CORTLAND, N.Y. - Junior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite) became the 24th Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse player to net 100 career points, tallying seven on Friday in an 18-4 victory over D'Youville University under the lights at Cortland High School. The Purple and Gold was tied for fourth in the latest New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-0), D'Youville (1-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 4 goals, 3 assists
• Sophomore Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Aidan Clark (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Sophomore Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Junior Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 2 goals
• Senior Kevin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Nathan Woods (Ottawa, Ontario/Kent School), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Junior Matthew Frawley (Melrose, Mass./Melrose), 2 assists
• Senior Lochlan Sheridan (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead), 1 goal, 3 ground balls
• Senior Alex Daigneault (Colchester, Vt./Colchester), 1 goal (1st career)
• Senior Dylan Morgan (Ashland, Mass./Ashland), 1 goal
• Junior Teddy Rice (Wayland, Mass./Wayland), 1 goal
• Junior Zach Watson (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Pomfret School), 1 goal
• First-year Owen Foley (Holden, Mass./Worcester Academy), 1 goal (1st career)
• Junior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 9-for-19 faceoffs, 6 ground balls
• Junior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 1 save, 4 ground balls in 28:22, win
• Sophomore Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 3 saves, 2 ground balls in 23:30 of relief
• First-year Brady Marston (Danville, N.H./Timberlane Regional), 1 save in 8:08 of relief
• Senior Rocky Grillone (Brockton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 4 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Stefano Evan, 1 goal, 2 assists
• Sophomore Nick Sholett, 2 goals
• First-year Luciano Gonzalez, 1 goal
• Junior Jordan Brown, 15-for-25 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• Redshirt sophomore William Nichols, 11 saves in 48:42, loss

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time.
• Saint Michael's is 3-0 for the second time in four years.
• Simonson has 70 goals and 30 assists through 31 career games, and is the 11th Purple Knight to reach the 100-point plateau in three years or fewer.
• Wilson, who just passed Jeff Disa '02 (266) for second in program history in career faceoffs last game, pushed his total to 276. Wilson has 167 career ground balls and vaulted past three alums on Friday to take over fifth in that category.
• Grillone moved into a three-way tie for sixth in program history with 53 career caused turnovers, matching Brian Devilly '16 and Neil Gallagher '18. Grillone also reached the 100-ground ball plateau during the contest.
• Saint Michael's committed only 10 turnovers while going 22-for-24 on clears.

THE ACTION

• Six different Purple Knights scored in the opening quarter, as Saint Michael's led 3-0 by the time 3:39 had elapsed. The Saints tallied a man-up goal at 9:02, from Gonzalez, for their lone tally in the period.
• After Sholett made it 6-2 at 13:36 of the second frame, the Purple and Gold scored the next nine goals, keeping D'Youville off the board for 28:55, until Evan's man-up strike 19 seconds into the fourth quarter.
• In that 9-0 stretch, Simonson posted three goals and three assists, Hughes scored twice, and Clark and Murphy both turned in a goal and a helper.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday vs. Robert Wesleyan University at Cortland (N.Y.) High School, 11 a.m.