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Photo of #23 Zachary Souza running with the ball in his stick and a defender by his side.. Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
April 11, 2026

CHARGERS TOPPED BY WILDCATS

Box Score

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/11/26)  The Dominican University New York men's lacrosse team were upended by the Wildcats of Wilmington University, 19-8, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played on O'Brien Field.

With the loss, the Chargers fall to 4-10 overall and 1-5 in conference play.

Dominican opened the scoring with the game's first goal on the man-up opportunity as senior Zachary Souza netted the goal off the pass from Chad Keyser for the early lead with 11:03 left in the quarter.  WU countered less than a minute later and closed out the quarter with back-to-back scores for a 3-1 lead after one quarter of play.

The Wildcats went on to outscore the Chargers 4-2 in the second quarter to push ahead 7-3 at the intermission.  Souza scored his second game goal off the pass from Sean Cosgrove with 11:34 left and Ian McDow closed out the period with a goal.

DUNY opened the third quarter with back-to-back goals from Ryan Gonzalez and Cosgrove to cut the deficit to 7-5, but three straight goals from the 'Cats rebuilt a 10-5 advantage.  Keyser broke the run with a man-up goal with 2:53 left in the period, but a WilmU goal closed out the quarter and put them ahead, 11-6.

Wilmington outscored Dominican, 8-2, in the final quarter to bring home the 19-8 win.  In the fourth, Keyser netted his second goal off the pass from Nate Melnick with 8:16 to play and Nickolas Paletta recorded the game's last score with nine seconds left.

Keyser finished with two goals and one assist, while Souza netted two goals.

Goalie Nicholas Creisher made 19 saves in the loss.

The Chargers return to action on April 18th when they travel to the University of Bridgeport for a 6:30pm game.

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.