LATROBE, Pa. – Eleven Grove City College men's lacrosse players scored goals Wednesday afternoon to help lift the visiting Wolverines to a 22-9 victory at Saint Vincent in both teams' Presidents' Athletic Conference opener.

Grove City led 7-5 at halftime and then asserted control of the game with a 10-goal outburst in the third period. Senior midfielder Patrick Mark (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Wellington) scored 13 seconds into the second half to spark the Grove City surge.

Junior attack Blaise Bishop (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West) scored four times in the third quarter while junior midfielder Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) scored twice in the period.

Junior Jed Speers (Medina, Ohio/Medina), freshman Jack Carpenter (Newtown, Conn./St. Joseph) and freshman Gavin Wilson (McKinney, Texas/Cornerstone Christian) also scored goals in the pivotal third quarter.

Bishop and Gladstone each finished with four goals each while Speers scored three times. Wilson, junior Michael La Forte (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) and sophomore James Petrolle (Damascus, Md./Damascus) each scored two goals

Carpenter, Mark, freshman Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California), junior Addison Bennett (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) and junior Grant Evans (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair).all scored once.

Petrolle recorded three assists while La Forte and Gladstone each assisted two goals. Carpenter, Evans, Speers and junior Keith Torrillo (Latrobe, Pa./Latrobe) added assists.

Evans won 20 of 22 faceoffs and sophomore Max Chmura (Wadsworth, Ohio/Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary) captured 7 of 10 faceoffs.

Evans led Grove City with 20 ground balls. Chmura and senior defender Jared Hurd (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) each recorded three ground balls. Hurd also caused two turnovers.

Sophomore goalie Jack Petit (Pensacola, Fla./West Florida High School of Advanced Technology) stopped 14 shots, earning the victory.

Grove City outshot Saint Vincent, 51-38, including a 31-23 edge in shots on goal. Grove City had 20 turnovers and Saint Vincent turned over the ball 19 times.

The Wolverines (4-1, 1-0 PAC) return to action Saturday, April 10 when they host Chatham in conference play at Robert E. Thorn Field.