GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Five Grove City College men's soccer players scored goals Friday evening to help lift the Wolverines to a season-opening 5-1 victory over visiting Houghton (0-1) in non-conference action at Don Lyle Field.

Senior forward Sam Belitz (Independence, Ohio/Independence), junior midfielder Jacob Graham (Creston, Ohio/Norwayne), junior defender Clay Meredith (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park), sophomore forward Jordan Rebsamen (Charlotte, N.C./Carmel Christian) and freshman midfielder Daniel Sharp (Zagreb, Croatia/XV Gymnasium) all scored for Grove City (1-0).

Graham broke the scoreless tie by scoring an unassisted goal at 23:27. Belitz doubled the lead five minutes later by posting an unassisted score at 28:46. 

The Wolverines then broke open the match by scoring three times in the second half. Meredith recorded his first collegiate goal at the 51:15 mark. Rebsamen's goal at 61:14 extended the lead to 4-0 and Sharp closed Grove City's scoring at 81:28. Freshman forward Aidan Eck (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) assisted Sharp's goal.

Houghton broke up the shutout at 86:13 when Kyle Thyssen scored unassisted. 

Senior goalie Jesse Greyshock (Tarentum, Pa./Deer Lakes) earned the win by making four saves in 76 minutes, 13 seconds of action. Classmate Grant Baierl (Bradford Woods, Pa./North Allegheny) played the final 13:47 in goal and made one save.

Grove City outshot the Highlanders, 15-7. Each team had six shots on goal. The Wolverines held a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.

Grove City is now 5-1-2 in its last seven home openers. Friday's match took place as part of Geneva College's Nate Ferraco Memorial Classic. Grove City will host Lancaster Bible at 6 p.m. Saturday in the second night of action at the Classic. Geneva hosted Lancaster Bible in Friday night action and will host Houghton on Saturday evening.