COLCHESTER, Vt. - Senior Drew Collins (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) scored his team's final six goals on Saturday, rallying the Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team past Assumption University, 14-12, during Northeast-10 Conference play on Duffy Field. The Purple Knights received votes toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.

Senior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport) notched a pair of points, becoming the 23rd player in program history with 100 for his career.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-1, 1-1 NE10), Assumption (2-3, 1-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Collins, 6 goals, 2 ground balls
• Katavolos, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Thomas Frisoli (Nahant, Mass./Swampscott), 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 ground balls
• Senior Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Kevin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Nathan Woods (Ottawa, Ontario/Kent School), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 1 goal, 6 ground balls
• Sophomore Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 1 goal, 3 ground balls
• Junior Robbie Sinibaldi (New Port Richey, Fla./J.W. Mitchell), 1 goal
• Sophomore Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 18-for-29 faceoffs, 12 ground balls
• Junior Spencer Scardino (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 8 saves, 2 ground balls in 30 minutes of relief, win
• Sophomore Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 9 saves in 30 minutes
• Senior Brian Sardella (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Ryan Healey, 3 goals, 1 assist, 7 ground balls
• Junior Brady McNulty, 2 goals
• First-year Patrik McGrath, 2 goals
• Junior Dylan Chapel, 8-for-18 faceoffs, 5 ground balls
• Junior Colin Malone, 12 saves, 4 ground balls

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights were fourth in this week's New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) rankings, while the Greyhounds stood fifth.
• Saint Michael's snapped a six-game series losing streak, downing Assumption for the first time since April 9, 2016.
• The Purple and Gold held a 35-34 edge in ground balls, while Assumption had a 47-42 lead in shots.
• Saint Michael's is off to a 4-1 start for the first time since 2012, when it began the year 6-1.
• Wilson moved into a tie for seventh in program history with 144 faceoff wins, matching Seth Metayer '11 while passing Peter Hanson '12 (133) along the way.
• With 286 career saves, Scardino passed Brian Hingston '04 (280) to take over 10th in program history.
• Katavolos reached the 100-point mark on the nose, and is tied with Brian Loughlin '19 for 14th in program history with 76 goals.
• Collins has now totaled 13 goals and 15 points in the past two games.

THE ACTION

• Hughes (14:08) and Sinibaldi (12:51) struck in the opening 2:09 of the contest to give Saint Michael's a 2-0 lead, but the Greyhounds scored eight of the next nine goals to grab an 8-3 advantage by 10:59 of the second. Healey's hat trick led six scorers.
• Simonson's strike at 3:19 brought the Purple Knights with 9-6, but sophomore Nick Polymeros won the ensuing faceoff before heading straight to goal and tallying, pushing the visitors' lead back to four. The score remained 10-6 at halftime.
• As he has done in every game this year, Scardino entered between the pipes for the second half. The netminder keyed the comeback by denying eight of the 10 Assumption shots sent on goal.
• In the meantime, the Purple Knights began the third quarter with five straight goals to take the lead. Woods (14:10) and Grillone (13:44) found the net early before Collins potted a natural hat trick in a matter of 5:11, with his man-up tally off of Hughes' feed at 4:45 giving the hosts an 11-10 edge.
• McGrath knotted the game at 3:28, but Collins scored twice in 49 seconds to put the Purple and Gold ahead 13-11 at 8:47 of the fourth quarter, giving the hosts the final lead.
• After McGrath scored again with 1:36 left, Wilson won the ensuing faceoff, and Katavolos ran more than 30 seconds off the clock while eluding Assumption's double-team efforts before dishing off to Collins for a clinching tally at 44 seconds. The helper was Katavolos' 100th career point.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday at No. 1 Le Moyne College, 2 p.m.
• The Dolphins' national ranking is according to the USILA.