COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse first-years Chris Davis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) and Braeden Murphy (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) potted hat tricks in their first career games on Duffy Field in a 13-5 win over Roberts Wesleyan University on Friday afternoon. The Purple Knights were tied for fourth in this week's New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-0), Roberts Wesleyan (1-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Davis, 3 goals, 1 assist
• Braeden Murphy, 3 goals (1st career goals)
• Senior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• First-year James O'Connell (North Bellmore, N.Y./Saint Anthony's), 2 goals (1st career goals)
• Senior Stephen Deutsch (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 1 goal, 5 ground balls
• Junior Thomas Cahill (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), 1 goal
• Sophomore Noah Veroneau (South Portland, Maine/Thornton Academy), 1 goal
• Junior Paul Mannke (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham), 1 assist, 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 5 saves in 56:16, win
• Junior Brady Marston (Danville, N.H./Timberlane Regional), 1 save in 3:44 of relief
• Sophomore Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 6-for-13 faceoffs, 3 ground balls
• First-year Zeke Peraza (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis), 4 ground balls
• First-year Drew McCarthy (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 3 ground balls

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Colin Duncan, 3 goals
• Junior Ryan Brown, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Isaac Marrero, 13-for-19 faceoffs, 8 ground balls
• Senior Brady Kustra, 11 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• Senior Liam Linden, 5 caused turnovers
• Senior Garrett Kayser, 6 saves in 36:39, loss
• Sophomore Landon Brimmer, 3 saves in 23:21 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time in Colchester.

THE ACTION

• Braeden Murphy and Sean Murphy scored 1:24 apart to put Saint Michael's up 2-0 by 10:23 of the first quarter, as the hosts never trailed.
• Brown netted a man-up tally with 3:23 gone for his team's lone goal until 20 seconds remained in the half. In the meantime, four different Purple Knights scored to push the lead to 6-1.
• Duncan's strike in the closing seconds of the first half was met by a three-goal Saint Michael's surge in the third quarter that took only 3:29 to elapse, including Braeden Murphy's hat trick tally at 8:21.
• Duncan scored again with 1:39 left to cut the deficit to 9-3 before Davis played a hand in the next four goals over a 5:18 span of the fourth quarter, potting a hat trick while assisting Wiercinski at 5:45.
• Roberts Wesleyan scored the final two goals in the closing 2:30.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• March 8 vs. D'Youville University, 12 p.m.