SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men’s lacrosse team opened up their 2016 season with a 22-3 victory over Emmanuel College (GA) on Saturday, February 13th at University Turf Stadium. Dylan Yonts would lead the Lions with five goals in the game as Jake Gilmour led the team in points with six, having two goals and four assists. Joe Donnian was second on the team in goals scored with four balls finding the back of the net on five shots. In goal for the Lions, Dave Moore had six saves in 46:13 minutes played. Will Cothron led the team in groundballs as he scooped up nine in the game. Saint Leo totaled 60 shots compared to Emmanuel’s 16 where the Lions held the advantage in ground balls as well, 47-11. Saint Leo’s faceoff contingent would win 22-of-29 faceoffs going 6-of-8 in the first quarter, 6-of-8 in the second, 6-of-7 in the third and 4-of-6 in the fourth quarter. Saint Leo ended the game with a perfect 18-of-18 on clears for the game. The Basics Final Score: Saint Leo 22 | Emmanuel 3 Location: University Turf Stadium, Saint Leo, Fla. Records: Saint Leo 1-0 | Emmanuel 0-2 How It Happened 1Q | In the opening quarter, Saint Leo would outscore Emmanuel 7-0 behind Dylan Yonts’ three goals. Matt Scharr led off the game with the Lions’ first goal of the game at 12:36. Scharr would have two himself in the opening period as Jake Gilmour and Joe Donnian each had one. | Saint Leo 7-0 | 2Q | Saint Leo would jump back into the scoring column as Yonts would score his fourth goal at 14:02 in the second quarter. Bruce Preeschl would get in the books as he scored the second goal of the quarter at 12:37 before Yonts would send it behind the goalkeeper once again for his fifth goal with 9:51 to play in the half. Jake Gilmour and Joe Donnian would each score in the quarter as Saint Leo would get to a 13-0 lead. Emmanuel would get into the scoring column as Austin Brundage would put the first goal for Emmanuel in at 27-seconds to go. | Saint Leo 13-1 | 3Q | Emmanuel would score two in the third quarter as Saint Leo would score four themselves. Justin Robinson, Bruce Preeschl, Dan Daley and Carter Dickson all scored for the Lions in the third quarter. Emmanuel would score the final goal of the quarter with three minutes to play as both teams would be held scoreless for the remaining of the quarter. | Saint Leo 17-3 | 4Q | Saint Leo held Emmanuel scoreless in the final quarter on four shots as the Lions’ scored five on 16 shots. Peter Bashar, Josh Kaufling, Charlie Kurtenbach, Joe Donnian and Jason D’Aoust all found the back of the net for Saint Leo. | Saint Leo 22-3 | Up Next Saint Leo will host Limestone on Saturday, February 20th at University Turf Stadium where faceoff is slated for 12:00 PM.