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Dominican University New York Athletics
Photo By Tom Salus
Photo By Tom Salus
April 22, 2025

CHARGERS COME UP SHORT AGAINST GOLDEN FALCONS

Box Score

Rutherford, N.J. (4/22/25)  The Dominican University New York men's lacrosse team dropped a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest against host, Felician University, 14-10, this evening in a conference game played on Tryon Field.

With the loss, the Chargers now stand at 3-10 overall and 1-6 in conference play.

Felican opened the game with the first four scores before the Chargers got on the board with a man-down goal from Sean Cosgrove.

Nickolas Paletta scored two unassisted goals in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 6-3 at the intermission.

Dominican scored two straight goals to start the third quarter as Paletta completed the hat trick with his third game goal off the pass from Chad Keyser.  About 14 seconds later, Keyser scored his first goal of the game to bring the Chargers within a goal, 6-5.  A 3-0 run by the Golden Falcons rebuilt a four-goal lead, but Cosgrove broke the run and closed out the third quarter with a goal to make the score, 9-6.

The fourth quarter saw Felician score back-to-back goals, but DUNY countered with two consecutive goals off the stick of Keyser with assists credited to Paletta and Michael Chies.  Following another 2-0 Golden Falcon spurt, Keyser scored two more goals with Cosgrove assisting on the second goal to cut the lead to 13-10.  Felician ended the game with a goal for the fianl 14-10 win.

Keyser led the Chargers with five goals and one assist.

Paletta finished with three scores and one assist, while Cosgrove had two goals and one assist.  Chies tallied one assist in the loss.

Charger goalkeeper Bryce Layton made 12 saves in the contest.

Dominican returns to action tomorrow when they host non-conference opponent, St. Thomas Aquinas College at 4pm on O'Brien Field.

 

 

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.