ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team defeated Dominican (N.Y.) University, 14-3, on Tuesday afternoon at O'Brien Field. The Purple Knights received a vote toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-1), Dominican (3-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Chris Davis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park), 3 goals, 2 assists
• Sophomore Ethan Drake (Greenfield Park, Quebec/Champlain Lennoxville), 2 goals, 3 assists
• First-year Zeke Peraza (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis), 1 goal, 4 assists
• Junior Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 2 goals, 6 ground balls
• Senior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 2 goals
• Senior Aidan Clark (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey), 1 goal
• Senior Benjamin Riggs (Plainville, Mass./King Philip Regional), 1 goal
• Junior Thomas Cahill (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), 1 goal
• First-year Mason Buckley (Canton, Conn./Canton), 1 goal
• Sophomore Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 13-for-17 faceoffs, 9 ground balls
• Senior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 3 saves in 30 minutes, win
• Sophomore Nate Gulachenski (Southboro, Mass./Algonguin Regional), 2 saves in 26:26 of relief
• Junior Brady Marston (Danville, N.H./Timberlane Regional), 0 saves in 3:34 of relief
• Sophomore Matt O'Donnell (Marshfield, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 6 ground balls
• Sophomore Jake Moran (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 3-for-3 faceoffs
• Junior Travis Keel (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak), 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Luke Fremault (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy), 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Andrew Reynolds (Southport, Conn./Saint Joseph's), 2 caused turnovers, 1-for-1 faceoff

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Chad Keyser, 1 goal
• Senior Zachary Souza, 1 goal
• First-year Max Gorny, 1 goal
• Junior Nicholas Creisher, 16 saves in 37:01, loss

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights improved to 5-1 in the all-time series, winning the fifth consecutive meeting.
• Saint Michael's was 19-for-19 on clears and 17-for-21 on faceoffs.

THE ACTION

• Balfour scored off of Peraza's feed just 1:01 into the contest, and Peraza was his team's sixth different goal scorer by the time he found the net at 13:59 of the second quarter to make it 6-1.
• Three different Purple Knights scored en route to pushing the lead to 9-1, and Drake scored from Peraza's dish to extend the advantage to 10-2 at 3:16.
• Wiercinski, Riggs and Davis all scored during the opening 3:58 of the third stanza.
• Clark's goal at 13:37 of the fourth quarter was his team's lone strike in the final 26:02 of the contest.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. No. 17 Southern New Hampshire University, 6 p.m.
• The Penmen's national ranking is according to the USILA.