When and Where: March 22, 2025 – Manchester, N.H. (Mark A. Ouellette Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire 9, #18/RV Saint Michael's College 8 
Records:  SNHU 3-4 (NE10 1-1), Saint Michael's 5-2 (NE10 0-2)

Junior Aiden Blouin (Barre, Vt.) scored his third goal of the game with 2:22 remaining to give Southern New Hampshire Men's Lacrosse a 9-8 win over #18/RV Saint Michael's College on Saturday at Ouellette Stadium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Blouin - 3 goals
• Sophomore Sean Dwyer (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) - 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball
• Senior Travis Brown (Windham, Maine) - 3 goals
• Redshirt freshman Joey Gallo (Derry, N.H.) - 5 assists
• Sophomore Matt Roy (North Andover, Mass.) - 18 saves

KEY MOMENTS

• The Purple Knights started strong, taking a 4-0 lead after the first quarter which included a pair of goals by Sebastian Simonson.
• Blouin scored the first goal for the Penmen with 9:41 left in the second period off a pass from sophomore Patrick Roy (No. Andover, Mass.) to make it 4-1.
• Brown cut the lead to 4-2 with a score from Gallo with 6:44 to go in the half and the two connected again at 3:14 to make it 4-3.
• Simonson scored his third of the game with :34 left in the half and the Purple Knights led 5-3 at the intermission.
• A pair of goals by Dwyer of Southern New Hampshire and by Murphy for Saint Michael's in the third quarter made it 7-5.
• Blouin's second of the game cut it to 7-6 off a pass from Gallo with 3:48 to play in the third quarter.
• Saint Michael's picked up a goal from the team's leading scorer, Cristian Reyes, at 13:53 of the fourth to open a two-goal lead again.
• Goals by Dwyer and Brown (his third) finally brought the Penmen to even with 9:56 to play.
• Blouin put the Penmen in front 9-8 with a strike off a pass from sophomore Kyle Beckett (Monroe, Conn.) with 2:22 to play.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Saint Michael's had a 43-38 shot advantage and a 39-23 ground ball advantage.
• The Purple Knights were 16-of-22 on clear attempts while SNHU was 21-for-24.
• Saint Michael's win 17 of the 21 face-offs.
• The Purple Knights (1-for-2) had the only man-up goal of the contest, SNHU was 0-for-2.

NOTES

• Saint Michael's leads the all-time series with the Penmen 28-15, although SNHU has won four of the last five.  This was the third consecutive one-goal game between the NE10 rivals.
• For the second straight week, the Purple Knights were 18th in the Inside Lacrosse national rankings and received votes toward the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) poll.
• Sophomore Matt Roy (North Andover, Mass.) made his second consecutive start in goal for the Penmen, earning his first win.
• Dwyer's hat trick was his second of the season and third of his career.  Hat tricks by Blouin and Brown were the first of their careers.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen will play at Adelphi next Saturday.  The next home game will be on Saturday April 5 against Pace University.  Game time is 2:00 p.m.

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