COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team lost to The College of Saint Rose, 16-9, on Wednesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play on Duffy Field. The contest was the first for the Purple Knights under the new permanent lights on Duffy Field.

Saint Michael's received votes toward both national polls this week, while the Golden Knights received national votes from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) as recently as last week.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-3, 1-3 NE10), Saint Rose (4-8, 2-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 5 goals (tied career high), 1 assist
• Sophomore Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 17 saves (career high), 5 ground balls
• Senior Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal, 3 assists
• Sophomore Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 2 goals
• Senior Drew Collins (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 2 assists
• Senior Max Katavolos (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport), 1 goal, 3 ground balls
• First-year Benjamin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 1 assist, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Brian Sardella (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial), 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Matt Costantino (North Andover, Mass./The Brooks School), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 3 caused turnovers
• Junior Lochlan Sheridan (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead), 3 ground balls
• Sophomore Thomas Frisoli (Nahant, Mass./Swampscott), 3 caused turnovers
• First-year Gavin Proutt (Baltimore, Md./Boys' Latin School of Maryland), 3 ground balls
• Sophomore Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 7 faceoff wins, 3 ground balls

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Eddie Baker, 6 goals, 4 caused turnovers
• First-year Jack Rice, 6 assists
• Senior Cam Smith, 3 goals
• Graduate student Eoghan Sweeney, 21-for-28 faceoffs, 11 ground balls
• Junior Ryan Gainor, 5 saves

GAME FACTS

• Simonson scored his career-high-tying five goals on just five shots.
• The Purple Knights were fourth in this week's New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) rankings.

THE ACTION

• Smith opened the scoring at 9:58 of the first quarter before Baker (7:43) and senior Gabriel Nish (7:13) scored 30 seconds apart on the man advantage. Smith pushed the lead to 4-0 by 4:05.
• Chirgwin scored with five seconds left, but Baker tallied twice, with the opener coming man up, to start a 4-0 run that gave Saint Rose an 8-1 edge by 2:07 of the second stanza.
• Simonson went on a personal 5-1 run to draw Saint Michael's within 9-6 by 2:32 of the third quarter. He tallied a natural hat trick in a matter of 2:55 to begin the stretch before scoring twice in 49 seconds to cap it.
• Baker (2:01) and Katavolos (1:00) traded goals before Saint Rose scored the next four goals to begin pulling away, as Baker's third man-up marker of the game made it 14-7 at 12:47 of the fourth period.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. No. 2 Adelphi University, 12 p.m.
• The Panthers' national ranking is according to USA Lacrosse Magazine.