GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team, which received national votes this week, lost to No. 4 Adelphi University, 21-6, on Saturday in Northeast-10 Conference action at Motamed Field. The Purple Knights and Panthers both received their national consideration from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). Saint Michael's is also third in the latest New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) rankings.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-2, 1-1 NE10), Adelphi (5-2, 3-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 21-for-30 faceoffs, 19 ground balls
• Senior Robbie Sinibaldi (New Port Richey, Fla./J.W. Mitchell), 2 goals
• Junior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Graduate student Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Junior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 1 goal
• Junior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 3 saves, 4 ground balls in 40:48, loss
• Sophomore Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 2 saves in 19:12 of relief
• Senior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Logan Tucker, 4 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Ryan Bauco, 2 goals, 2 assists
• Sophomore Kyle Lewis, 1 goal, 3 assists
• First-year Braden Donnellan, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Dylan Renner, 7 saves in 49:38, win

GAME FACTS

• Wilson had the most ground balls in a game by a Purple Knight since complete records became available in 2005 while matching Justin Richmond '21 (April 17, 2021) for the most faceoffs since 2007.
• Wilson's 19 ground balls are the most by an NCAA Division II North Region player this year and the most by an NE10 player since Southern New Hampshire University's Gennaro Marra had 22 on April 20, 2022.
• Grillone tied Peter Hanson '12 for fourth in program history with 62 career caused turnovers

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights nabbed a trio of one-goal leads in the opening quarter-plus, with Simonson (10:26) and Murphy (8:36) both striking in the first quarter before Chirgwin made it 4-3 at 11:30 of the second.
• During a 15:11 stretch between 9:54 of the first and 9:43 of the second, Saint Michael's yielded only a single goal - Tucker's man-up strike at 3:25 of the initial stanza - to the hosts.
• Bauco's man-up marker tied the game at 9:43 of the second period and Donnellan put his team up for good 55 seconds later, all amid a game-ending 18-2 run.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 1 p.m.