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The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team kicked off its annual spring break southern trip with an 18-13 win over Birmingham Southern in Birmingham, AL.

Jake Dick scored a career-high seven points, with six goals and an assist, as the Bearcats jumped out to an 8-3 halftime lead and held off the Panthers down the stretch to improve to 2-0 on the year.

Saint Vincent out-scored the Panters 6-2 in the first quarter, with three goals coming from Dick and one apiece from Zach Wilfong, Vincenzo DiSantis, and Mike Diggs.  The lead would eventually stretch to 8-3 at halftime, with second quarter goals coming from Will DeLanoy and Ryan Kearney.  Over the first half, the Bearcats out-shot the Panthers 25-19, with SVC goalie Adam Gunter making six first-half saves.

Two third quarter goals from Wilfong, and one apiece from Diggs and Kearney, would open the Bearcats' lead to 12-6 at the midway point of the quarter, before the Panthers would embark on a comeback, scoring five times over the final six minutes of the quarter to cut the SVC advantage to 13-10 after three quarters.

Diggs, Franklin Howard, and Dick would score in the first three minutes of the game's final stanza to put the Bearcats on top 16-10, effectively putting the Panthers away.  Will Selmayer would score his second goal of the season with 7:05 left to make the score 17-11, before Dick's sixth goal of the afternoon would close out the day's scoring for the Bearcats.

In addition to Dick's seven points, DeLanoy posted five with a goal and four assists, while Wilfong ended the day with four points, on three goals and one helper.  Gunter earned the win in goal, posting seven saves.  The Bearcats also totaled 49 ground balls on the day, led by six from Sean Kretovics and and four from Kearney.

Birmingham Southern (0-1) was led on the scoresheet by Nicco DeRosa, who scored five goals, while teammate Jacob McPherson scored four times.  Ben Schaefer grabbed nine ground balls for the Panthers, while goalie Andrew Huffman made eight saves in the losing effort.

Saint Vincent (2-0) will return to action on Wednesday, taking on York College at 1pm in Sylvan Lake Park, FL.