STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team stormed out to a 9-1 lead in the first quarter Wednesday night on the way to a 26-6 victory at Franciscan in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Trinity Health System Field. 

Grove City (5-7, 4-0 PAC) scored nine straight goals in the first quarter, then extended the lead to 13-3 by halftime. 

Sophomore attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) paced Grove City's balanced offensive attack by scoring five times. Ten teammates joined him in the scoring column. Sophomore attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) fired in four goals while senior midfielder Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge), senior midfielder David Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and freshman attack Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) all scored three goals apiece. 

Junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Andrew's) and freshman attack Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page) each scored twice in Wednesday night's win. Sophomore midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood), freshman midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian), freshman attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and freshman midfielder Ryan Walton (Advance, N.C./Davie County) also scored for Grove City.

Grove City's nine goals in the first quarter came in a span of 6 minutes, 30 seconds. Blythe scored three times in the opening period while Bui and Greene both had a goal and assist in the first quarter.

Bui, Jayne and Zabroski all had two assists, as did freshman defender Andrew Glasgow (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster). Faircloth, Gladstone, Greene, senior defender Bailey Decker (Howard, Pa./Bellefonte) and freshman long stick midfielder Ryan Evans (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) each assisted goals. 

Gladstone and freshman defender Ryan Ledermann (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) both caused three turnovers to help pace the Grove City defense. Grove City coerced 20 Franciscan turnovers and limited the Barons to 19 shots. Grove City outshot Franciscan, 66-19.

Zabroski led Grove City with nine ground balls. Senior Max Chmura (Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) recorded six ground balls. Gladstone and Glasgow both collected five ground balls. Chmura won 16 of 24 faceoffs while Zabroski won 7 of 10 faceoff opportunities. 

Freshman goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) made three saves to earn the win. 

Grove City will host Chatham at 3 p.m. April 15 in conference play at Robert E. Thorn Field.