EDWARDSVILLE – The Wilkes University men's lacrosse team posted its second straight home victory after the Colonels bested visiting Mount Saint Mary College 11-4 Saturday afternoon at Schmidt Stadium.
 
Wilkes improved to 3-4 overall on the year while Mount Saint Mary dropped to 1-3 on the season.
 
Anthony DiFrancesco (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) fired in six goals and one assist to lead the offensive charge for the Colonels. The first-year standout has totaled 13 goals over the past two Wilkes victories after a seven-goal performance in the win last week against King's.
 
The Colonels took a 3-0 lead after one quarter thanks to a pair of goals from DiFrancesco and one from Austin Sosnovik (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh).
 
Mount Saint Mary responded with three goals to start the second quarter tying the game at three with 11:57 left in the frame forcing a Colonels timeout. From there it was four unanswered goals by Wilkes including two more from DiFrancesco to put the hosts ahead 7-3 at the break.
 
Each team scored one goal in the third quarter before the Colonels put the game out of reach in the final 15 minutes of play as Stone Sosnovik (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) (6:38) and DiFrancesco (4:10 & 1:29) accounted for the scoring to seal the third win of the year.
 
Wilkes held a 45-20 shot advantage throughout while causing 30 Knights turnovers. The Colonels were also efficient in the clearing game finishing 21-for-24 on the day. Wilkes also converted on its two man-up advantages.
 
Caleb Miller (Mohrsville, PA/Schuylkill Valley) finished with five saves in goal for the Colonels recording his third victory of the season.
 
Wilkes continues its home stretch Wednesday with a non-conference tilt against Alvernia University at 7:00 p.m. at Schmidt Stadium.