SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Nine players scored, including three first-time goal scorers, as the Saint Michael's College men's lacrosse team downed American International College, 12-5, on Saturday evening during Northeast 10 Conference play at Abdow Field. The Purple Knights received votes toward this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (7-4, 2-4 NE10), AIC (1-12, 0-7 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Owen Balfour (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), 3 goals
- Senior Sean Murphy (Medway, Mass./Medway), 1 goal, 2 assists, 6 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
- First-year Chris Davis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park), 3 assists
- Junior Taylor Wiercinski (Groton, Mass./Lawrence Academy), 2 goals, 3 ground balls
- First-year Braeden Murphy (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place), 2 assists
- Sophomore Quin Hall (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth South), 1 goal (1st career)
- Sophomore Alex Moloney (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Farmingdale), 1 goal (1st career)
- Sophomore Noah Veroneau (South Portland, Maine/Thornton Academy), 1 goal
- First-year Wyndam Abbott (Canton, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 1 goal (1st career)
- First-year Miles McGuire (Brighton, N.Y./Brighton), 1 goal
- First-year Zeke Peraza (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis), 1 goal
- Sophomore Noah Poirier (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 1 assist, 13-for-18 faceoffs, 10 ground balls
- Sophomore Matt O'Donnell (Marshfield, Mass./Cardinal Spellman), 1 assist, 4 ground balls
- Sophomore Nate Gulachenski (Southboro, Mass./Algonquin Regional), 5 saves in 30 minutes, win
- Senior Mike Nelson (Worcester, Mass./Auburn), 6 saves, 2 ground balls in 30 minutes of relief
- Junior Paul Mannke (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham), 5 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls
- Senior Travis Keel (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak), 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Jordan Boyenko, 2 goals
- First-year Dameer Phifer, 1 goal, 6 caused turnovers, 4 ground balls
- Sophomore Nicholas Kendall, 21 saves
- Senior Riley McGraw, 6 caused turnovers, 5 ground balls
GAME FACTS
- Poirier moved into fifth in program history for season faceoff wins (138) and tied for seventh in ground balls (76).
- Mannke is now seventh in school annals with 27 caused turnovers this spring.
THE ACTION
- Balfour's two goals led seven scorers as the Purple Knights was ahead 8-0 by the time 4:06 remained in the second quarter.
- After Phifer's strike 16 seconds later, Wiercinski (3:27) and Moloney (2:44) scored 43 seconds apart to send Saint Michael's into halftime up 10-1.
- AIC held a 4-2 scoring lead in the second half.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Tuesday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 7 p.m.
