Colchester, Vt. – Freshman attackman
Ryan Eisenmann (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton) tallied a career-high four goals to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 15-4 victory over Saint Michael's College on Saturday afternoon at Duffy Field in Northeast-10 Conference action.
The Dolphins scored the only two goals of the first quarter. Following almost 11 minutes of scoreless action to start the game, senior attackman
Kevin Sheehan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) tallied his 15th goal of the season after taking a pass from graduate student attackman
Carter Collins (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake/Lindenwood). Just over two minutes later, senior midfielder
Colin Sypek (Lake Worth, Fla./American Heritage School (Delray Beach)) posted his 11th goal of the year at the 1:57 off a feed from redshirt senior midfielder
Zach Pierce (Gansevoort, N.Y./Schuylerville/Onondaga C.C.).
Le Moyne tallied the first four goals of the second quarter to open up a 6-0 lead. Senior midfielder
John Bergan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) started the run at the 11:40 mark with his sixth goal of the season. Eisenmann followed with his sixth goal of the year with 10:04 remaining in the half. He scored again three minutes later after collecting a pass from Pierce. Eisenmann scored again another three minutes later by finishing off a feed from graduate student midfielder
Ben McCreary (Cicero, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy).
Following a penalty on the Dolphins, Max Katavolos netted his 21st goal of the year off a dish from Kyle Hirshom.
Pierce tallied his 14th goal of the season with just 7.1 seconds remaining after collecting a pass from McCreary.
The teams traded goals over the first three minutes of the third quarter. Hirshom scored 57 seconds into the quarter to pull the Purple Knights within 7-2. McCreary answered back 58 seconds later to push the margin back to six. Zach Watson countered another 62 seconds later with his first goal of the year to get Saint Michael's within five for the final time.
The Dolphins scored the final three goals of the quarter to put the game out of reach. Collins recorded his 20th goal of the season at the 8:48 mark to start the run. Two and one-half minutes later, graduate student midfielder
Evan Kelly (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Aquinas Institute) got the Dolphins into double digits with his seventh goal of the campaign. Pierce netted his second goal of the day with 3:58 left after taking a feed from Collins in an extra-man situation.
Le Moyne extended its lead to 10 with the first two goals of the fourth quarter. Pierce scored the first at the 12:37 mark and sophomore midfielder
Kyle Caves (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) followed 33 seconds with his first goal of the season.
Katavolos completed the scoring for the Purple Knights with 8:53 left.
Following a turnover by the Purple Knights, Eisenmann registered his fourth goal of the game at the 6:07 mark after a pass in transition from graduate student short-stick defensive midfielder
Casey Nevins (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post). Junior midfielder
Joel Firth (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) concluded the game's scoring at the 1:24 mark after receiving a dish from freshman midfielder
Nick Louise (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) in an extra-man situation.
Graduate student goalkeeper
Frank Delia (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker/Onondaga C.C.) registered 11 saves over 53:53 between the pipes to earn the victory. Spencer Scardino posted 13 saves (against 11 goals) over the first three quarters. The tandem of senior faceoff specialists
Sam Kury (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) (14-17) and
Nico Mattia (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) (6-6) went 20-for-23 at the faceoff dot.
Le Moyne (8-1, 4-0 NE10) returns to the field on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. against Assumption University.