MEDFORD, Mass. - No. 5 St. John Fisher scored 12 first-half goals en route to an 18-11 victory over the Catholic University men's lacrosse team in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship.

The Cardinals (13-5) conclude their season in the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year and fourth time in program history.

St. John Fisher, who entered the game ranked third in Division III in scoring offense at 19.62 goals per game, led 4-0 after the first quarter and 12-3 at halftime.

Nicholas Miller, who totaled six goals and one assist for the Cardinals (16-2), scored three of the team's four goals in the first quarter before adding two goals and one assist in the second.

Junior Danny Fitzgibbons got Catholic on the board 1:44 into the second off an assist from junior Ryan Carroll, but the Cardinals scored another four unanswered over the next three-and-a-half minutes to increase their lead to 8-1 with 9:44 to play.

Carroll picked up his second assist on a goal by senior Collin Stein at 8:55 before senior Cameron Dunn netted the first of his two goals with 5:20 remaining.

St. John Fisher (16-2) added three more goals to end the half to take a nine-goal advantage at the end of the first half.

Catholic mounted a comeback in the third, outscoring the Cardinals 5-0 to cut its deficit to four, 12-8. Five different players had a goal while seven had one point. Dunn opened the quarter scoring his second goal while Fitzgibbons ended it, tallying his second of the game with just one second remaining.

St. John Fisher posted its third, four-goal run of the game to open the fourth, pushing its lead to 16-8 with 12:51 left.

Junior Connor Pierce totaled his fourth multi-goal game of the season with his second at 11:52. However, the Cardinals didn't score again until under the five-minute mark when Fitzgibbons scored for the third time, marking his third hat-trick of the season, all in the last four games.

The team's leading scorer, senior Kevin Crowley, netted his 49th of the season with 2:05 remaining, before St. John Fisher closed the game with back-to-back tallies to provide the final margin.

Catholic outshot the Cardinals, 54-53, but St. John Fisher won the face-off battle, winning 23-of-31 while holding a 39-23 edge in ground balls.

Junior Nic Pezone totaled 13 saves. His counterpart, Ben Hammond, made 11.

St. John Fisher advances to the third round where it will take on host Tufts who defeated Norwich, 33-11 in Saturday's first game.