NEWARK, Del. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team's fourth-quarter rally came up short in a 13-9 loss to nationally-regarded Wilmington (Del.) University on Wednesday at the WU Athletics Complex. The Purple Knights are tied for fifth in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll, while the Wildcats received votes toward the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-5), Wilmington (2-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport), 3 goals
• Senior Kyle Hirshom (Walpole, Mass./Walpole), 2 goals, 2 ground balls
• Junior Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Robbie Sinibaldi (New Port Richey, Fla./J.W. Mitchell), 1 goal
• First-year Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 1 goal
• Sophomore Spencer Scardino (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 11 saves, 5 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Connor Brennan (Newington, Conn./Newington), 3 ground balls, 6-for-14 faceoffs
• Sophomore Michael Cammarata Jr. (North Andover, Mass./Saint John's Prep), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 3 ground balls
• Senior Joseph Gerardi (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Brian Sardella (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Jacob Herman, 3 goals, 3 assists
• Sophomore Logan Stinson, 3 goals, 2 assists, 5 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Jimmy Cava, 2 goals
• Junior Anton Mackey, 6 ground balls, 8-for-9 faceoffs
• Sophomore Tucker Plasse, 7-for-15 faceoffs
• Junior Jason Roland, 11 saves in 53:53
• Senior Noah Given, 1 save in 6:07 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time.
• Sinibaldi scored the first goal of his college career.
• In the Purple Knights' last four games, they have now faced two nationally-ranked foes and another receiving votes.

THE ACTION

• Katavolos potted the first goal of the game, at 11:35 of the opening period.
• Wilmington scored 12 of the next 13 goals, with eight players tallying. Herman and Stinson both had hat tricks in that time, with the latter netting a pair of man-up goals. Chirgwin had the Purple Knight marker, at 2:10 of the first frame. The Wildcats led 12-2 16 seconds into the third period.
• Saint Michael's ended the game with a 7-1 scoring surge. Katavolos (10:28) and Simonson (8:22) scored 2:06 apart in the third before the visitors netted all five goals of the fourth quarter. Hirshom scored a pair, while Hughes, Katavolos and Sinibaldi all tallied once.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. No. 10 Pace University, 12 p.m.
• The Setters' national ranking is according to the USILA.