GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Sophomore attack Sawyer Strong (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) fired in a career-high six goals Tuesday evening while six teammates scored multiple goals to help the Grove City College men's lacrosse team open its home and Presidents' Athletic Conference schedules with a 23-1 victory over Bethany at Robert E. Thorn Field.

Sophomore attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy) scored three times for Grove City (1-1, 1-0) while senior midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) recorded two goals and a team-leading three assists. The Wolverines also received two goals apiece from junior defender Andrew Glasgow (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster), sophomore midfielder Joshua McDermott (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Santa Margarita), freshman midfielder Ethan Binns (Saint Johns, Fla./The Bolles School) and freshman attack Cole Pedroso (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin).

Junior attack Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page) and sophomore midfielder Breck Peacock (Wayne, Ill./Wheaton Academy) both notched a goal and an assist while senior defender Tyler Curry (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei) and graduate student midfielder Noah Goad (Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve) also scored in Tuesday's triumph.

Strong scored the first of his four first period goals at 11:56 after receiving an assist from junior attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope). Bui recorded all three of his assists in the first quarter while freshman faceoff specialist Evan Gill (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) assisted on goals by Bui and Strong in the first quarter. 

Senior midfielder Alec Jones (Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame) also had two assists. Binns, Pedroso, Schneider, graduate student midfielder Gabe Jensen (West Chester, Pa./Tatnall, Del.), junior midfielder Ryan Walton (Advance, N.C./Davie County), sophomore midfielder Evan Curry (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei), freshman long stick midfielder Sean Ledyard (Oceanside, Calif./JSerra) and freshman attack Tyler Blazek (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) all assisted one goal.

Grove City led 11-0 after one quarter, then extended the lead to 19-0 by halftime. 

Gill won 21 of 25 faceoffs and led Grove City with 16 ground balls. Schneider and Walton both had three ground balls. 

Grove City outshot Bethany (0-1, 0-1) by a 53-7 margin, including a 29-4 edge in shots on goal. Bethany had 17 turnovers while Grove City turned over possession 13 times. 

Sophomore goalie Kyle Gill (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) made two saves in the first half to earn the win. Freshman Sam Ryan (Lutherville Timonium, Md./Calvert Hall) played the final three minutes and made one save. 

The Wolverines will visit Ohio Wesleyan at 3 p.m. Saturday in non-conference play.