DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's lacrosse team fell to the Chowan Hawks by a score of 12-3 on Saturday in ERAU's inaugural game. The Blue and Gold stand at 0-1 on the year while Chowan moves to 2-0.
 
Kyle Dalrymple scored the first goal in program history and finished the day with a pair of goals while Jacob Saccal scored a goal and picked up five ground balls. Michael Forte finished with a match-best five turnovers caused and tied with Ryan Manning for the most ground balls with seven. Ian Heggblod was a force in the faceoff circle, going 11-for-13.
 
The Eagles outshot the Hawks 36-28, but CU put more shots on goal, leading that category 22-15. ERAU was 18-for-24 in clears, while CU was a nearly-identical 19-for-25. The Eagles held the edge in ground balls, 39-28, and in faceoffs, 13-3.
 
The first quarter was a defensive struggle, with neither side able to hit the net for the first 10 minutes. Chowan's Nick LaVoy broke the scoreless tie with a man-up goal 10:41 into the contest, and the Hawks added another goal before the end of the period to lead 2-0 after the first quarter.
 
CU notched four more goals in the second quarter while holding ERAU off the scoreboard, giving the Hawks a 6-0 lead at halftime.
 
After Chowan's Alex Clabaugh extended the lead to 7-0 just over five minutes into the third, Dalrymple took a feed from Joey Santella and drilled a shot into the back of the net for the first goal in program history. Clabaugh tallied another goal to give CU an 8-1 advantage heading to the fourth quarter.
 
Saccal scored less than a minute into the fourth quarter and Dalrymple tallied his second goal with 5:33 to play, trimming the deficit to 9-3. Chowan answered with three goals in the final four minutes to account for the 12-3 final score.
 
The Eagles head to Pensacola next weekend for a pair of neutral-site games, beginning with a Friday tilt (Feb. 16) with Alabama-Huntsville, followed by a Sunday contest (Feb. 18) against Montevallo.