PITTSBURGH, Pa. - April 22, 2023 - Chatham Men's Lacrosse hosted Franciscan University this afternoon for their senior day matchup. The Cougars would get off to an early lead, which would only build throughout the game and give the home team a crucial 12-5 victory.

First-year Jacob Lubawy wasted no time getting the scoring spree started. He had a hat trick within the first six minutes of the game, separated by two goals from classmate Trent Griffin.

Sophomore Ethan Rinker would get on the board with assistance from first-year Alex Stanuikynas in the second. Junior Isaac Joshi would follow Rinker for the Cougars' seventh goal, assisted by Lubawy.

In the third, sophomore Paul Freyre would score twice, citing assists from Rinker and first-year Matt Woodall. Between Freyre's efforts, Jacob Lubawy helped Trent Griffin complete a hat trick of his own.

The fourth quarter saw both Rinker and Joshi score their second goals of the evening. Rinker's goal was man-down and Joshi's was assisted by graduate student Gilchrist Quansah.

Senior Brennen Redcay led the Cougars in both ground balls and caused turnovers with seven each. Classmate Clark Styles followed with six ground balls, while also going 11-18 at the face-off X.

In net, first-year Brett Zaruba made 10 saves to pick up his third career win, all three of which have been in PAC play.

With the win, the Cougars improve to 3-2 in conference and 6-8 overall. They look to increase their win count on Tuesday, April 25th when they travel to Westminster College for their final conference road contest of the regular season.