Men's Lacrosse

Monks Impressive Early, Ultimately Fall to Bobcats

Monks Impressive Early, Ultimately Fall to Bobcats

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: 2 Players (#5, #22) - 2
A: 2 Players (#5, #7) - 2
Sv: Brannon Gilbert - 21
GB: Brannon Gilbert - 6
Bates
G: 2 Players (#15, #20) - 4
A: Alex Horowitz - 4
Sv: Garrett FitzSimons - 4
GB: Chris Costello - 13

Team Stats

Bates
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots

79
22

Ground Balls

57
30

Saves

7
24

Clears

11-12
12-14

Turnovers

9
11

Face Offs Won

27
7

Man Up

4-4
1-4
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Posted: Mar 20, 2021

STANDISH, Maine – Bates College (1-0) rattled off 17 unanswered goals to defeat Saint Joseph's College (2-1), 24-7, in a non-conference men's lacrosse contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon.

The Bobcats raced out to a 5-0 lead in the opening seven minutes of play, but the Monks responded with a 6-1 run to knot the game at 6-6 with 11:28 left in the second quarter. Sophomore Max Lacy (Salisbury, N.H.) scored twice in a matter of 22 seconds to cap the scoring outburst.

Unfortunately for the hosts, the momentum quickly evaporated as Bates netted 17 straight tallies and held a daunting 24-6 cushion with 4:46 remaining. Sophomore Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) halted the Bobcat run when he scored off a Lacy feed with 1:11 on the clock.

SJC sophomore goalkeeper Brannon Gilbert (Gray, Maine) was solid in goal with 21 saves and six ground balls over three quarters while junior Michael Janocha (Southampton, Mass.) made three stops in the fourth frame. Bates keepers Spencer Fox and Garrett FitzSimons combined to make seven saves on the afternoon.

Senior Shane Puleo (Nashua, N.H.) led the Monks with two goals and two assists and Lacy potted a pair of tallies with an assist in the loss.

A total of 16 different players hit pay dirt in what was the Bobcats' season opener with Oliver Allen and Will Schinabeck netting four apiece. Bates set a program record with 79 shots in the game, breaking the former mark of 73 set in the 2017 NCAA Tournament against Amherst.

Saint Joseph's will host New England College on Wednesday at 6:00 PM.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

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