NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (Apr. 12)- The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse picked up a big PAC win, defeating Westminster 10-5 on the road in New Wilmington, Pa.
 
After leading 4-2 at the half, the Bearcats used a six goal third quarter to lift them past the Titans to secure the conference win.
 
Jacob Visalli led the way for Saint Vincent, totaling four points, scoring three goals while also picking up one assist as well. Caleb Hawkins (1 goal, 2 assists) and Jordan Billet (3 assists) each recorded three points in the win as well for Saint Vincent.
 
Matthew Cassidy scored two goals and Jonathan Nagy, Andrew Coholich, Max Schuler, and Brady Beard all scored goals in the win as well. Benjamin Wohlin recorded a team-high six ground balls, while also causing two turnovers. Justin Wodarek also scooped up four ground balls in the win for SVC.
 
Noah Sperling was strong in net, playing all 60-minutes for the Bearcats. Sperling allowed just five goals, while making ten saves for the Bearcats.
 
 
It was the Titans who got on the board first, scoring just under three minutes into the game on the man-up to take a 1-0 lead. The Bearcats answered back a little over three minutes later as Coholich notched his lone goal of the game to tie the game up at 1-1.
 
Just over one minute later, the Titans regained the lead as Brady Page scored to give Westminster a 2-1 lead. With four and a half minutes remaining in the quarter, Hawkins scored on an assist from Billet to tie the game up at 2-2 heading into the second quarter.
 
The second quarter was a very low scoring quarter as both defenses remained strong for the majority of the half. Visalli scored the only two goals of the quarter, one coming on an assist from Billet on the man up and the second coming unassisted as the Bearcats held a slight two goal lead heading into the half.
 
It was all Saint Vincent out of the half as the Bearcats outscored the Titans 6-0 in the third quarter. Visalli completed his hat trick, scoring on an assist from Hawkins and Nagy followed that up with a goal of his own also on assist from Hawkins as Saint Vincent led 6-2.
 
The Bearcats continued on the attack as Beard scored on an unassisted goal and Schuler followed that up with a goal of his own Billet's third assist of the game as Saint Vincent led 8-2 with 9:36 remaining in the quarter.
 
Cassidy scored the final two goals of the quarter for the Bearcats just over two minutes apart with one coming on an assist from Visalli, before Westminster scored the final goal of the quarter at the 3:50 mark to cut the Saint Vincent lead to 10-3 heading into the fourth.
 
Once again, the fourth quarter was low scoring. The Titans netted the lone two goals but it was too little too late at the Bearcats came away with the 10-5 win.
 
 
Saint Vincent outshot the Titans 35-32 and also made ten saves compared to the nine saves made from Westminster. The Bearcats were also a strong 24-26 on clears and scooped up 33 ground balls, compared to just 26 ground balls by the Titans.
 
In faceoff's Saint Vincent won ten of them and the Titans won nine.
 
The Bearcats return to action on Saturday, April 15 when they travel to Meadville to take on Allegheny in a PAC matchup. Opening face-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday night.