Judge Murphy recorded his second four-goal game to lead the No. 11 St. Lawrence University men's lacrosse team to a 15-6 win over SUNY Geneseo on Wednesday afternoon in Geneseo, New York.

Murphy also recorded two assists for six points and picked up two ground balls, while Mark Mahoney added three goals and Chase Malatesta scored two. Ben Hutchinson, Brendan Brigham, Brian Souza, Cam Croasdaile, Stew Hutchinson and David Herlihy also scored for the Saints, and Herlihy's marked his first collegiate tally.

Three different Saints recorded a caused turnover, while Paddy Condon went 10-for-14 from the faceoff circle and picked up a team-best eight ground balls and Brigham went 5-for-9.

The Scarlet and Brown took a quick lead over the Knights, scoring the first three goals off the sticks of Malatesta, Souza and Mahoney, to build a 3-0 advantage with 9:30 to play in the first quarter.

Geneseo's Jimmy Atkinson would break through for the Knights nearly two minutes later, but Judge Murphy scored, and Mahoney tallied his second for the 5-1 advantage after 15 minutes.

A battle of the defense proved to be the start of the second quarter after nearly seven scoreless minutes of play, but Stew Hutchinson would score for the Saints to take a 6-1 lead. The Knights would score once more before Murphy tallied back-to-back goals, including one on the man-up advantage, to secure the hat trick and put St. Lawrence up 8-2 at the break.

William McCumiskey scored his second and third goals of the game to open scoring in the third quarter and bring the Knights back within four. But the Saints went on a 7-2 run down the stretch to secure the win.

Mahoney, Murphy and Ben Hutchinson all scored on the man advantage.

"That was another solid effort today," said head coach Mike Mahoney. "It is not an easy trip to jump off the bus and play so I was really happy with the start which allowed us to settle in. I thought special teams played a big part in the outcome both extra man and the penalty kill, as well as our advantage at the face off dot."

McCumiskey led the Knights with three goals, while Jimmy Atkinson scored two and Ethan Cone picked up five ground balls.

Saints' goaltender Michael Marinello made eight saves, while Mark Pav made 11 for SUNY Geneseo.

The Saints outshot the Knights 42-30 and picked up 34 ground balls to the hosts 21. The Scarlet and Brown also capitalized on 3-of-4 man-up opportunities and controlled the faceoff dot 16-8.

St. Lawrence improved to 2-0 on the season, while SUNY Geneseo fell to 2-2.

The Saints will return to North Country Field to host Nazareth, this Saturday, March 11 at 1 p.m.