Box Score Shirley, N.Y. - (3/26/2016) – Chestnut Hill College continued their recent string of contests versus nationally ranked East Coast Conference (ECC) opponents as they visited #9 Dowling College for this afternoon competition. The Golden Lions used a 6-1 first-quarter advantage to avoid the Griffins' brief second-quarter rally, 7-4, and claim a 14-6 league victory on their home field. Junior attack Alec Dambach (Howell, N.J.) led the Griffins in scoring with a pair of goals, but sophomore midfielder Brian Sinex (Holmes, Pa.) was the Scarlet and Gold's top point provider with a goal and two assists.
 
Dowling College (6-2, 2-1) scored the contest's first two goals in the opening five minutes, 2-1 (10:42), of the affair. Chestnut Hill College (1-6, 1-3) got on the scoreboard with a Dambach man-up goal at 7:19, 2-1, but that was the only Griffin goal until 6:38 of the second quarter, when sophomore attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) scored a second man-up tally that left the home team's advantage at 7-2. Sinex assisted him on that tally and junior midfielder Andrew Dooley (Monroe Township, N.J.) on the next, which came less than two minutes later (4:50) and narrowed the deficit to four tallies, 7-3. The rally continued with Dambach scoring a goal five seconds (0:05) before halftime, 7-4, and junior midfielder Justin Albarran (Freehold, N.J.) cutting the margin to just two goals, 7-5, at 13:29 of the third quarter. But that was as close as the Griffins would get with the Golden Lions outscoring them 7-1 to the final buzzer, 14-6.
 
Senior attack Brian White (Bayport, N.Y.) led the Golden Lions with nine points on six goals and three assists. Junior midfielder Josh Shaw (Bayport, N.Y.) supported him with four points of his own (three goals and an assist) while graduate midfielder Bryan Anderson (Bayport, N.Y.) won 13-of-23 (.565) face-offs and recovered seven ground balls. In goal, freshman Ryan Sommers (Shirley, N.Y.) earned the win (6-2) with nine saves and a ground ball.
 
Dambach added three ground balls to his goals while Sinex hustled to three ground balls in addition to his offensive production. Albarran offered an assist and a ground ball in excess of his score while junior Thomas McDermott (Holmes, Pa.) totaled three saves, a ground ball, and a caused turnover in the losing effort (1-6).
 
The men's lacrosse team's ECC slate continues at Dominican College, who they visit for a 12:00 p.m. contest on Saturday, April 2.