COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team scored 13 of the first 14 goals en route to a 16-4 victory over Franklin Pierce University during Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday at Duffy Field. The Purple Knights were third in this week's New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll, while the Ravens received votes toward the NEILA rankings.
 
RECORDS

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

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 6 goals (career high), 2 ground balls
• Junior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 2 goals, 2 assists, 2 ground balls
• Junior Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 3 assists, 3 ground balls
• Senior Nathan Woods (Ottawa, Ontario/Kent School), 2 goals, 2 caused turnovers
• Graduate student Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Senior Dylan Morgan (Ashland, Mass./Ashland), 1 goal
• Senior Robbie Sinibaldi (New Port Richey, Fla./J.W. Mitchell), 1 goal
• Sophomore Stephen Deutsch (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Sophomore Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal
• First-year Liam Weagle (Hudson, Mass./Assabet Valley Regional Technical), 1 goal (1st career)
• Junior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 12-for-16 faceoffs, 10 ground balls
• Junior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 6 saves, 2 ground balls in 54:21, win
• Sophomore Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 1 save in 5:39 of relief
• Senior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Gavin Proutt (Baltimore, Md./Boys' Latin School of Maryland), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Conor Rooney, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Dan Cohen, 1 goal
• Junior Brendan Spinale, 1 goal
• Junior Ethan Cote, 1 goal
• Junior Mike Masterpolo, 10 saves in 45 minutes, loss

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights took their fourth meeting from Franklin Pierce in the last six tries while earning the largest series victory for either team since Saint Michael's took a 15-1 decision in 2008.

THE ACTION

• Chirgwin (12:23), Simonson (11:11) and Murphy (10:04) scored the game's first goals in an early 2:19 span of the first quarter to give the Purple Knights the lead for good.
• Spinale scored at 7:03, but Saint Michael's rattled off the next 10 goals, led by five from Reyes. During one 29-second stretch of the third period, Reyes (10:39 and 10:10) scored twice around a Woods (10:28) marker, and Reyes tallied again at 9:05 to cap a four-goal stretch in a matter of 1:34.
• After the hosts had taken a 13-1 lead, yielding only one goal in the opening 40:07, the teams split the final six goals.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Assumption University, 4 p.m.
• The Greyhounds received votes toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.