Central Islip, N.Y. – (5/3/2017) – A 7-6 overtime win over #16 LIU Post on March 11 triggered a 7-2 run through the remainder of the Chestnut Hill College men's lacrosse season. The streak included dominate East Coast Conference (ECC) wins over Dominican College (17-9 on 3/25), the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) (19-6 on 4/1), Georgian Court University (GCU) (22-4 on 4/22), St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) (17-4 on 4/15), and most recently, Molloy College (16-7 on 4/29). The streak propelled the Griffins to their first ECC Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament since the 2014 season as the Scarlet and Gold serves at the #3 seed and travels today, Wednesday, March 3, to Dobbs Ferry, New York, for a 3:00 p.m. semifinal at #2 Mercy College (LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO). The second ECC Semifinal match takes place in Old Westbury, New York, where #1 New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will host #4 LIU Post.

ECC MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
 
Chestnut Hill College (8-4, 6-2) received votes in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike Division II Men's Lacrosse Coaches Poll each week of the season. After the victory over the Pioneers, the first Griffins captured their second ECC win with a 17-9 home opener versus Dominican College. Riding high – with respective ECC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week awards bestowed on junior attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) and senior goalkeeper Thomas McDermott (Ridley, Pa.) – Chestnut Hill College welcomed Mercy College to Victory Field #1 for a midweek ECC clash on Wednesday, March 29. The Griffins recovered from a 7-5 third-quarter deficit to force overtime with unassisted scores from – recently named team Most Valuable Player (MVP) - senior attack Alec Dambach (Howell, N.J.) and classmate, Tanner Fisher (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia). But the extra frame only lasted 19 seconds (3:41) as freshman midfielder Anthony DeVito (Rocky Point, N.Y.) converted the period's only shot and ended the contest in the Mavericks' favor, 8-7.
 
The Scarlet and Gold used the defeat as inspiration, winning five of their last six contests, three in blowout fashion. It was another 50-point season for Dambach, which was complimented by a 30-goal season from Fisher and a balanced supporting cast that featured a 30-point season from Klusaritz, a 20-goal season from freshman Carson Rees (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia), and an x-factor in Andrew Dooley (Monroe Township, N.J.), who tied the program's single-game scoring mark with six goals in the season finale victory at Molloy College.
 
Senior goalkeeper Thomas McDermott (Ridley, Pa.) was a four-time ECC Defensive Player of the Week and scored the Griffins first tally by a net-minder with a long distance missile in Chestnut Hill College's win over the Pioneers. He currently ranks third in the nation for saves (138), eighth for save percentage (.603), and 24^th in saves-per-game (11.5), helping the Griffins' provide the nation's fifth-ranked defense (7.9 goals allowed-per-game).