Box Score Lafayette Hill, Pa. - (4/18/2015) – A lethal dose of sophomore attack Alec Dambach (Howell, N.J.) and freshman attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) did Roberts Wesleyan College in as Chestnut Hill College cruised to an 18-6 East Coast Conference (ECC) triumph in front of a celebratory crowd at Victory Field #1. After honoring a senior class comprised of midfielder Nicholas Johnson (Germantown, Md.), defenseman Scott Parke (Springfield, Pa.), attack Francisco Barone (Cape May Court House, N.J.), defenseman Frank Berry III (Mission Viejo, Calif.), and midfielder Christopher Mertens (Freeport, N.Y.), the Griffins dismantled the Redhawks defenses with their top offensive production of the season.

After a tightly played first quarter, Chestnut Hill College (6-6, 4-4) went to work on the Roberts Wesleyan College (3-11, 1-6) goal. By the halftime the Griffin advantage reached seven, 9-2, and as the third quarter came to a close on a 13-4 home lead. Sharing the load, junior attack Michael Plaia (Hicksville, N.Y.) scored the first two Griffin goals. Mertens scored Griffins third goal of the quarter and in the second quarter tallies followed from junior attack Tanner Fisher (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia), junior attack George Markey (Branchburg, N.J.), Klusaritz, Berry, Klusaritz again, and Plaia once more to put the halftime deficit at nine goals.

In the second half the Redhawk scores served only as interruptions to the Griffins execution. With Dambach directing the offense, the Griffins increased the spread to ten goals, 13-3, by the end of the third quarter and as many as 12 goals just before the 6-minute mark (6:21). He totaled six assists before it was all said and done, and he added a goal of his own for good measure to bring his point total to seven for the day. Klusaritz netted the same with five goals and two assists; both were busy elsewhere as Dambach recorded five ground balls while Kusaritz added four ground balls and a caused turnover.

The Redhawks six goals were spread among three players with sophomore attack Matt Benedict (Victoria, B.C.) providing two of their three assists while scooping up a ground ball. Junior midfielder Seth Miller (Spencerport, N.Y.) won a majority of the face-offs (15-of-23, 65.2%), recovering nine ground balls in the process. Sophomore goalkeeper Keith Keehn (Penfield, N.Y.) played took the loss (3-11) while making 13 saves.

In addition to Dambach and Klusaritz, Plaia, Fisher, Markey, Berry, and freshman midfielder Joshua Pope (Schnecksville, Pa.) all got in on the action. Sophomore goalkeeper Thomas McDermott (Holmes, Pa.) and junior goalkeeper Drew Lamela (Brick, N.J.) both saw time. McDermott earned the win (6-6) in the opening 45 minutes with eight saves while Lamela made three in the last 15. 

The men's lacrosse team concludes the 2015 regular season with a 1:00 p.m. contest at Post University on Saturday, April 25.