FROSTBURG, Md. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team won for the second time on a two-game road trip by downing Walsh (Ohio) University, 12-8, on Sunday in Frostburg State University's Bobcat Stadium.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-0), Walsh (0-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Chris Davis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park), 4 goals, 8 ground balls
• First-year Zeke Peraza (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis), 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Junior Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 1 goal, 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Senior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 1 goal
• Senior Stephen Deutsch (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Sophomore Luke Fremault (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy), 1 goal
• Sophomore Noah Veroneau (South Portland, Maine/Thornton Academy), 1 goal
• Senior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 10 saves, 1 assist
• Sophomore Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 12-for-19 faceoffs, 7 ground balls
• Sophomore Jake Moran (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 5-for-5 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• Junior Paul Mannke (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham), 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Andrew Burke (South Portland, Maine/Deering), 3 caused turnovers
• First-year Cody Ehmann (North Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial), 3 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Garrett Kessling, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Ty Pilkington, 2 goals
• Junior Austin England, 21 saves

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time.

THE ACTION

• Balfour struck for a man-up goal off of Murphy's feed at 9:22 of the opening quarter for the game's first tally, and Peraza (6:21) and Fremault (6:10) later scored 11 seconds to apart to make it 3-1.
• Kessling scored at 4:26 before the Purple Knights pulled away with a 6-1 run during which Davis netted a hat trick. Peraza added a goal and a helper, and Saint Michael's was up 9-3 by 2:03 of the second frame.
• Davis sent home his fourth strike at 9:16 before Wiercinski scored on a full-field shot from deep in his own end at 6:56 off of a pass from Nelson, the netminder, extending the lead to 11-4.
• Walsh scored four of the game's final five goals, around Deutsch's ground ball on the doorstep and over-the-shoulder marker at 10:56 of the final stanza.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Feb. 27 vs. Roberts Wesleyan University, 3 p.m.