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WASHINGTON, Pa. (April 17) - The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team never trailed in a 7-5 win over Washington & Jefferson in a Presidents' Athletic Conference championship rematch from last season at Alexandre Stadium.

With the win, the Bearcats improve to 4-8 this year and will clinch home-field advantage throughout the 2014 PAC tournament with a win at Thiel on Saturday, April 26. The Presidents fall to 5-10 this season.

Matt Mackey and Peter Hronis gave SVC a 2-0 lead with goals in the first six minutes of the game. W&J cut the margin in half with just under eight minutes remaining in the first quarter, but SVC held a 2-1 lead through 15 minutes.

Nick Pensyl score 54 seconds into the second quarter off a pass from Sean Kretovics to put SVC ahead 3-1 early in the period. Pensyl later assisted on Hronis' second goal of the game, which came mid-way through the quarter. W&J found the back of the net with under a minute remaining in the first half as SVC led 4-2 at the break.

Each team score a goal late in the third quarter as Bryce Pasquariello scored off an assist by Patrick Kenna with 1:25 left in the frame and W&J answered 23 seconds later to make it a 5-3 game.

SVC used a pair of early fourth quarter goals to build a four-goal lead. Pensyl recorded an unassisted tally 32 seconds into the period and Tim Oxenreiter added an insurance goal with 12:41 to play off of a Pasquariello assist. The Presidents scored with 11:11 to play to cut the SVC lead to 7-4, but a goal with 49 seconds left would be the remainder of the offense for W&J.

Thanks to a 9-5 advantage in the second quarter, SVC held a slim, 22-20, lead on shots in the contest. The Bearcats converted 12-of-13 clears, while W&J was successful on 15-of-19 attempts.

Pensyl led all players with three points, while Hronis and Pasquariello each added two points. Charlie Russo won 8-of-15 face-offs for the Bearcats and Hronis picked up a game-best seven ground balls.

Greg Gonzalez earned the win in goal, making 11 saves in the victory, four of which came in the second quarter.

Saint Vincent will return to the field on Wednesday, April 23 with a 4 p.m. Senior Day match-up against La Roche in Latrobe.