HILLBURN, NY (April 28, 2023) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse completed the perfect CACC season going 7-0 in conference play following their 17-11 win over Dominican in the regular season finale. The win gives the Lions their second CACC regular season championship in program history. 

How it Happened
• Georgian Court totaled 52 shots in the win with 36 coming on target.
• Dominican finished with 40 shots and 25 on goal.
• The Lions won 18-of-31 face-offs. There were 12-18 on clears while the Chargers were 13-15 on clear attempts.
• Ground ball numbers were close with GCU getting to 32 and Dominican 30.
• Dominican turned the ball over 18 times and GCU lost it 14.
• On the man-advantage, GCU was 3-4 and Dominican 2-4.
First Half
• Georgian Court started the scoring with a pair of early goals from Doug Mackenzie and Daniel Burnham. Mackenzie's was on the man-advantage.
• Dominican quickly tied the game and five minutes in, the game was knotted at two.
• The Lions then rattled off four straight goals and never looked back. Burnham and Brett Bridges each scored two goals.
• The Chargers scored with three seconds left in the first to make it a 6-3 game.
• In the second, Bridges and Joe Zerr putting GCU up five. They kept that lead into the half, 9-4.
Second Half
• GCU scored four of the first five goals in the half to extend their lead to eight, 13-5. Tallen Smith and Vincent Giunta each scored twice during the stretch.
• Trailing by eight, 14-6, Dominican scored four straight early lin the fourth quarter to get to within four, 14-10.
• Tyler Burns and Joe Zerr on the man-up scored to put the game out of reach. Smith added another to get the Lions to the 17-11 final.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Vincent Burkhart in goal made 14 saves with a .560 save percentage.
• Daniel Burnham totaled four goals and three assists for seven points.
• Brett Bridges and Tallen Smith each scored three goals.
• Vincent Giunta scored five points with two goals and three assists.
• Justin Iannarone was 14-21 on the draw with nine ground balls.
• Joe Murphy secured four ground balls.

For the Chargers
• Steffen Peabody made 19 saves in goal.
• Kyle benedetto scored three goals with an assist.
• William Gordon totaled five points with two goals and three assists.
• Joseph DeGregorio grabbed five ground balls.
• Patrick Roderka was 13-29 on face-offs.

News and Notes
• The last Lions CACC regular season championship was in 2018, the first year the league sponsored men's lacrosse.
• Daniel Burnham scored seven points and became the new all-time points leader at Georgian Court.
• Vincent Burkhart won his 11th game, matching Austin Geissel for the most in a single season.
• Michael Ventresca played in his 72nd career game, tying a program record.

Up Next
• The Lions will take on the winner of No. 4 Post and No. 5 Dominican in the semifinals next weekend of the CACC Tournament.