CLEVELAND, Ohio - Eleven players scored as the Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team doubled up Lake Erie (Ohio) College, 18-9, on Sunday at Cleveland State University's Krenzler Field. The Purple Knights were fifth in the latest New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-0), Lake Erie (1-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Drew Collins (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 2 goals, 6 assists (career high), 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 5 goals (career high), 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Senior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport), 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Sophomore Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 2 goals
• Junior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 10 saves, 2 ground balls in 30 minutes, win
• Junior Spencer Scardino (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 9 saves in 30 minutes of relief
• Sophomore Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 5 faceoff wins, 3 ground balls
• Senior Brian Sardella (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Michael Cammarata Jr. (North Andover, Mass./Saint John's Prep), 3 ground balls
• First-year Benjamin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Mike Flury, 20-for-25 faceoffs, 15 ground balls
• Senior Brendan Luthart, 3 goals
• Senior Kevin Albright, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Jackman Schooley, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Kenneth Shobert, 10 saves

GAME FACTS

• Due to consecutive postponements, Saint Michael's played for the first time since Feb. 17.
• The teams met for the second time, with the Purple Knights winning their first meeting last year, 12-11.
• The Purple Knights picked up 14 caused turnovers on 22 Storm giveaways while committing only 15 of their own. The visitors went 26-for-31 on clears to the hosts' 13-for-18 effort.
• The Purple and Gold's road trip is the second-furthest it has ever traveled to the west, after a three-game swing to the Bay Area in California in 2012.
• First-year Gavin Proutt (Baltimore, Md./Boys' Latin School of Maryland) scored his first college goal.
• Simonson recorded his third consecutive six-point game, while Collins set a career high in points for the second straight contest. Collins' six assists were one short of a school record, as he tallied the most by a Purple Knight since Brian Loughlin '19 had seven on April 13, 2019.
• Katavolos reached the 90-point plateau for his career.
• Saint Michael's scored at least 15 goals for the third straight game for the first time since April 5-9, 2005.

THE ACTION

• Simonson scored three times during a 4-0 second-quarter run that gave Saint Michael's a 7-2 lead by 9:24. Collins tallied the other goal and assisted a pair of Simonson markers, while Grillone dished off an assist.
• Luthart and Schooley both scored man-up goals to bring the Storm within 9-5 by 3:31, with the teams heading into halftime with that score.
• Senior Alex Chirgwin's (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) strike at 8:37 of the third pushed the Purple Knight lead to 13-7 before Lake Erie scored twice in 41 seconds to draw within four by 5:15.
• Saint Michael's countered with the game's final five goals, as five different scorers found the net.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at No. 12 Pace University, 3:30 p.m.
• The Setters are 12th in this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.