SCRANTON, Pa. (Apr. 22, 2017)- Sophomore Chris Snow (Roxbury, N.J. / Roxbury) totaled three points on two goals and one assist as the Centenary University men's lacrosse team dropped a Colonial States Athletic Conference contest to Marywood University, 15-7 on Saturday afternoon.

Matt Casto totaled eight points on six goals and two assists for the Pacers who improve to 7-9 overall and 4-2 in the CSAC. Senior Michael Balsamo (Jackson, N.J. / Jackson Memorial) finished with two points on two goals for the Cyclones who fall to 6-6 overall and 3-3 in the CSAC.

Centenary was playing from behind since the opening faceoffs, as the Pacers scored three unanswered goals to start the game. The Cyclones finally found the back of the net with 3:43 remaining in the first, when junior Nolan Gottshall (Toms River, N.J. / Toms River East) notched an unassisted goal.

Marywood stretched their lead to 5-1, before junior Michael Muff (Havertown, Pa. / Haverford) notched his 30^th goal of the season with 11:09 remaining in the first half. The Pacers responded with another three unanswered goals to hold an 8-2 advantage with 7:02 remaining. Snow finally tallied his first point of the afternoon scoring a goal with less than five minutes to play in the opening stanza. Casto capped off a five points first half for Marywood, by netting a goal with 20 seconds remaining to propel the Pacers to a 9-3 halftime lead.  

Marywood opened the second half stretching their advantage to 11-3, before goals by Balsamo, senior Luke Tremont (Vernon, N.J. / Vernon Township) and Snow cut the Pacers lead to 11-6 with just over two minutes into the final quarter. Casto and Zach Vaughan combined for four goals in the fourth and stretched Marywood's advantage back to 15-6 with 7:23 remaining. Balsamo notched his second and the final goal of the afternoon with a score, off an assist from Snow, at the 6:16 mark.  Centenary would be held to just one shot in the final 6:16 of the contest.

Freshman Chris Howell (Bear, Del. / Delaware Military Academy) finished with five groundballs and went 10-for-25 on faceoffs. Junior Kyle Purcell (Islip, N.Y. / Islip) totaled four groundballs and a caused turnover, while Gottshall scooped up four groundballs. Snow tallied three groundballs, while freshman Nick Bogert (Islip Terrace, N.Y. / St. John the Baptist) finished with two groundballs and two caused turnovers.  Freshman Noah Jones (Rising Sun, Md. / Rising Sun) made five saves in 25:12 between the pipes, while sophomore Chris Cameron (Waldwick, N.J. / Waldwick) finished with two goals and took the loss for Centenary.

Head Coach Matthew Klank and the Cyclones will return to action on Wednesday, Apr. 26^th in Rosemont, Pa. closing the 2017 regular season against the Ravens of Rosemont College at 7:00 p.m.