GETTYSBURG, Pa. – No. 13 Gettysburg held Franklin & Marshall to one second half goal en route to a 7-5 win in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action Wednesday afternoon. The Diplomats fell to 8-5, 3-4 CC while the Bullets improved to 10-3, 6-0 CC.

F&M led 2-1 through the end of the first quarter with scores from A.J. Reichert and Tim Gaines. Reichert scored the first goal of the game at 12:46 and Gaines netted a shot with eight seconds left in the quarter.

The Bullets rallied for two straight scores to open the second quarter and took a 3-2 lead with 9:18 left before halftime before F&M matched Gettysburg with its own two-goal run to retake the lead, 4-3, with 6:34 left in the second. Kevin Kilpatrick scored unassisted at 7:58 and Ben Ross found James Wenk 1:24 later. The Bullets evened the game when Martin Manila scored with 57 seconds left before the break.

Gettysburg scored three unanswered goals in the third quarter to take a 7-4 lead. Colin McKew found Billy Kempner for the only goal by either team in the fourth quarter at 13:01 to make it 7-5.

F&M had multiple scoring opportunities in the fourth, when it outshot the Bullets 12-3, but J.T. McCook came up big for Gettysburg with four saves in the final four minutes. 

Josh Kanter had a team-high four groundballs while Scott Beury and Jimmy Wenk finished with three apiece. 

The Diplomats outshot Gettysburg, 32-25 and scooped more ground balls, 24-22. 

Gettysburg forced 14 turnovers and won 10 of 16 faceoffs. McCook stopped eight shots to earn the win in goal while Cameron Setian (8-5) took the loss with eight saves.

The Diplomats host Dickinson Saturday at 4 p.m.

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Franklin & Marshall.  2  2  0  1 -  5

Gettysburg..........  1  3  3  0 -  7

Franklin & Marshall SCORING: GOALS: A.J. Reichert 1; James Wenk 1; Billy Kempner 1; Kevin Kilpatrick 1; Tim Gaines 1. ASSISTS: Colin McKew 1; Ben Ross 1.

Gettysburg SCORING: GOALS: Robby Maddux 2; Martin Manilla 1; Ryan Fumai 1; Bobby DeWees 1; Austin Dodson 1; Evan Thomas 1. ASSISTS: Bijan Firouzan 3; Robby Maddux 1; Caldwell Rohrbach 1.

SHOTS - Franklin & Marshall 32; Gettysburg 25.

SHOTS ON GOAL - Franklin & Marshall 13; Gettysburg 15.

GOALIES - F&M: Cameron Setian 8-5 (60:00 minutes, 15 shots-8 saves, 7 GA); GC: J.T. McCook 5-3 (60:00, 13-8, 5).