SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The American International College men's lacrosse team fell by a score of 13-4 to The College of Saint Rose in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup on Tuesday, March 27.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: Saint Rose 13, AIC 4
Location: Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
Records: AIC falls to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in the NE10, while the Golden Knights improve to 3-4 and 2-1 in NE10 play.

TOP PERFORMERS:
Saint Rose:
Carter Badour: Five goals, two assists
Liam Knehr: One goal, three assists
Nicolas Johnson: Eight ground balls, nine faceoff wins.
Liam Guiton: Win (3-4), three saves in 30:00
Matthew Gill: No decision, two saves in 30:00 of relief

AIC:
Rawill Herrera: Three goals
Colton Larkin: One goal, one caused turnover
Will Lewis: Three ground balls, 10 faceoff wins
Jacob Ortiz: Loss (1-8), 18 saves, three ground balls

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Golden Knights raced out to a 5-0 lead just 5:14 in, as Carter Badour set up the game's opening tally and then scored the next three, while Liam Knehr tallied a goal and added two assists on Badour's goals early on. By the end of the first, the visitors had built up a 7-0 edge.
• Saint Rose kept adding to the lead early in the second, taking it to 9-0 at the 2:42 mark of the period. After that, the scoring slowed until the final ninety seconds; freshman attacker Rawill Herrera scored with 1:26 left, but Badour responded before the break for a 10-1 halftime edge.
• The third quarter was stagnant for both teams, with the fewest shots in the game; senior attacker Colton Larkin scored the only goal of the frame for either side at 7:51.
• In the fourth, the teams traded tallies, with Saint Rose opening and closing the scoring and Herrera burying a pair of goals split by Badour for the 13-4 final.

FRESHMEN PHENOMS:

• Herrera and his fellow freshman, goalkeeper Jacob Ortiz, rank near the top of the leaderboard in the NE10.
• Herrera's hat trick gives him 15 goals on the season in nine games, one fewer than senior attacker Jack McIntyre's team-high 16 last season. He leads all freshmen in the conference in goal scoring and sits fifth among all players.
• Ortiz stopped 18 shots last night, bringing him to 144 saves total, which leads AIC and the NE10, and is second only to Ryan Kearney of Mars Hill at 150 saves in nine games.

NEXT UP:

• AIC has a quick turnaround, with a make-up game against Dominican College on Thursday, March 29 at 1 p.m.

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