STANDISH, ME - The St. Joe's men's lacrosse team (1-7) defeated the Lyndon State College Hornets (1-7), 13-6 on Saturday to record the first victory in program history. FY Elliot LaMarre (Raymond, ME) tallied 4 goals and 11 ground balls to lead the Monks in both categories and goalkeeper SR Brendan Dyer (New Gloucester, ME) made 8 saves between the pipes to help secure the victory for the first-year program.

SR Tyler Arsenault (Kennebunk, ME) scored the first goal of the game off a pass from JR Ryan Prescott (Pittsfield, NH) less than a minute into the first quarter (14:08) and LaMarre notched a tally at the 10:32 mark to give the Monks a 2-0 lead over the Hornets with Arsenault recording the assist.

After Lyndon State scored two goals in the following four minutes of play, St. Joe's countered with two goals of their own to regain the two goal advantage, 4-2. LaMarre scored his second goal of the game at the 3:11 mark and SO Luke LaFreniere (Alton, NH) found the back of the net one minute later with Arsenault registering the helper to conclude the scoring in the first quarter. Chris Mansour (Mansfield, MA) and Scott Scott (Amhurst, NH) were credited with the LSC goals.

The Monks and Hornets swapped goals in the second quarter as St. Joe's led Lyndon State 5-3 going into the intermission. LaFreniere scored the SJC goal with 11:31 remaining in the quarter and FY Michael Hughes (Braintree, MA) was awarded with an assist on the play. Myles Hacking (St. Johnsbury, VT) scored the goal for Lyndon State at the 12:18 mark.

Lyndon State made it a one-goal game with a score from Chris Mansour just 29 seconds into the third quarter to diminish the SJC lead to 5-4. The Monks went on to rattle off seven consecutive goals in the subsequent 20 minutes to take gain a 12-5 lead. Prescott, LaMarre and FY Kody Peckham (West Gardiner, ME) each scored a pair of goals and LaFreniere added his third goal of the contest in the SJC offensive surge that helped the Monks attain the historic victory.

St. Joe's attacker Peckham scored his third goal and Scott Scott added his second goal of the game for the Hornets in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter to wrap up the game scoring with the Monks on top, 13-6.

Besides scoring four goals and picking up 11 groundballs for the Monks, Elliot LaMarre helped set the tone for the game with his 9-14 performance in the face-off circle. Tyler Arsenault filled the playmaker role with four assists and added a goal, three face-off wins and six groundballs and Kody Peckham netted three goals, two assists and three groundballs. Luke LaFreniere collected three goals, an assist and six groundballs, Ryan Prescott added two goals, an assist and seven groundballs and FY Blake Edwards (Glide, OR) collected six groundballs in the team's first-ever victory.

For the Hornets, Chris Mansour netted three scores and teammate Scott Scott added a pair of goals in the loss. LSC goalkeeper Matt Adams (Duxbury, MA) made 14 saves in the contest.

The Monks will host University of New England on Tuesday, April 22nd at 4:00 PM.