COLCHESTER, Vt. - Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite) notched eight points while becoming the Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team's career leader in points during a 17-2 victory over the University of Bridgeport on Sunday at Duffy Field. The homestanding Purple Knights received votes toward the latest United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-0), Bridgeport (1-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite), 4 goals, 4 assists
• Senior Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 2 goals, 3 assists
• First-year Ethan Drake (Greenfield Park, Quebec/Champlain Lennoxville), 2 goals, 2 assists
• Senior Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 3 goals
• Junior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 3 assists, 3 caused turnovers
• Senior Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), 1 goal, 9-for-14 faceoffs, 5 ground balls
• Junior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 1 goal, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Thomas Cahill (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), 1 goal
• First-year Matt Sansone (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Noah Veroneau (South Portland, Maine/Thornton Academy), 1 goal
• Senior Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), 6 saves in 52:20, win
• Junior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 0 saves, 1 ground ball in 5:45 of relief
• First-year Nate Gulachenski (Southboro, Mass./Algonquin Regional), 1 save in 1:55 of relief (college debut)
• Senior Tyler Sarro (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro), 4 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Paul Mannke (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham), 4 ground balls
• Sophomore Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• First-year Andrew Burke (Portland, Maine/Deering), 3 ground balls
• Sophomore Travis Keel (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Ashton Lankowski, 1 goal
• First-year Stephen Trama, 1 goal
• Sophomore Casey Dmochowski, 14 saves
• Junior Connor Cullen, 7-for-14 faceoffs

GAME FACTS

• Simonson entered the day trailing only Mike Riddell '88 (173) on the program's all-time points list, with 166. He recorded five points by halftime, including four assists, before burying man-up markers at 1:24 of the third quarter and 14:47 of the fourth to tie Riddell. Only 30 seconds later, he scored again for his record 174th point. Simonson is second at Saint Michael's in goals (113), within 14 of Pete Donnally '13 (127), and stands sixth in assists (57).
• Reyes now has 99 career points, as 24 Purple Knights have reached the 100-point plateau.
• Saint Michael's is 4-0 for the first time while moving to 3-0 in its all-time series with Bridgeport.
• The Purple and Gold finished 7-for-12 on man-up opportunities, going 4-for-6 in the third quarter alone, while potting its most extra-man goals in a game since at least the 2006 season.

THE ACTION

• Wilson won the opening faceoff and scored seven seconds later to give Saint Michael's the lead for good.
• Hughes scored twice as one of seven first-half goal scorers, helping the hosts carry an 8-0 advantage into halftime.
• Lankowski broke the shutout by netting a man-up marker 13 seconds into the third quarter before Trama scored 51 seconds after that to make it 8-2.
• Saint Michael's blanked Bridgeport for the final 28:56, as seven players combined to tally the final nine goals.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday vs. No. 2 Adelphi University, 1 p.m.
• The Panthers, who won the 2024 national championship, received their latest ranking from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).