WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (March 7, 2026) – Rollins men's lacrosse put together a strong all-around performance on Saturday afternoon, defeating Palm Beach Atlantic 13-6 on the road.
PBA opened the scoring on the game's first possession, but
Nate Paulo responded a few minutes later, finishing a pass from
Jackson O'Brien to even the score. After several empty possessions on both sides,
Zachary Blinkoff broke the tie with an unassisted tally. The Sailfish won the ensuing faceoff, but a save from
Nick Catino allowed
Charlie Metz to collect the rebound and clear it back to Rollins.
Carder Ungerott capitalized on the opportunity, finishing a feed from Paulo to give the Tars a 3-1 lead, a score that held through the remainder of the first quarter.
Palm Beach Atlantic found an early goal in the second to cut the deficit to one before the Tars began to pull away.
Logan McHugh started the run, converting a pass from
Conor Sweeney with just over eight minutes left in the half.
Aaron Williams followed with an unassisted goal on the next possession, and McHugh added another moments later off a pass from Ungerott following the faceoff. PBA called timeout to slow the momentum, but Rollins struck again before the break as Metz and Sweeney connected to push the advantage to 7-2 at halftime.
Neither team found the net in the opening five minutes of the third quarter before Blinkoff set up Paulo to extend the lead to six. Paulo struck again just minutes later on another assist from Sweeney, then found another unassisted finish with just under three minutes remaining in the frame, giving Rollins a commanding 10-2 lead heading into the fourth.
The final quarter opened with a few empty possessions before the Sailfish found the net with just under nine minutes remaining. Paulo answered quickly with his fifth goal of the afternoon, and Williams added a man-up score soon after.
Anthony Skawinski later capped the Tars' scoring, finishing a pass from
William Engle to push the lead into double digits. Palm Beach Atlantic added a few late goals, but the Tars secured the 13-6 victory.
Paulo's six-point performance (5 goals, 1 assist) led the Rollins offense, while Williams and McHugh each added multi-goal outings. Sweeney paced the team with three assists.
Colin Selters led the Tars with six ground balls and a caused turnover, while Jack Woynarski caused two turnovers and picked up three ground balls.
Brady Greco went 8-for-11 at the faceoff X, with three other Tars also recording faceoff wins. In goal,
Nick Catino earned the win as he and Selters combined for eight saves.
Rollins improves to 2-3 on the season and will return to action on Saturday, March 14, taking on Lewis at Maryville University. First faceoff is set for 4 p.m.
