Fourteen different players scored at least one goal as the Chestnut Hill College Men's Lacrosse team cruised to a 27-4 win over D'Youville College Wednesday afternoon at Dobson Field in Buffalo, New York.

The Griffins improve to 2-3 on the season while D'Youville falls to 0-5

Liam McCann (Edmonton, Alberta) led the way with six goals, becoming just the 11^th player in program history to score six or more goals in a game. McCann added an assist for seven total points.  Maurice Kelly  (Fort Saskachewan, Alberta) continued his offensive surge with five goals and two assists, his third straight game with three or more goals.  J.R. Howell (East Meadow, N.Y.) was the third Griffin to record a hat trick with four goals while assisting on a fifth for five total points.

The Griffins received two goals apiece from Mike Smith (Center Valley, Pa.) and P.J. Spernal (Jackson, N.J.) and a goal apiece from Ben Revak (Aston, Pa.), Cade Johnson (Manahawkin, N.J.), Zachary Whelan (Emmaus, Pa.), and Zach Jastrzebski (Hackettstown, N.J.).  In addition, juniors Brandon Lang (Hicksville, N.Y.) and Colby Seneca (Phoenixville, Pa.) along with freshman Sam Slater (Dover, Del.) and William Duddy (Seaside Heights, N.J.) all scored their first collegiate goal in the Wednesday's contest.

Austin Jones (Courtice, Ontario) recorded ten saves in goal to earn his second win of the season. Howell led the team with six ground balls while Duddy added five.  McCann, Seneca, Chase Snyder (Millsboro, Del.) and Javon Felix (Nyack, N.Y.) had four apiece.  Felix won ten of 11 faceoffs on the afternoon.

D'Youville struck first less than a minute into the game before Spernal tied things up with a Man-Up goal at the 10:44 mark.  McCann added the first of his six goals a minute later to give the Griffins a brief 2-1 lead before the Saints tied it up again.  Chestnut Hill closed out the period with four unanswered goals to lead 6-2 heading into the second quarter.

Kelly opened the scoring in the second quarter with his second goal of the game and D'Youville answered less than a minute later, making the score 7-3.  The Griffins offense then took control, outscoring D'Youville 11-0 over the last 11:45 of the period to lead 18-3 at the half.  McCann had four of the 11 goals while Kelly added three more in addition to his opening goal of the period.  Smith scored both his goals in the offensive onslaught, including a man-up shot in the final minute.

Spernal notched his second goal of the game at the 10:16 mark of the third quarter and Howell scored his final two goals of the game to push the lead to 21-3.  D'Youville tallied their final goal of the game with two minutes left in the third quarter. 

Six different players scored a goal in the fourth quarter as the Griffins completed the 27-4 rout of the Saints.

The Chestnut Hill College Men's Lacrosse team returns to action on Saturday, March 12, 2022 when they host St. Michael's College at Victory Field #1 in Lafayette Hill, Pa.