RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite) scored his 100th career goal, and the Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team opened the season with a 17-2 win over Felician University on Sunday at Tryon Field. The Purple Knights were third in the latest New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0), Felician (1-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 5 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls
• Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 3 goals, 3 assists
• Senior Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 2 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 1 goal, 2 assists
• First-year Noah Veroneau (South Portland, Maine/Thornton Academy), 1 goal (1st career), 1 assist
• Senior Matthew Frawley (Melrose, Mass./Melrose), 1 goal
• Junior Stephen Deutsch (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Sophomore Thomas Cahill (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), 1 goal
• Sophomore Billy Neiberger (Framingham, Mass./Framingham), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Ethan Drake (Greenfield Park, Quebec/Champlain Lennoxville), 1 goal (1st career)
• Senior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 5 saves in 33:55, win
• Junior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 2 saves in 17:08 of relief
• Sophomore Brady Marston (Danville, N.H./Timberlane Regional), 3 saves in 8:57 of relief
• Senior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 11-for-14 faceoffs, 9 ground balls
• First-year Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 5-for-6 faceoffs
• Sophomore Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 4 ground balls
• Junior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 5 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Luke Dayton, 1 goal
• Sophomore Jayden Rios, 1 goal
• Senior Nick Grebe, 10 saves in 51:03, loss
• Sophomore Landon Santangelo, 1 save in 8:57 of relief

GAME FACTS

• Simonson pushed his career point total to 151, passing Rick Saba '92 (150) to take over fourth in program history. He also netted his 100th career goal, upping his figure to 101 while standing fifth at the College.
• Reyes now has 83 career points.
• Regan tied Rich Kelley '89 for fifth at Saint Michael's with his 14th career win.
• The Purple Knights moved to 2-0 against Felician, as the teams met for the first time last spring.

THE ACTION

• Simonson scored exactly one minute into the season while playing a hand in his team's first three goals. After dishing off to Veroneau at 7:39 of the first quarter, he scored again just three seconds later.
• Five different players scored the next five goals, helping Saint Michael's lead 8-0 by 11:42 of the second period.
• Hughes and Reyes both buried man-up goals in the second half, when Reyes netted four of his tallies.
• Drake and Neiberger added their first college tallies in the final half.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at D'Youville University, 7 p.m.