LEXINGTON, Va. -- One day after earning the program's first-ever NCAA Championship Tournament victory, the Grove City College men's lacrosse team pushed No. 9 Washington & Lee to the brink Sunday afternoon in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. However, the Generals broke a 10-10 in the fourth quarter by scoring the final three goals of the game to earn a 13-10 win over visiting Grove City at Wilson Field. 

Grove City trailed 10-8 early in the fourth quarter before forging the seventh and final tie of the afternoon. Sophomore attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) scored an unassisted goal with 12:15 left, then added a man-up goal exactly three minutes later to tie the game at 10. Junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Andrew's) assisted Blythe's tying goal. 

W&L won the ensuing faceoff, however, and Alex Brown broke the 10-10 tie by scoring at the 9:05 mark. Hillis Burns scored twice in the final 3:26 to seal the win, which is the school-record 18th victory of the season for the Generals.

Seven men scored for Grove City, led by Blythe's three-goal outing. Sophomore attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) scored twice. Jayne, junior midfielder Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California), freshman attack Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton), senior midfielder Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) and sophomore midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Danville) also scored. 

Jayne and freshman midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) both recorded a pair of assists for Grove City. Zabroski and freshman long stick midfielder Ryan Evans (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) each added assists. 

Senior defender Brock Simmons (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) led Grove City with four ground balls. Gladstone and senior defender Cody Adams (Pullman, Wash./Pullman) each recorded three ground balls. 

Freshman defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) caused a game-high four turnovers. Evans caused two turnovers. The Wolverines forced 22 W&L turnovers. Grove City turned over possession 15 times. 

Washington & Lee outshot Grove City, 45-36, including a 12-5 margin in the fourth quarter. In goal, senior Jack Petit (Pensacola, Fla./West Florida High School of Advanced Technology) stopped 14 shots in 58:46 of action. Freshman Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) played the final 1:14.

Brown scored with 22 seconds left in the first half to give W&L a 7-6 halftime lead. He led Washington & Lee with four goals. Boots Lackey tallied a game-high seven ground balls for the Generals, who will face Salisbury in the national quarterfinals next weekend. 

Grove City (11-9) and W&L met April 21 in Grove City, with the Generals earning a 20-10 win at Robert E. Thorn Field. Saturday, Grove City earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament win by defeating No. 14 Swarthmore in overtime, 18-17, at Washington & Lee. W&L defeated Centre in Saturday's first game, 21-10. 

Grove City will lose Adams, long stick midfielder Addison Bennett (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield), 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), Brett Gladstone, midfielder David Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley), Petit, attack James Petrolle (Damascus, Md./Damascus) and Simmons to graduation.