PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team earned its seventh consecutive victory Saturday afternoon by earning a 21-7 road win over Chatham in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Graham Field. 

Grove City outscored the Cougars 15-1 over the final 41 minutes of the game after Chatham forged a 6-6 tie in the second quarter. 

Graduate student attack James Petrolle (Damascus, Md./Damascus) and junior attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) both fired in four goals to help pace Grove City (10-4, 5-0 PAC). Both men also had two assists. 

Junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Edward's) contributed three goals and two assists while sophomore attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) also scored three times. Junior midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) chipped in two goals and two assists. 

Senior midfielder Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California), junior attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro), junior midfielder Alec Jones (Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame), sophomore midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) and freshman attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy) also scored Saturday. 

Hougan led Grove City with five assists, giving him a team-leading 21 assists. Agawa and junior midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) each chalked up two assists while Jones also had an assist. 

Grove City took command of Saturday's game by scoring five times in an eight-minute span of the second quarter. Hougan scored with 9:21 left in the half to break a 6-6 deadlock. Jones, Bui, Greene and Petrolle followed with goals to give Grove City an 11-6 halftime lead. 

Jayne scored a pair of man-up goals in the third quarter to help Grove City push its lead to 16-7 after three periods. Greene scored twice in the final quarter to help cement the victory.

Junior defender Benjamin Griffin (Asheboro, N.C./Greensboro Day) helped lead Grove City's defensive effort by causing three turnovers. Junior long stick midfielder Samuel Busby (Doswell, Va./Patrick Henry), sophomore long stick midfielder Ryan Evans (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) and sophomore defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) all caused two turnovers. 

Chatham finished the game with 29 turnovers while Grove City had 21 turnovers. 

Sophomore faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) won 15 of 24 faceoffs. He also led the Wolverines with nine ground balls. Freshman midfielder Logan Fox (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian) collected five ground balls. 

Senior goalie Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) earned the win by stopping eight shots in 53:26 of action. Sophomore Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) played the final 6:34 in goal and did not face a shot on goal. Grove City out-shot Chatham (7-6, 2-2 PAC) by a 48-26 margin. 

Grove City will close its home schedule next Saturday at 3 p.m. against Allegheny in conference play at Robert E. Thorn Field.