5-12-2025 10:14am

GOUCHER LAX

Gophers Win DIII ECAC Championship

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Goucher (11-8, 3-6)	4	2	6	2	14
Westminster (Pa.) (10-9, 5-3)	3	0	0	3	6

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Game Leaders

Goucher

G: 3 Players (#2, #11, #33) - 4A: Jacob Morgan - 6Sv: Jack Smith - 13GB: Nick Pusey - 5

Westminster (Pa.)

G: Gavin Jones - 4A: 2 Players (#11, #26) - 1Sv: Nolan Grieshaber - 13GB: Jack Steimle - 4 Team Stats

Game Statistics	Goucher	Westminster (Pa.)
Shots	48	37
Ground Balls	30	24
Saves	13	15
Clears	24-25	20-25
Turnovers	11	19
Face Offs Won	12	12
Man Up	1-3	0-1

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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The No. 2 seed Goucher College Gophers traveled to face the No. 1 seed Westminster College (Pa.) Titans in the DIII Men's Lacrosse ECAC Championship match. The Gophers held the Titans scoreless in the second and third quarter to win 14-6.

The Titans opened the scoring of the game with a goal coming just under three minutes into the contest.
Kevin Gearhart added an unassisted goal at the 9:40 mark to tie the contest.
With a goal from Jones, Westminster (Pa.) reclaimed the lead before the Gophers rallied (7:11).
With 5:56 remaining in the quarter, Jack Murdaugh finished an unassisted goal to tie the contest again.
Milan Temple scored off a pass from Jacob Morgan give the Gophers the lead, which they never let up.
A minute and a half later, Gianni Karam finished a pass from Murdaugh.
Westminster (Pa.) capped the quarter with a goal with just seven seconds remaining.

There was limited scoring in the second half, despite the 23 shots between the two teams.
Both goals came from Karam, with Morgan and Temple adding assists to their total points in the game.

The Gophers held the Titans scoreless throught the third, while their offense excelled.
Temple added three goals, recording every other one. One goal went unassited, while Scott Tayman and Morgan added assists on the others.
Karam recorded his fourth of the game at the 7:45 mark.
Gearhart and Morgan had a part in two goals, each with a goal and an assist for the other. Gearhart's goal came at the 5:37 mark, while Morgan's goal was on the man-advantage (00:10).

Westminster had their strongest quarter with three goals. The first came almost half way through the final quarter.
Gearhart added two more goals, a minute apart, both from Morgan assists.
The Titans ended the game adding two more goals in the final three minutes.

Morgan was awarded Most Outstanding Player of the contest. This comes after a 13-point (8g, 5a) game in the semifinals, and a 7-point game (1g, 6a) today.
Temple, Gearhart, and Karam all had multiple points in the contsest.
Jack Smith recorded 58 minutes in net, and added 13 saves. Josh Steinmiller added two minutes in net.
The teams were even on faceoffs (12-14), with Temple going 2-2, Jack Schiavone going 1-4, David Vucci went 2-9, and Nick Pusey going 7-9.
Sean Nolan led the team with three caused turnovers, while Nick Gambone and DJ Barnes followed closely behind with two each.
Pusey led the team with five groundballs