ITHACA, N.Y – The Ithaca College men's lacrosse team took on No. 4 ranked St. Lawrence on Saturday at Higgins Stadium as the Saints used a big first quarter holding the Bombers scoreless while netting seven goals as they ended up winning 15-4. The win got the Saints to 12-1 overall and 4-0 in the Liberty League, while Ithaca dropped to 6-7 overall and 0-5 in conference.
 
St. Lawrence and Ben Hutchinson came out hot as he scored four goals in the first quarter, as the Saints opened up a 7-0 lead after the first 15 minutes of play. Hutchinson assisted on a Bobby Wells goal that opened the second as the Bombers got on the board when Chris Kiely dished it off to Charlie Niebuhr who put it away for his 25^th goal of the season. With the goal, Niebuhr surpassed 100 career points.
 
The Saints added two more goals to go up 10-1, but the Bombers finished the second quarter well with Jack Giannuzzi assisting on Kyle Proctor's 13^th goal of the season. Long stick midfielder Jace Dockx netted his first career goal as he rifled a shot from 30 yards out that bested the St. Lawrence goalkeeper Michael Marinello.
 
Ithaca would score first in the third quarter when Cullen Adams deked out a defender 2:02 into the period making it 10-4. It was all St. Lawrence from there as they scored five unanswered goals, which included two in the fourth.
 
The Saints outshot IC by a 42-31 margin and 27-13 on shots on goals. Goalkeeper Cole Corrigan recorded 12 saves for the Bombers.
 
Ithaca College will next be in action on Wednesday hosting Cortland (8-3, 4-0 SUNYAC) in a non-conference matchup at 7 p.m.