Pedrick Recognized As ECC Top Defender, Dambach Don Honor Roll
Central Islip, N.Y. - (4/18/2016) – After two weeks off, Chestnut Hill College scored the first two goals of Saturday’s game at Roberts Wesleyan College, who they kept a step ahead of in the first half, 7-5, and put away in the second half with an eight-goal run that spanned the duration of the third quarter and half of the fourth in a 16-7 East Coast Conference (ECC) victory. For their play in the victory, junior attack Alec Dambach (Howell, N.J.) and sophomore goalkeeper Matthew Pedrick (New Milford, N.J.) were recognized on this week’s ECC Men’s Lacrosse Report. Pedrick garnered the league’s Defensive Player of the Week award for his spectacular 17-save starting debut.
Dambach scored the first goal of the game just a minute (14:00) after the opening faceoff, 1-0. The next Chestnut Hill College (3-6, 3-3) goal came just 38 seconds later (13:22) on a man-up connection between freshman attack Casey Brown (Havre de Grace, Md.) and senior attack Michael Plaia (Hicksville, N.Y.), 2-0. Roberts Wesleyan College (3-10, 1-5) briefly cut the deficit to one goal, 2-1, with a man-up goal of their own at 12:50, but after an exchange of tallies an unassisted score from senior George Markey (Branchburg, N.J.) gave the Scarlet and Gold a 4-2 advantage heading to the second quarter. There, Dambach’s third goal (11:26) and an unassisted effort from senior defenseman Derick Darnulc (Baldwin, N.Y.) increased the Griffin advantage to 6-2 five minute before halftime (5:00). The Red Hawks gave their best to narrow the gap by one at the break, 7-4, but the effort was overshadowed by Chestnut Hill College’s upcoming eight-goal run. Darnulc sparked the streak with a second unassisted goal at 12:56, 8-4. Succeeding Griffin goals came at 10:40 (9-4), 9:54 (10-4), 5:02 (11-4), 3:56 (12-4), 9:09 (13-4) of the fourth quarter, 8:06 (14-4), and 7:21 (15-4), leaving a late Red Hawks rebuttal futile in a 16-7 final.
Dambach recorded his fourth game of five points or more with three goals and two assists in the contest. The performance established him as the third Griffin to eclipse the 100-point threshold. Pedrick was solid in his first collegiate start, earning the win (1-0) with 17 saves, a ground ball, and two caused turnovers.
The Griffins conclude their 2016 schedule with four straight home the games, the first of which is a 7:00 p.m. contest versus Georgian Court University.
