COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse senior Sebastian Simonson (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Composite) became the program's career goals leader during a 14-10 victory over American International College in Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday evening at Duffy Field. The Purple Knights received a vote toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) poll.
 
The Purple Knights honored 11 seniors prior to their home finale: Simonson, Nate Carr (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), Matthew Frawley (Melrose, Mass./Melrose), Ethan Hughes (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), Teddy Lenz (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy), Sean Regan (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), Cristian Reyes (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), Teddy Rice (Wayland, Mass./Wayland), Tyler Sarro (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro), Zach Watson (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Pomfret School) and Cooper Wilson (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-5, 1-5 NE10), AIC (2-10, 0-7 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Simonson, 8 goals, 1 assist
• Reyes, 4 goals, 3 assists, 8 ground balls
• First-year Ethan Drake (Greenfield Park, Quebec/Champlain Lennoxville), 2 assists
• Hughes, 1 goal
• Junior Stephen Deutsch (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Regan, 10 saves, 2 ground balls
• Wilson, 1 assist, 6-for-12 faceoffs, 6 ground balls
• Carr, 5-for-14 faceoffs
• Sarro, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 4 ground balls
• Junior Gavin Proutt (Baltimore, Md./Boys' Latin School of Maryland), 4 ground balls
• Sophomore Luke Fremault (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy), 4 ground balls
• First-year Andrew Burke (Portland, Maine/Deering), 3 ground balls
• Junior Benjamin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Paul Mannke (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Tyler Goode, 1 goal, 3 assists
• Junior Camden MacDonald, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Jordan Boyenko, 2 goals
• Sophomore Seven Gillingham, 2 goals
• Sophomore Carter Linkletter, 1 goal, 1 assist, 8 ground balls
• Sophomore Aiden Moscarello, 15-for-26 faceoffs, 6 ground balls
• Sophomore Logan Dobrowski, 15 saves, 2 ground balls

GAME FACTS

• Simonson pushed his career goal total to 128, eclipsing Pete Donnally's '13 12-year-old school record (127) by a single tally. Already the program's record holder in career points, Simonson departed his home finale with 199 with two regular-season games and potential postseason contests remaining.
• After no Purple Knight had scored eight goals in a game since 1992, both Reyes and Simonson have turned the feat this year, each coming within one of Ray Roch's '87 school record, set on April 19, 1986.
• Regan took over sole possession of fourth place in program history in career wins (19), snapping a tie with Mike Marino '97.
• Reyes pushed his career point total to 125, good for 13th in school annals and within eight of the program's top 10 despite netting only seven points as a first-year.

THE ACTION

• Reyes completed a hat trick by the time Saint Michael's led 4-1 at 14:53 of the second quarter, and he and Simonson both lent a goal and an assist on the next two host tallies to make it 6-2 by 9:36.
• Goode posted a goal and an assist in a 3-0 AIC spurt that cut the visitors' deficit to a single goal at 5:40 of the second frame.
• Simonson struck for the next four goals, sparking an 8-1 run that put the Purple Knights in control at 14-6 with 9:32 left in the contest. His final goal at 10:04 of the fourth, off of Reyes' pass, was the record breaker.
• The Yellow Jackets scored three times in 43 seconds to rally within five at 4:20 en route to netting the game's final four goals.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Franklin Pierce University, 4 p.m.