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Men’s Lacrosse (9-8/3-2 Landmark Conference)
Making their first NCAA tournament appearance in the program’s 25-year history, the Royals put up quite an effort against 12th-ranked Gettysburg College on Wednesday, May 11, in Gettysburg.

The game was tied early in the third period before the Bullets scored the final five goals of the game to pull away for an 8-3 victory.

Scranton received a goal each from junior attacker Daniel Slade (Doylestown/Central Bucks East), senior attacker J.P. Barton (North Brunswick, N.J./St. Joseph Metuchen) and freshman attacker Gus Sturm (Devon/Conestoga) and an assist from junior midfielder Matt Glenn (Jamison/Central Bucks East) and sophomore attacker Taylor Nelson (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East).

With sophomore goalkeeper Ben Worthington (Jenkintown/Archbishop Wood) making 10 of his game-high 14 saves in the first half, the Royals were in prime position to knock off the Bullets.  They took advantage of a one-minute slashing penalty to score a man-up goal, as Sturm connected, unassisted, for his seventh goal of the season to tie the game at 3-3 with 13:57 remaining in the third period.

Scranton’s joy, however, was short-lived. Gettysburg junior midfielder J.C. Ward answered Sturm’s goal with an unassisted one of his own forty seconds later to give Bullets the lead for good and followed with another four minutes later off an assist from Lynch to extend the lead to two.

The Bullets turned their defense up a notch after intermission, limiting Scranton to just five shots on goal.

Scranton senior Patrick Cefalu (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) further established his reputation as one of the top specialists in the nation by winning 10 of 15 face-off attempts and finishing with five ground balls.  He ends his career as the Royals’ all-time leader in ground balls with 443 and a face-off percentage of .629 (741 of 1178).

All University of Scranton athletic events are completed for the 2010-2011 academic year