COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team lost to second-ranked Le Moyne College, 15-4, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference action at Duffy Field. The Dolphins, who won last year's NCAA Tournament, are second in both national polls this week.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-8, 0-4 NE10), Le Moyne (8-1, 4-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport), 2 goals, 4 ground balls
• Senior Kyle Hirshom (Walpole, Mass./Walpole), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• First-year Zach Watson (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Pomfret School), 1 goal
• Junior Brian Sardella (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Spencer Scardino (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 13 saves in 45 minutes
• First-year Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 5 saves in 15 minutes of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt senior Zach Pierce, 3 goals, 2 assists
• First-year Ryan Eisenmann, 4 goals
• Senior Sam Kury, 10 ground balls, 14-for-17 faceoffs
• Senior Nico Mattia, 6-for-6 faceoffs
• Grauate student Frank Delia, 11 saves in 53:53
• Junior Hayden Hoerner, 1 save in 6:07 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights committed only 12 turnovers to the Dolphins' 13, and were 19-for-21 on clears to Le Moyne's 19-for-20 effort.
• Watson scored his first collegiate goal.
• With 39 career caused turnovers, Sardella is one short of the program's top 10.
• Katavolos scored his 14th career man-up goal, matching Pete Donnally '13 for fourth in program annals.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's kept Le Moyne off the board until late in the first quarter, when senior Kevin Sheehan scored with 4:07 left and classmate Colin Sypek followed at 1:57.
• Eisenmann's natural hat trick extended the lead to 6-0 by 4:07 of the second frame.
• Saint Michael's responded with a 3-2 spurt during a 3:37 span that bridged halftime. Hirshom notched his goal and assist, while Katavolos and Watson also scored.
• Le Moyne scored the next five goals to pull away.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at The College of Saint Rose, 4 p.m.