GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team dropped a 20-10 home decision to eighth-ranked Washington & Lee (11-4) in non-conference action Friday afternoon at Robert E. Thorn Field. W&L led 10-5 at halftime, then broke open Friday's game by scoring five straight goals in the third quarter. 

Five men scored for Grove City, led by three-goal outings from sophomore attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) and freshman attack Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton). Senior midfielder Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) posted two goals as part of a four-point afternoon. 

Junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Andrew's) and freshman attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) added goals for Grove City.

Bui's unassisted goal 2:14 into the game gave Grove City an early 1-0 lead. Hougan scored twice in the opening period while Bui and Gladstone added second quarter goals. Junior midfielder Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California) assisted Bui's goal while Bui provided the assist on Gladstone's score. Jayne also had an assist for the Wolverines.

Freshman defender Andrew Glasgow (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster) led Grove City with four ground balls. Gladstone, senior defender Cody Adams (Pullman, Wash./Pullman) and senior defender Brock Simmons (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) all collected three ground balls. 

Adams and senior long stick midfielder Addison Bennett (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) both caused three turnovers. Glasgow caused two turnovers. W&L finished the game with 21 turnovers while Grove City had 16 turnovers. 

The Generals outshot Grove City, 61-32, including a 36-20 edge in shots on goal. Junior goalie Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) started for Grove City and stopped five shots in the first half. Senior Jack Petit (Pensacola, Fla./West Florida High School of Advanced Technology) made 11 saves over the final two quarters. 

The Wolverines recognized the team's eight fourth-year seniors prior to the game: defender Charley Brannan (Tampa, Fla./Plant), faceoff specialist Max Chmura (Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary), long stick midfielder Kyle Coogan (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis Christian), defender Bailey Decker (Howard, Pa./Bellefonte), midfielder David Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley), Petit, attack James Petrolle (Damascus, Md./Damascus) and Simmons. Adams, Bennett and Gladstone are all fifth-year seniors.

Grove City (6-8) will visit Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Allegheny at 12:15 p.m. Saturday.