THE BASICS 

Score: Emerson 15, St. Joseph's (Me.) 7

Records: Emerson Lions (3-0) ; St. Joseph's (Me.) Monks (0-2)

Location: Standish, Me. (SJC Athletics Complex)

Date: February 27, 2022

The Lead: Senior Hunter Gervais tallied a game-best four goals while sophomore Birk Swan dished out six assists as the Emerson men's lacrosse team topped St. Joseph's (Me.), 15-7, on Sunday afternoon for their third consecutive victory. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON 

Gervais: four goals & seven ground balls 
Jack O'Rourke: two goals 
Austin Franklin: two goals & assist
Skyler Celotto: two goals & two assists
Swan: two goals and six assists 
Peirce Eldredge: one goal & assist 
Alex Menendez & Nicholas Fulgione: one goal 
Lex Torrington: two caused turnovers

FACE-OFFS: Tyler King (10-16) ; James Toomy (7-9)

GOALIE(s): Malcolm McGrath (3-0): six goals allowed on 22 shots faced with 16 saves through 53 minutes

Connor Nydegger: one goal allowed on three shots with two stops through seven minutes 

ST. JOE'S (ME)

Wyatt LeBlanc: two goals
Xavier Michaud: one goal & two assists
Eli Arsenault, Max Lacy & Will Levesque: one goal & four ground balls
Zavier Balzano: four ground balls
Max Lacy: two caused turnovers 

FACE-OFFS: Arsenault (5-11) ; Peyton Bickford (3-7) ; Nick Koufos (0-1)

GOALIE(s): Ryan Boutiette (0-1): 10 goals allowed on 17 shots faced with seven stops through 25 minutes 

Brannon Gilbert: five goals allowed on 11 shots with six stops through 35 minutes 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson outscored St. Joe's, 7-2, through the first 15 minutes and got its scoring done 18 seconds in on back-to-back goals from Celotto and O'Rourke to give the Lions a quick 2-0 lead. 
• A man-up net by LeBlanc broke up Emerson's scoring and cut the Lions' advantage to 2-1, but the visitors responded with a 5-0 scoring run. Swan ignited the run with a pair of goals as Franklin squeezed a man-up tally in to put the score at 5-1. Gervais closed out the streak with his first two markers and extended Emerson's lead to six at 7-1. 
• Before the quarter's end, LeBlanc snuck in a last second goal at the 28 second mark past McGrath. Neither team would get a shot off before time expired as the Lions held on to the five-goal edge. 
• Emerson's offense continued to overwhelm St. Joe's and turned 14 of their shots into four goals within the second to the Monks' 12 shots. 
• Gervais, who tallied two goals in the first, potted another pair of markers. His first came on an assisted net by Swan before he tallied a man-up goal, which Emerson went 1-1 on, to lift the Lions' to a seven-goal cushion at 9-2. 
• Snuck in between goals from Eldredge and O'Rourke, Arsenault got the third Monks goal on the board at the 5:03 mark. The tallies from Eldredge and O'Rourke gave Emerson the comfortable 11-3 advantage at the break. 
• St. Joe's fired 15 shots McGrath's way within the third, but was only able to convert one into a goal. Emerson, who was held to six shots, did not find the back of the net. At the end of the third, Levesque's net at 10:34 inched the hosts within seven at 11-4. 
• Celotto began Emerson's scoring to start off the fourth at 12:09 before St. Joe's put in two consecutive goals from Lacy and Michaud exactly one minute apart. After the Monks cut the lead in half at 12-6, Emerson fired back on their end with a 3-0 run. 
• Franklin and Fulgione worked quick and potted a pair 30 seconds apart from 7:36 to 7:06 as the visitors lead sat at 14-6. A minute after Emerson began its scoring streak, Menendez closed out the Lions' scoring with the 15th goal at 6:36. 
• Balzano was able to get the Monks' sixth goal past Nydegger with 56 ticks left in regulation, which ultimately became the game's final goal as Emerson captured the 15-7 victory. 

UP NEXT 

• Emerson welcomes the University of New England on Wednesday, March 2nd with the first face-off set for 6:00 p.m.