Box Score Lafayette Hill, Pa. – (4/15/2017) – Chestnut Hill College sent the 2017 senior class off with plenty of fanfare as several graduating Griffins made major roles in a 17-4 East Coast Conference (ECC) win over the visitors form St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC). Senior midfielder Andrew Dooley (Monroe Township, N.J.), senior attack Tanner Fisher (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia), and senior attack Alec Dambach (Howell, N.J.) were chief among them, but junior attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) was the Scarlet and Gold's leading scorer with four goals.  
 
Junior midfielder Joshua Pope (Schnecksville, Pa.) scored the first goal of the contest for Chestnut Hill College (7-3, 5-1) at 10:55 of the first quarter, 1-0. The rest came regularly as the Griffins controlled a 5-1 edge by the end of the initial frame. A 3-1 second-quarter spread left the Scarlet and Gold up 8-2 at halftime. After the intermission, St. Thomas Aquinas College (4-8, 1-5) endured much of the same as the Chestnut Hill College advantage reached 10 goals, 13-3, on a pinpoint pass from junior midfielder Gerard Lyle (Baldwin, N.Y.) to Dambach, who beat the Spartan goalkeeper and the third-quarter clock (0:01). A 4-1 fourth-quarter spread brought the Griffins a 13-goal, 17-4, victory; the last of the tallies was the first in the collegiate career of freshman midfielder Jake Smith (Delran, N.J.).
 
Junior attack Briele Caples (Rochester, N.Y.) was the Spartans' top performer with two goals, an assist, and a ground ball. Freshman goalkeeper Ryan Guild (New Windsor, N.Y.) (1-4) played most of the minutes in goal (57:53) for STAC, totaling 13 saves and a ground ball.
 
Klusaritz recovered four ground balls to match his scoring, but Dooley recorded the most points for Chestnut Hill College with three goals and two assists. He also collected a ground ball. Fisher finished with three goals, an assist, and a ground ball, while Dambach delivered two goals, two assists, and three ground balls. The Griffins controlled the face-off circle, thanks to their possession control specialist unit comprised of seniors Joseph Pozniak (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) and John McCullough (Floral Park, N.Y.), and freshman Blake Turner (Tampa, Florida). They combined to win 20-of-23 (.870) duels; Pozniak winning the most with a perfect 9-for-9 (1.000). In goal, senior Thomas McDermott (Ridley, Pa.) (7-3) made two saves, recovered five ground balls, and caused one turnover.
 
Also among the seniors recognized were midfielder Andrew Hildebrand (Horsham, Pa.), defenseman Kyle Newman (Plainsboro, N.J.), midfielder Justin Albarran (Freehold, N.J.), defenseman Daniel DePasquale (Livingston, N.J.), defenseman James DeCarlo (Conshohocken, Pa.), midfielder Timothy Vilardi (Little Sliver, N.J.), and defenseman Mark Pascetta (Milmont Park, Pa.).
 
Chestnut Hill College plays next on Saturday, April 22, when they visit #4 the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) for an 11:00 a.m. ECC contest.