter. Joe Brody quickly made it 2-0 with a goal off an assist from Chris Cahill with 11:02 remaining. Those two goals accounted for all of the first quarter scoring as the Shoremen were held to two shots in the period and failed to score in the first quarter for the first time all season.

Gettysburg extended its lead to 3-0 when Tom O'Donnell scored with 12:42 left in the second quarter. Brody gave the Bullets a 4-0 lead when he scooped up a deflected pass in front of the crease and fired in an extra-man goal with 7:54 to play in the second. Kyle McGrath netted the Bullets' fifth goal with 6:15 left in the first half off a feed from Patrick Koehl. Brody then followed with an unassisted tally with 5:22 on the clock to give Gettysburg a 6-0 cushion. Washington got on the scoreboard with 3:39 to play in the opening half when senior attackman Chris Read (Baltimore, MD/Boys Latin) found junior attackman Jimmy Kielek (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) for a goal. The Bullets made it 7-1 when Drew Duckworth scored off an assist from Zach Pucci with 1:06 to go in the half.

The Bullets opened the third quarter scoring as Duckworth netted a goal off a feed from Sufrin with 14:12 remaining. Senior midfielder Andrew Generazio (Springfield, VA/West Springfield/Bridgton, ME) scored the Shoremen's second goal with 13:04 left in the third to make it 8-2. McGrath pushed the lead back to seven goals with an unassisted tally with 2:04 left in the third. Generazio netted a behind-the-back goal off an assist from senior attackman Kolyn Kirby (Chestertown, MD/Kent County) with 23 seconds remaining in the quarter to get the Shoremen back within six at 9-3, but Trip Dyer scored off a feed from O'Donnell with just under seven seconds left in the period to give Gettysburg a 10-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

McGrath's third goal of the game opened the fourth quarter scoring with 11:58 left in the game to make it 11-3. Sufrin rounded out the Gettysburg scoring with a goal off an assist from Brody with 3:50 to go in the contest. Kirby netted Washington's fourth goal off a feed from senior midfielder Nick Gregory (Riva, MD/South River) with 1:51 left. Gregory ended the scoring with one-tenth of a second left off an assist from senior defenseman Tim Prudente (Hereford, MD/Hereford). The assist was the first point of Prudente's collegiate career.

Brody scored three goals and assisted on another for the Bullets, while McGrath added three goals of his own. Sufrin added two goals and one assist, while Duckworth scored a pair of goals.

Generazio led Washington with two goals, while Gregory and Kirby each had one goal and one assist.

Zachary Furshman made eight saves and allowed three goals in the win for the Bullets, while junior goalie Gordon Cohen (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) had 16 saves and allowed 12 goals for the Shoremen. Both starting keepers were replaced with under four minutes left in the contest.

Gettysburg held a 39-26 advantage in shots in the game.

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