LATROBE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College men's lacrosse team continued its historic run with a fifth consecutive Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victory on Saturday night, as the Gators took down 2023 PAC Tournament finalist Saint Vincent College, 15-12.

The Gators (7-5, 5-0 PAC), who remain tied with Grove City College for first place in the PAC standings, set a new program record with their fifth conference win. 

Allegheny led by as many as three goals on a few occasions in the first half, lastly at 9-6 following a Gideon Sullivan (Getzville, N.Y./Cathedral (Ind.)) tally with 2:22 remaining in the second quarter. But the Bearcats (4-8, 2-2 PAC) came back to even the score at 9-all with a man-up goal at 11:42 in the third. 

The game was all but decided over the next six-plus minutes. After going more than nine minutes without a goal, the Gators scored four in short order. Nick Gralewski (Meadville, Pa./Meadville) broke the tie at 7:58, and 26 seconds later, Aidan D'Amato (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) made it a two-goal cushion at 11-9. One minute later, Pete Schellbach (New York, N.Y./Salisbury School) found the back of the net, and D'Amato scored his fourth of the game at the 5:00 mark to make it 13-9 in Allegheny's favor.

JP Rakis (Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson) and Jack Cushwa (Martinsburg, W.Va./Martinsburg) added insurance markers in the fourth quarter, while goalkeeper Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere) and the defense did their part to preserve the lead.

Inside the Box Score

• Saint Vincent finished with more total shots, 52-to-46.
• Allegheny held a 40-to-33 advantage in ground balls.
• The Gators also scored one more man-up goal and finished 3-for-6 on extra-man opportunities.
• Anthony DeMarco (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls), who took every draw for the Gators, won 18-of-31 faceoffs.
• Eight Gators earned a point, and seven had multi-point performances.
• D'Amato (4g), Gralewski (2g-2a), and Sullivan (2g-2a) each logged four points.
• Schellbach, Rakis, and Cushwa each netted a pair of goals.
• Long-stick midfielder Konrad Homiak (Hampstead, N.C./Topsail) also scored once in addition to a team-high four caused turnovers and six ground balls.
• Stearns played the entire 60 minutes in goal and made 15 saves with three ground balls.

News and Notes

• Allegheny improved to 7-5 overall and is only one win shy of tying last year's record for the most in a single season.
• With five PAC wins, the Gators set a new standard for the most conference wins in a season.
• Saturday's victory is the first for Allegheny in three all-time meetings with the Bearcats.
• Four goals are a season-high for D'Amato.
• Gralewski, who tied a single-game season-high with four points, now has a career-high 30 points this season.

Up Next
The Gators return to Frank B. Fuhrer Field at the Robertson Athletic Complex to host Chatham University on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:00 p.m.