Box Score Lyndhurst, N.J. – (4/11/2018) – Chestnut Hill College recovered from yesterday's overtime loss at St. Thomas Aquinas College with today's decisive 17-7 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) triumph over Felician University. Senior attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) headlined the performance, matching his season-high for goals with six tallies, the third of which pushed him over the 100-goal threshold. He is the second Griffin to achieve such a feat, joining Scarlet and Gold great Michael Melnychenko '14 as the only members of the program prestigious club.
 
Felician University (0-9, 0-2) netted the first goal of the contest (1-0, 12:36), but did not find the goal again until midway through the second quarter (9-2, 7:44).Freshman attack J.R. Howell (East Meadow, N.Y.) sparked the Chestnut Hill College (5-7, 2-0) offense, first locating junior attack Casey Brown (Havre de Grace, Md.) to tie the game, 1-1 (7:33), before scoring himself at 6:33 (2-1) and later finding senior midfielder Joshua Pope (Schnecksville, Pa.) to give the Griffins a 3-1 (4:40) edge. From there, Klusaritz scored the first of his tallies (4-1, 1:33), before a string of unassisted Griffin goals expanded the Chestnut Hill College lead to 7-1 at the first-quarter break – the last of which ushered Klusaritz into the Scarlet and Gold elite. The Griffins' lead stood at 10-4 by halftime and with a 3-1 third quarter and a 4-2 fourth quarter grew to 17-7 by game's end.
 
Four Golden Falcons recorded two point apiece; freshman midfielder Anthony Major II (Staten Island, N.Y.) led the group with two scores. He also recorded a ground ball. In goal, freshman Pat Hemmer (Staten Island. N.Y.) (0-9) made 14 saves and collected three ground balls.
 
Klusaritz added a ground ball to historic performance. Howell finished with five points (1 goal, 4 assists) and five ground balls, while three other Griffins offered multiple point efforts. Sophomore attack Scott Wilden (Wexford, Pa.) stood out from that group with two goals and two assists. Sophomore Blake Turner (Tampa, Fla.) dominated the circle with 19 faceoff wins (19-of-23, .826) while senior goalkeeper Matthew Pedrick (New Milford, N.J.) (4-7) made four saves and recovered a ground ball in the opening 48:11.
 
The Chestnut Hill College men's lacrosse team continues their CACC schedule on Saturday, April 14, when they visit Post University for a 1:00 p.m. contest.