Box Score Lakewood, N.J. – (4/27/2018) – A drastic change from the regular season meeting in Waterbury, Connecticut, today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Semifinal ended with #2 Chestnut Hill College claiming a decisive 18-1 victory over #3 Post University. The lopsided final was the second of the day at Georgian Court University, where the top-seeded Lions defeated #3 Wilmington University by a 17-4 margin in other CACC Semifinal. The Scarlet and Gold will challenge the Lions in the inaugural CACC Men's Lacrosse Championship, which is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 29.
 
Chestnut Hill College (7-9) began the onslaught with 4-1, first-quarter edge. Junior attack Casey Brown (Havre de Grace, Md.) located senior attack Dylan Klusaritz (Slatington, Pa.) (1-0, 11:08) and sophomore attack Scott Wilden (Wexford, Pa.) (2-0, 7:45) for the first two goals of the contest, 2-0. Klusaritz added a third Griffin goal off a feed from freshman attack J.R. Howell (East Meadow, N.Y.) at 7:03, before a Post University (2-12) interruption ruined what could have been a semifinal shut out, 3-1 (6:13). The Griffins scored once more before the end of the period, 4-1 (0:46), and 14 more times before the contest came to a close with an 18-1 final.
 
Junior attack Scott Olsen (Old Bridge, N.J.) scored the Eagles' lone goal, completing a pass from sophomore defenseman Jake Bova (Trumbull, Conn.) in the first quarter. Olsen also recovered three ground balls. Sophomore goalkeeper Manuele D'Alessio (Mount Laurel, N.J.) made 10 saves and corralled a ground ball in the loss (2-8).
 
Brown led Chestnut Hill College for a third consecutive contest, totaling a career-high 10 points (6 goals, 4 assists) in addition to three ground balls. Four other Griffins recorded multiple points in the affair, including Klusaritz (4 goals, 1 assist), Wilden (2 goals), and Howell (2 goals, 3 assists), who each scored at least twice apiece. Senior defenseman Kyle Newman (Plainsboro, N.J.) scored his third goal of the season with 12:44 (6-1) remaining in the second quarter, while junior midfielder Troy Ellers (Wantagh, N.Y.) recorded his first goal of the season as the contest's final tally (18-1, 6:06). Sophomore Blake Turner (Tampa, Fla.) won 13-of-18 (.722) face-offs, while senior goalkeeper Matthew Pedrick (New Milford, N.J.) earned the win (6-9) with 14 saves and a ground ball in the first three quarters. Sophomore goalkeeper Stephen Hogan Jr. (Doylestown, Pa.) recorded eight saves in the fourth frame.