Six different Saints scored and Michael Marinello stopped a career-high 19 shots, but the No. 7 St. Lawrence University men's lacrosse team fell to No. 5 Union 12-6 in their league opener on Saturday afternoon in Schenectady, N.Y.

Mark Mahoney, Ben Hutchinson, Zadoc White, Cody Sipher, Judge Murphy and Bobby Wells all scored for the Scarlet and Brown, while Mahoney, Sipher and Wells all added at least one assist on the afternoon. Joe Scarfi finished with a team-high five ground balls, while Mahoney, Hutchinson, Sam Smith and Chase Malatesta all picked up three and six Saints each caused one turnover.

The Dutchmen got the better of the play in the first quarter, outscoring the Saints 4-1. Zach Davis tallied two of the four goals for Union, while Hutchinson scored for the Scarlet and Brown.

After a scoreless 10 minutes to start the second quarter, the Saints broke through, as Mahoney found White on the doorstep to bring the game within two. Union's Jack Thompson was called for slashing on the goal from White and the Saints took advantage of the man-up opportunity, scoring their third goal off the stick of Murphy.

Davis scored his third of the game with 1:25 remaining in the first half and the Dutchmen held onto a 5-3 lead at the break.

After an evenly paced third quarter, the Dutchmen led 8-5 with one quarter remaining.

Davis opened the fourth quarter, with his fourth goal of the game and Union went on to outscore the Saints 4-1 and finished on a 7-2 run for the win.

"Union certainly deserved to win that game," said head coach Mike Mahoney. "It starts with our preparation and execution, which falls squarely on me."
 
"It's a great opportunity for us to take a look at some things and hit the reset button heading into our next league game. This a proud and committed group and I expect them to respond accordingly."

Michael Shaw and Davis each recorded five goals to lead the Dutchmen, while Matthew Paolatto picked up a team-best six ground balls and went 13-for-16 in the faceoff circle.

Marinello recorded a career-best 19 saves and Dan Donahue finished with 12 for Union.

Union outshot St. Lawrence 53-32 and picked up 37 ground balls to the Saints' 27. The Saints went 1-for-2 on man-up opportunities, while Union went 2-for-5.

The Saints fell to 6-1 on the season and 0-1 in Liberty League play, while Union improved to 6-1 and 1-0.

St. Lawrence will return home to host Ithaca under the lights on Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m.