East Stroudsburg, Pa. - (9/4/2018) – The Griffins traveled to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to take on the Warriors in a non-conference matchup this evening. East Stroudsburg University (ESU) got off to a quick start scoring two goals within the first three and a half minutes that caused Chestnut Hill College to play catch up. Goals from sophomore defenseman
Matt Kehr (Exton, Pa.) and sophomore forward
Andrew Thompson (Galloway, N.J.) were not enough to combat ESU, resulting in a 6-2 loss.
East Stroudsburg University (2-0) struck early in the contest scoring goals at 1:13 (1-0) and 3:32 (2-0). Chestnut Hill College (1-2) created scoring opportunities but had a hard time connecting. Unfortunately, the Warriors capitalized off their chances, notching two more tallies at 13:55 (3-0) and 15:13 (4-0). By 22:12 Kehr found his footing with a cross from the left side that snuck past the keeper producing the Griffin's first goal, 3-1. Things started to look promising and at 31:28, when a header by Thompson - assisted from senior midfielder
Tyler Johnson (Howell, N.J.) - put the Griffins within reach of the Warriors, 4-2. Still, before the first period ended ESU recorded one more goal (5-2, 41:27); Thompson had the Griffins' final attempt of the first half at 43:48 but was denied ending the half.
Both teams found it difficult to score in the second half as only one goal was logged by ESU, 6-2 (77:57). Despite Chestnut Hill College's seven shot attempts, none found the back of the net.
Senior forward Eddy Enowbi (Silver Spring, Md.) headlined scoring two goals while four other Warriors chipped in one goal each. Senior goal keeper Will Boerema (Buffalo, N.Y.) made six saves in the win.
Kehr and Thompson recorded the Griffins' only two goals, while Johnson logged the lone assist. Sophomore goalkeeper
Sergio Hernandez (Ossining, N.Y.) (1-2) collected eight saves.
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Chestnut Hill College host their season opener and first CACC matchup of the season against Bloomfield College on Saturday, September 8, for a 3:00 p.m. start.
