SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men’s lacrosse team dominated in a non-conference match-up under the lights on Friday evening, taking down the visiting Bobcats of Lees-McRae, 22-2. Sophomore Jake Gilmour had himself a night, dishing out a single-game record eight assists, and closed game by adding a goal of his own for nine points on the evening. Senior Dylan Yonts added a team-best seven goals, while Will Cothron added his first career goal. Freshman Dan Daley had a bit of a breakout game, dishing out four assists and adding a goal of his own. The Basics Final Score: Saint Leo 22 | Lees-McRae 2 Location: University Turf Stadium | Saint Leo, Fla. Records: Saint Leo 5-1 | Lees-McRae 1-4 How It Happened 1Q | The Lions opened with back-to-back early goals as senior Luke Stiebe, a long stick middie, received a beautiful pass from Gilmour off the opening face to give the Lions the lead. Directly off the next faceoff, Cothron, who won the faceoff, streaked down the field with the ball, scoring his first career goal. Despite the hot start, the Lions laid off the gas, and Lees-McRae saw Alec Molander score back-to-back goals to tie the game and end the first. | 2-2 | 2Q | Saint Leo realized they had gone back on their heels, and saw three younger faces get involved and initiate the offense. Sophomore Jason D’Aoust scored his third goal of the season off of a Vin Ferretti assist for just his third goal of the season. It was followed by fellow sophomore Anthony Visintin’s second goal of the season, as he took the ball himself to record the score. Freshman Charlie Kurtenbach was hit with the pass by fellow freshman Mike McDonough, giving the Lions a 5-2 lead. The first half ended with pair of Yonts goals. His first came off a pass from freshman Dan Daley, while the second came off a cheeky play where Yonts saw a GB roll in front of him, the senior picked it up and gave a little flick between the legs to close out the half. | Saint Leo 7-2 | 3Q | The third quarter was an offensive onslaught for the Lions, as they tallied 10 goals in the period, from five different players. Matt Scharr added his first of the game, and he followed that up with an assist to Yonts just seconds later. Carter Dickson added his second goal of the season as Zach Lysyk hit him with the assists. Gilmour’s passing abilities were proven in the third as he recorded the next seven assists on the next seven goals of the period. He hit Yonts with four of those assists, Scharr tallied the hat-trick after sending in two of Gilmour’s passes, and Chad Marino scored a Man-Up goal from Gilmour’s pass. | Saint Leo 17-2 | 4Q | Kurtenbach added another as he opened up the scoring for the Lions in the final period. Senior Joe Donnian recorded back-to-back goals, both off passes from Daley within seconds of each other. The Lions two leading assist givers were both given the opportunity to score in the final seconds of the game. Daley tallied his third goal of the season off a pass from Vin Ferretti, while Gilmour closed the game, appropriately off a pass from Daley. | Saint Leo 22-2 | Points to Note The team finished with 17 assists, one off from the single game record of 18 set in 2009. Jake Gilmour’s eight assists sets a new school record for assists in a single game. The previous record was help by both Ryan Harris (4/1/06) and Joe Guerin (4/19/09) with six. Gilmour now has 31 assists in his career, propelling him to 10th all-time in career assists. Dave Moore now has 28 career wins, just two shy of tying the school record. Yonts is up to 96 career goals, just four from the elusive 100. Stiebe’s goal as a LSM was the first goal by a player who uses the long-stick defensive pole. Up Next Saint Leo continues its home-stand hosting Colorado Mesa at 7PM on Tuesday, March 15.