Springfield, Mass. – March 11, 2026 – The Springfield College men's lacrosse team used two strings of five goals to defeat Merchant Marine, 15-7, in non-conference action on Wednesday night on Stagg Field.

Springfield evened its record out to 3-3, while Merchant Marine dropped to 3-2.

Brady Soldo (Shrewsbury, Mass.) tied a career-high with four goals leading Springfield's offense tonight, meanwhile Tate Anderson (Riverside, Conn.) not only registered his first collegiate goal, but tallied his first career hat trick with a trio of goals for the Pride, while Ryan Berkel (Sudbury, Mass.) notched his first hat trick of the season and second of his career. Berkel also tallied an assist, two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Jake Degnan (Mahopac, N.Y.) dished out a career-best four helpers. Dominic Savastano (South Salem, N.Y.) won 16-of-25 faceoffs and posted a team-best five ground balls as well.

As a team, Springfield held the edge in shots (45-37), saves (13-19), ground balls (35-25) and faceoffs (16-10). Joseph Grenier (Cheshire, Conn.) earned his first win in net for Springfield with 13 saves in a complete game effort.

The two sides traded goals early in the first before Jack DeTommaso and Kyle Hennelly gave the visitors a 4-2 lead less than a minute into the second quarter. Soldo then posted back-to-back unassisted strikes to tie the game. The run of five straight goals also saw a pair of goals from Rory Scanlon (Maple Grove, Minn.) before Matt Webb (Northport, N.Y.) completed the spurt to push Springfield ahead 7-4. Hennelly and Webb traded goals as the score stood at 8-5 in favor of the Pride at the break.

Merchant Marine was able to pull within three at 10-7 midway through the third, but Berkel's strike with 8:50 left in the quarter ignited another spurt of five straight tallies for the Pride to put the game out of reach. Soldo, Berkel and two goals from Anderson completed the 15-7 win for Springfield in its first-ever meeting with Merchant Marine.

Springfield will open NEWMAC play on Saturday against Clark University on Stagg Field at 12:00 pm.

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