GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team rolled to its fourth straight victory Saturday afternoon by securing a 16-4 triumph over visiting Chatham in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Robert E. Thorn Field.
Grove City (6-7, 5-0 PAC) stormed out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter as sophomore attack
Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) fired in two goals and an assist while freshman attack
Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) recorded four of his five assists during the first 15 minutes.
Hougan paced the Wolverines with four goals while freshman attack
Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) scored three times. Bui added two goals as part of his seven-point afternoon.
Senior attack
Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge), senior long stick midfielder
Addison Bennett (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield), senior midfielder
David Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley), junior midfielder
Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Andrew's) sophomore attack
Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima), freshman midfielder
Sean Mahoney (Fort Myers, Fla./Canterbury) and freshman long stick midfielder
Ryan Ledermann (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) also scored in Saturday's victory.
Hougan added two assists. Blythe, Jayne and junior midfielder
Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California) also notched assists for Grove City, which led 9-3 at halftime.
Bennett led Grove City's defensive efforts by causing two turnovers. Overall, Grove City forced Chatham into 22 turnovers. The Wolverines turned over possession 17 times.
Senior defender
Brock Simmons (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) collected three ground balls for Grove City. Bui, Greene, Hougan and Kraus all had two ground balls.
Mahoney won 9 of 12 faceoffs. Senior
Max Chmura (Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) won 8 of 11 faceoffs.
Grove City held a 55-31 edge in total shots, including a 34-14 margin in shots on goal.
Senior
Jack Petit (Pensacola, Fla./West Florida High School of Advanced Technology) made six saves in the first half to earn the win. Junior
Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) stopped four shots in the second half.
The Wolverines step out of conference play Friday to host No. 11 Washington & Lee at Robert E. Thorn Field. Friday's non-league game will start at 3 p.m.