PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team lost to No. 8 Pace University, 18-6, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference action in Northwell Stadium. The Purple Knights were 18th in the Inside Lacrosse national rankings and received votes toward the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) poll, while Pace was eighth in the former and ninth in the latter.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-3, 0-3 NE10), Pace (7-1, 3-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 3 goals, 3 ground balls
• Junior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Senior Teddy Rice (Wayland, Mass./Wayland), 1 goal
• First-year Ethan Drake (Greenfield Park, Quebec/Champlain Lennoxville), 1 goal
• Senior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 1 assist, 10-for-19 faceoffs, 6 ground balls
• Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Senior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 14 saves, 2 ground balls in 45 minutes, loss
• Junior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 4 saves in 15 minutes of relief
• First-year Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 7-for-9 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• First-year Kevin Greabell (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park), 4 ground balls
• Senior Zach Watson (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Pomfret School), 3 ground balls

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Declan Landers, 5 goals, 6 ground balls
• Senior Daniel Zabbia, 2 goals, 3 assists
• First-year Matt Baldino, 3 goals
• Junior Will Danowski, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Jack Kern, 9 saves in 55:46, win

THE ACTION

• Simonson fed Reyes for a man-up goal at 9:27 of the first quarter, but that was the Purple Knights' lone goal in the opening quarter-plus, as they trailed 6-1 on Danowski's strike at 11:44 of the second period.
• Drake tallied 43 seconds later, and Wilson won a faceoff en route to passing to Reyes for a goal at 6:22, bringing the visitors within 7-3.
• Pace pulled away with nine of the next 10 goals, as three apiece came from Baldino and Landers.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. No. 4 Saint Anselm College, 7 p.m.
• The Hawks were fourth in this week's Inside Lacrosse national rankings and fifth in the USILA poll.