WATERBURY, Conn. – Only one word can accurately describe the performance put on by Post University Men's Lacrosse on Saturday afternoon at LaMoy Field. Historic. The Eagles jumped out to a 17-2 lead by halftime as nine first-half goals for junior attacker Robbie McGrayne not only gave him his 100^th career goal, but also led to him etching his name in the record books for Post as he finished with a program-record 10 goals in the 23-3 win.
 
With his 10 points in the game, McGrayne also placed himself tied for second all-time for most single-game points and has 134 points in his career which is the second-most in the program behind senior attacker Dylan Heald.

THE BASICS

Post University 23, Holy Family University 3

Post University (7-5, 3-1 CACC)

Holy Family University (2-9, 0-4 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Looking beyond the box score, the records were numerous across the board for Post University as a whole. McGrayne's marks put him at 104 career goals behind Heald, who had two goals today, for the program lead which is 114 goals. Earlier this season, the Oshawa, Ontario native became the fourth player as well to reach the 100 Point Club as he joined his teammate in Heald reaching that mark and is now the second player to top 100 career goals in the program's history.
 
Moving on to sophomore attacker Ryan Denike, he had five assists in the affair which tied him for second all-time for most single-game assists with himself. Denike reached that mark last year against Felician on April 28^th, 2023 in that 19-5 victory for the Eagles.
 
But then come the team accolades which were plentiful for Post. With 23 team goals, they placed themselves second all-time for most goals in a single game behind only a pair of 24-goal games against Alderson Broaddus in 2014 and 2023. As a team, the Eagles recorded 17 total assists which surpassed the record set 10 years ago on April 19^th, 2014 at Alderson Broaddus when they had 15 team assists.
 
In that same game in 2014, Post had also registered 39 team points and that mark was also shattered on Saturday as the team combined for 40 total points to set that program record as well. Narrowly setting another record, 67 total shots in the game was the new program high mark as it beat out the 66-shot effort that the Eagles had on April 24^th, 2019 against Felician at home.
 
But the records were not just limited to offense either as the defense broke down the wall on three more program marks. As a team, Post allowed only 18 total shots to Holy Family, an all-time low for the Eagles whose previous low was 19 shots set just earlier this year against St. Thomas Aquinas at home in the team's first-ever shutout victory.
 
After the last game which saw the Eagles tally up 54 ground balls, ranking second in the history of the program, 51 ground balls today placed them fourth all-time in that category as well just behind the 52 ground balls gathered against D'Youville University last February.
 
Rounding out the record-breaking afternoon was the team tying the all-time caused turnovers mark for a single game which had been done twice before. Post forced Holy Family into 19 caused turnovers in the game which tied them with the 2023 Alderson Broaddus game and a 2022 matchup with AIC for most in program history.

As a collective, 15 different Eagles recorded points, 11 scored goals, nine assisted on goals, and the entire roster saw playing time in the 23-3 win. While senior goalie Cole George got the win with three saves on five shots in the first half, goalies Russell Robinson, Joseph Seminatore, and Nolan Martin all got in between the pipes for Post with three of the four coming away with at least one save.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Robbie McGrayne becomes the second player in program history to surpass the 100-career goal mark, joining Dylan Heald to reach the accolade – McGrayne also surpasses himself as well as Alex Brownlee and Nick Meier from most single-game goals which was seven before his 10-goal day
• This season, Post University is now 5-1 when they hold their opponent to under 10 goals in a game with the outlier being their 9-7 loss against Franklin Pierce in February
• Post University won 17-of-28 faceoffs today and improved to 4-1 on the season when winning more than 50% of the draws in the faceoff circle this season with the one loss being a 9-7 defeat at Franklin Pierce
• This was the first meeting between the two teams as Holy Family University just began its Men's Lacrosse program this spring

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University will hit the road for a conference game against Dominican (N.Y.) set for Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 PM. After losing five straight matchups against the Chargers, the Eagles have won each of their last two games in the head-to-head series which both came last year.