UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team scored seven straight first half goals Wednesday night to take control of its non-conference clash at John Carroll as the Wolverines secured an 18-6 non-conference win at the Blue Streaks' Don Shula Stadium.

Senior attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) scored four of Grove City's seven goals in the outburst to help the Wolverines grab a 9-2 lead late in the second quarter. Senior midfielder Jason Muench (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) ignited the blitz with a goal at the 6:30 mark of the first quarter while sophomores Tyson Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) and Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy) also scored in that span.

Grove City (3-5) led 9-3 at halftime and then pushed the lead to 15-4 by the end of the third quarter. Senior midfielder Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) scored twice in the third quarter while Bui had a goal and assisted a third quarter goal by freshman midfielder Ethan Binns (Saint Johns, Fla./The Bolles School) at the buzzer.

Blythe finished with five goals and two assists in his seven-point night. Bui also had seven points as he scored three times and assisted on four other goals. Hougan scored three goals and Binns added a pair of scores. 

Senior midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton), junior attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and sophomore attack Sawyer Strong (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) also scored. Graduate student midfielder Luke Jayne (Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Edward's) assisted four goals. Blythe had two assists while junior defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) and graduate student midfielder Noah Goad (Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve) each chalked up an assist. 

Grove City outshot John Carroll, 45-38, including a 30-25 edge in shots on goal. Graduate student goalie Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) made 11 saves during the first three quarters to record the win. Junior Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) made eight saves in the final quarter. 

Stone also led Grove City with six ground balls. Graduate student faceoff specialist Luke Rios (Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek) and junior faceoff man Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) both had five ground balls. Junior midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) collected four ground balls. 

Rios won 8 of 9 faceoffs while Lehberg prevailed in 8 of 12 faceoffs. Hougan and Stone both caused two turnovers. John Carroll had 17 turnovers while Grove City turned over the ball 21 times.

Grove City returns home to Robert E. Thorn to host Kenyon at 1 p.m. Saturday in non-conference action. Conference play resumes Saturday at 6 p.m. when the Wolverines host W&J.