MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team scored the final four goals, including sophomore Sean Murphy's (Medway, Mass./Medway) winner with 1:02 to play, and upended seventh-ranked Saint Anselm College, 15-13, during Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday at Grappone Stadium. The Purple Knights received votes toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll while landing third in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) rankings. The Hawks' ranking is according to the USILA, and they are first in the region, garnering all four first-place votes.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-4, 4-3 NE10), Saint Anselm (8-2, 6-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 3 goals, 3 assists
• Sophomore Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 4 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Graduate student Alex Chirgwin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 3 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 3 goals, 2 ground balls
• Junior Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 1 goal
• Junior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 17-for-31 faceoffs, 8 ground balls
• Junior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 14 saves
• Senior Michael Cammarata Jr. (North Andover, Mass./Saint John's Prep), 5 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers
• Junior Teddy Lenz (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy), 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• First-year Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 3 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
• Sophomore Gavin Proutt (Baltimore, Md./Boys' Latin School of Maryland), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jake Davis, 2 goals, 2 assists
• Junior Will Andrews, 3 goals
• Sophomore Chris Claflin, 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls
• Junior Joe Lombardi, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Colin Mulvey, 2 goals
• Sophomore Quinn Gannon, 9-for-18 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• First-year Evan Spillane, 6-for-14 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• Fifth-year Will Davis, 6 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's downed a ranked foe for the first time since a 12-11 win against No. 9 Lake Erie College on March 9, 2022, but for the first time against a ranked NE10 squad since an 11-9 upset of No. 2 Adelphi University on April 13, 2013.
• The Purple Knights are now tied with Bentley University for fourth in the NE10 standings with two regular-season games left; the top six make the postseason, and the top four host a first-round playoff game.
• Saint Michael's played a ranked opponent for the third straight game. The Purple and Gold narrowly lost to No. 14 Bentley, 16-15 in overtime, on April 9 and against No. 10 Pace University, 15-11, on Saturday.
• Saint Anselm was the last NE10 team with a spotless home mark, having entered the day with a 3-0 record in Grappone Stadium.
• The Purple Knights defeated the Hawks for the first time since April 15, 2015, while winning on Saint Anselm's campus for the first time since April 19, 1997.
• Saint Michael's reached its highest overall and NE10 win totals since 2015 (7-7, 5-6 NE10).
• Saint Anselm, which qualified for the last three NCAA Tournaments, had not lost to an unranked team since April 6, 2022.
• With 247 career ground balls, Wilson broke Justin Richmond's '21 program record (245). With 392 faceoff wins, Wilson is 103 victories shy of another mark held by Richmond.
• Simonson is now tied for sixth in program history in career goals (91) with Brandon Kobelt '06 and moved into ninth in points (135).
• Cammarata moved into 10th in program history in career caused turnovers (49).

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights scored six of the game's first seven goals, leading 6-1 by 3:21 of the opening quarter. Chirgwin had two goals and an assist in that time, while Murphy found the net twice.
• Balfour's strike still had his team up 7-3 at 7:57 of the second quarter.
• Saint Anselm countered with eight of the next nine goals, claiming an 11-8 lead with 2:51 left in the third. Lombardi keyed the stretch with two goals and a helper.
• The Purple Knights needed only 1:29 to tie the game, as Reyes struck twice (2:07, 1:40) in 27 seconds, with the second assisted by Murphy, who then found the equalizer with 38 seconds to go.
• The Hawks opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back goals, as Davis' strike made it 13-11 by 10:31.
• Simonson scored 22 seconds after that before cutting through the crease and taking Reyes' feed en route to burying the tying goal with 5:35 left.
• Just outside of a minute, Murphy cut around the attack zone and potted the eventual winner at 1:02.
• A penalty was assessed to the Hawks shortly thereafter, and Chirgwin put home a man-up marker on a vacated cage at 31 seconds to seal the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at The College of Saint Rose, 5 p.m.