GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thirteen Grove City College men's lacrosse players scored goals Tuesday afternoon as the Wolverines opened Presidents' Athletic Conference play with a 27-4 road win over Thiel at Alumni Stadium. Grove City led 6-1 after one quarter, then doubled the lead to 12-2 by halftime.

Seven men posted multi-goal efforts for Grove City. Sophomore attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) fired in a team-leading five goals for the Wolverines while freshman attack Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page) pumped in four goals. Freshman attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and freshman midfielder Ryan Walton (Advance, N.C./Davie County) each scored three times. 

Junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Edward's), sophomore midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) and freshman midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) all scored twice. The Wolverines also received goals from senior faceoff specialist Max Chmura (Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary), senior midfielder David Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley), junior midfielder Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California), freshman midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton), freshman midfielder Ryan Evans (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) and freshman defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove).

Blythe, Faircloth and sophomore attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) all assisted three goals. Bui, Jayne and sophomore midfielder Alec Jones (Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame) all tallied two assists. Davidson, Kraus, Zabroski, senior midfielder Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) and freshman midfielder Jackson Kennedy (Snohomish, Wash./Monroe) also chalked up assists. 

Blythe recorded two goals and two assists in the first eight minutes while Hougan recorded three assists in the first 9:14 to help Grove City (1-3, 1-0 PAC) bolt to a 5-0 lead. 

The Wolverines outshot Thiel (2-4, 0-1 PAC) 49-27. Thiel had 22 turnovers while Grove City turned over possession 19 times. 

Chmura won 10 of 15 faceoffs while freshman Sean Mahoney (Fort Myers, Fla./Canterbury) won 8 of 10 opportunities. Zabroski led Grove City with nine ground balls. Chmura and Mahoney both had five ground balls while freshman long stick midfielder Ryan Ledermann (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) reocrded four ground balls. 

Freshman goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) made 13 saves in his collegiate debut for the Wolverines, earning the win.

Grove City will visit Southern Virginia in non-conference action Saturday at 12 p.m.