LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team lost at Chestnut Hill (Pa.) College, 17-9, on Sunday at Victory Field #1. The Purple Knights were tied for fifth in this week's New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-4), Chestnut Hill (3-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Spencer Scardino (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), career-high 22 saves
• Junior Drew Collins (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 3 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport), 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 ground balls
• Senior Kyle Hirshom (Walpole, Mass./Walpole), 2 goals
• First-year Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Nathan Woods (Ottawa, Ontario/Kent School), 1 goal, 2 ground balls
• First-year Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 1 goal
• Sophomore Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 5 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Josh Jenkins (Tyngsboro, Mass./Bishop Guertin), 9 faceoff wins, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Michael Cammarata Jr. (North Andover, Mass./Saint John's Prep), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Ben Revak, 4 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Maurice Kelly, 2 goals, 3 assists
• Junior Mike Smith, 3 goals, 1 assist
• Senior J.R. Howell, 3 goals
• First-year Liam McCann, 3 goals
• Junior Zach Schultz, 1 goal, 15-for-22 faceoffs, 9 ground balls
• Junior Austin Jones, 16 saves in 55:34
• Sophomore Julius Sorino, 0 saves in 4:26 of relief
• Sophomore Kyle Gartenmayer, 3 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the second time, and first since March 13, 2018.

THE ACTION

• Neither team scored until combining for a flurry of five goals in a 5:13 span late in the first period.
• Howell and McCann tallied twice within three seconds to make it 2-0 by 6:28 before Revak scored at 3:13.
• Collins converted junior Alex Chirgwin's (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) feed at 2:17, and Katavolos scored 59 seconds later off of a Collins pass. Saint Michael's leveled the score 36 seconds into the second period when Collins potted a man-up goal off of Katavolos' crossing pass.
• Chestnut Hill used a 6-1 run that spanned halftime to take control. McCann and Smith netted a pair apiece in that time, and the Griffins led 9-4 on Shultz's goal 11 seconds into the third stanza.
• Hirshom countered 52 seconds later, and Simonson scored (9:13) and assisted Hughes (8:30) around a Smith goal (9:04) to bring Saint Michael's within 10-7.
• Revak's goal at 7:21 capped a stretch of four goals in 1:52, kicking off a 5-0 Griffin run during which he posted three tallies.
• Hirshom and Woods both scored in the final 5:27.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Wilmington (Del.) University, 3 p.m.
• The Wildcats received votes toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.