LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 29, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse received a bye into the CACC Tournament Semifinals, but start this week on their postseason journey.
Opponent
No. 3 seed Chestnut Hill (7-5, 6-2 CACC)
Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Track and Field Complex
When
Wednesday, April 30 - 3:30 pm
How to Watch
• Wednesday's game is available to watch on a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of CACC Digital Network. Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page.
Ticketing
$10 - Adults
$5 - Student/Seniors/Children
Previously vs. Chestnut Hill
• This has developed into a terrific CACC rivalry.
• Outside of the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 affected seasons, this will be the sixth straight season these teams have met in the postseason.
• Of late, the Griffins have gotten the better of the Lions winning three of four. CHC is 9-5 against GCU all-time.
• The Griffins are known for low-scoring games, and their affairs with the Lions have been no different. Just four times in 14 games have both teams scoring in double-figures.
• Chestnut Hill defeated the Lions twice last season in Philadelphia. The regular season season match up saw the Griffins jump out to a 4-0 lead. GCU clawed back to within one, 8-7, but Chestnut Hill put it away 9-7.
• In the post season, Chestnut Hill led 6-1 after the first quarter and clamped down defensively on their way to a 12-5 win and a berth in the CACC Championship game.
• Georgian Court snapped a three-game skid with the Griffins during the regular season with a 10-7 win.
• CHC led 5-2 midway through the second quarter before the Lions finished with a flurry, outscoring the Griffins 8-2.
• Tied at seven with less than four minutes to play,
Doug Mackenzie broke the tie and started a 3-0 GCU run in a 1:21 span to put the game away.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court finished the regular season with their highest scoring output of the year.
• The Lions defeated Holy Family 22-13, ending the year at 7-1 in the CACC.
• GCU led wire-to-wire, getting contributions from everyone.
• Ten different Lions scored a point, led by
Brett Bridges with 10 and a career-high tying seven goals.
• All four goalkeepers on the roster saw action as well.
Vincent Burkhart made 12 saves in the first three quarters.
Individual Milestones
• With three points
Doug Mackenzie can move into seventh all-time in career points scored.
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Joe Murphy is one caused turnover away from becoming the third Lion to ever reach 60 in a career.
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Matt Dorrian needs three goals for 40.
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Brett Bridges is now eight points away from 200. The team's all-time leader in points scored would be the first Lion to reach 200.
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Tyler Burns needs one goal for 30 and
Brodie Seaborn needs three. Seaborn is also three points away from 50.
• One more caused turnover will get
Michael Schone to 40.
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Daniel Devitt is six faceoff wins away from 100.
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Max Dennington is one ground ball away from entering the Lions all-time top-10.
Who's Hot?
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Vincent Burkhart has a save percentage above 60% in his last six games.
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Joe Murphy has 13 ground balls in his last five games.
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Max Dennington has caused at least two turnovers in five of his last six games.
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Brodie Seaborn has scored in seven straight with 14 goals in that span.
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Vincent Burns has points in four straight games.
• Stephen Albanses has won more than 50% of his faceoffs in five of his last six games and was 10-10 vs. Holy Family with a goal scored.
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Brett Bridges matched a career-high with seven goals in the regular season finale.
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Matt Dorrian scored a season-high six points against Holy Family.
CACC Stat Leaders
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Brett Bridges sits fourth in the CACC in goals and sixth in points.
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Doug Mackenzie is also in the top-10 in goals.
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Harrison Jordan is seventh in assists.
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Max Dennington is third in the league in caused turnovers with
Joe Murphy eighth.
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Vincent Burkhart has the second most saves in the CACC with 209.
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Stephen Albanese is in the top-10 in ground balls and sixth in faceoff winning percentage.
• The Lions offense is in the top-four in the CACC in points, goals and assists.
• The defense is fourth in caused turnovers.
• GCU is leading the league in man-up offense scoring 41.3% of the time on the power play. They're also fourth on the penalty kill.
Playoff Picture
• Georgian Court is the No. 2 seed in the upcoming CACC Tournament.
• They received a bye into the semifinals and host the semifinal round.
• The other semifinal round sees No. 1 Wilmington take on No. 4 Post, who defeated Bridgeport in the opening round game.
• The Championship game takes place at Dominican Saturday, May 3 between the two winners.
About the Opponent
Chestnut Hill Griffins
• Chestnut Hill finished third in the CACC losing to just Georigan Court and Wilmington, the two teams that finished ahead of them.
• The Griffins finished the season with win in three of their last four games.
• Chestnut Hill is a +1 in goal differential allowing 116 in seven games and having scored 115.
• They've played in a bunch of close games this season. Five games were decided by three goals or less.
• Always a defense first team, CHC is getting strong goalkeeper play from Adam Daley who has a 55.5% save percentage allowing fewer than 10 goals per game.
• CHC has really struggled on the draw winning just 31.9% of all faceoffs this season.
• They are forcing teams into more than 19 turnovers per game.
• Mick Kilgallon is the team's leading scorer with 26 goals and 16 assists.
• Sam Slater has scored 23 times as well on just 51 shots.
• Four defenders have caused at least 10 turnovers for the Griffins.
