GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Sixteen men scored goals Saturday afternoon to help the Grove City College men's lacrosse team capture a 28-2 home win over Franciscan in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Robert E. Thorn Field. Grove City (9-4, 4-0 PAC) led 11-0 after one quarter and pushed the lead to 15-0 by halftime.

Freshman attack Patrick Law (Jupiter, Fla./The King's Academy) fired in a career-high six goals and added two assists to record the first eight-point performance of 2024 for the Wolverines. Fellow freshman Tyson Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) added three goals an assist in the win.

Five men scored a pair of goals: graduate student attack James Petrolle (Damascus, Md./Damascus), junior attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima), junior midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton), sophomore attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and freshman attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy).

Grove City also received goals from senior midfielder Griffen Agawa (San Ramon, Calif./California), junior defender Zach Furry (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro), junior midfielder Alec Jones (Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame), junior midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Edward's), junior midfielder Jason Muench (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park), junior midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood), sophomore faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian), sophomore midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) and sophomore long stick midfielder Ryan Evans (Crofton, Md./DeMatha).

Agawa and Schneider led Grove City with three assists each. Jayne and Zabroski joined Law among those with two assists. Junior attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) also assisted two scores. Green, Petrolle, freshman midfielder Logan Fox (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian) and both Bui brothers tallied assists. 

Evans caused a career-best four turnovers to help lead Grove City's defensive efforts. Muench and sophomore long stick midfielder Ryan Ledermann (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) both caused two turnovers. Overall, Grove City recorded 21 caused turnovers. Franciscan finished the game with 26 turnovers while the Wolverines had 19 turnovers.

Lehberg won 13 of 15 faceoffs. Zabroski won 6 of 7 faceoffs and led the Wolverines with 10 ground balls. Lehberg scooped up six ground balls while Muench had five ground balls. 

Grove City outshot the Barons (7-5, 0-3) by an 82-21 margin. The Wolverines also held a 48-9 edge in shots on goal. 

Senior Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) earned the win in goal by stopping four shots in the first half. Freshman Kyle Gill (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) made three saves in the second half. 

Saturday's win closes Grove City's three-game homestand. The Wolverines have won 10 straight home games, dating back to last season. 

The Wolverines will visit conference foe Chatham next Saturday at 4 p.m.