St. Michaels Goes On Rampage In 2nd Half

Colchester, VT -Three Saint Michael's players scored a hat trick to lift the Purple Knights men's lacrosse team to a 17-1 rout of Northeast-10 rival Franklin Pierce. The victory is the fourth straight for SMC, and the team is now at the .500 mark with a 6-6 overall record and 4-4 in the conference. The Ravens remain winless at 0-7.

The Purple Knights clearly dominated the game from start to finish, first scoring at under three minutes into the game as Greg Gosier (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) netted the first of his three goals on an assist by Jay Curley (W. Hartford, CT). Junior Matt Powers (Taunton, MA) followed that up with the first of his two goals a minute later, while Barrett Hyde (No. Andover, MA), got his initial point at the end of the first quarter to give the Purple Knights a 3-0 lead after the first 15 minutes.

It was more of the same in the second quarter, with Saint Michael's scoring four more goals. The Ravens managed to get on the board before halftime when Jimmy Ward (Lynn, MA) scored on an assist by Ken Beaudette (Cheshire, CT) at the 7:09 mark.

SMC's Kevin Duffy (Yonkers, N.Y.) answered back with two goals in the second to give the Purple Knights a 7-1 lead at the half.

In the second half it was all Saint Michael's as Duffy led things off with his third goal of the game. The Purple Knights went on a furious scoring run getting 10 goals in the final 30 minutes for the convincing win. SMC outshot Franklin Pierce 50-9 and won 15 of 16 face offs as eleven players were credited with a point in the game. Saint Michael's Jim Crozier (Fargo, N.D.) had four saves for the victory, while Andy Cote (Salisbury, MA) recorded 34 saves in the loss for the Ravens.

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returns to action thursday when they host AIC.