Griffin Notches First Career Assist

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Host Muhlenberg jumped out to a 9-2 halftime lead on its way to a 14-3 win over visiting Washington College in Centennial Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Scotty Wood Stadium.  The Mules are 3-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference, while the Shoremen are 2-5 and 1-4 respectively. 

Muhlenberg 14 Washington College 3

How It Happened
- The Mules scored the game's first two goals to lead 2-0 with 9:57 left in the first quarter on PJ Lombara goal from Ethan Grossman. 
- Chase Orr would get the Shoremen on the board with 5:46 remaining in the first on an unassisted score before Jack Kraemer answered for Muhlenberg with 1:47 left on a feed from Dominick Visintin to give the hosts a 3-1 lead after one.
- Muhlenberg scored the first three goals of the second quarter to extend its lead to 6-1 on a Visintin goal from Grossman with 10:18 left.
- Logan Clefisch ended the run to trim the lead to 6-2 with 8:39 remaining with Keen Griffin as Griffin notched his first career helper on the tally.
- The Mules would score the last three of the second to take a 9-2 lead into halftime with Matt Marrella capping the scoring with four seconds left on an unassisted score.
- Muhlenberg outscored Washington 2-1 in the third quarter and 3-0 in the fourth quarter to provide the final margin.

For The Shoremen (2-5, 1-4 CC)
- Scoring: Orr, Clefisch and Ewan Temple (goal), Griffin (assist)
- In Goal: Chris Del Rosario (60:00, 14 goals allowed, 15 saves)
- Kyle Gittelman (game-high five ground balls and three caused turnovers to tie for game best)
- Washington had 14 turnovers, caused eight Muhlenberg turnovers and went 0-for-1 on the man-up.
- The Shoremen were 23-for-25 in clears and held a 34-32 edge in ground balls.

For Muhlenberg (3-3, 3-1 CC)
- Scoring: Visintin (four goals and two assists), Grossman (three goals and three assists), Alexander Giaquinto (two goals), Kraemer, Lombara and Marrella (goal and assist)
- In Goal: Max May (33:38, two goals allowed, five saves), Stephen Krug (24:11, one goal allowed, five saves), Jack Avis (2:11, zero goals allowed and saves)
- Matt Burke (12 face-off wins and four ground balls), Cole Draghi (three caused turnovers to tie for tops in contest)
- Muhlenberg held a 57-37 advantage in shots and won 12 of the game's 19 face-offs.
- The Mules were 24-for-26 in clears, 1-for-3 in man-up situations and turned it over 14 times, while notching seven caused turnovers.

Up Next
5/1 v. Dickinson – 12:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Game)
- Senior Day and home and season finale.