GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team scored nine straight goals during the second and third periods Saturday afternoon on the way to an 18-7 victory over visiting Westminster in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Robert E. Thorn Field. 

Grove City (6-6, 3-0) trailed 5-4 early in the second quarter before charging ahead for good. Junior attack Mac Faircloth (Greensboro, N.C./Page) tied the game with 6:11 left in the half after receiving an assist from senior attack Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro).

Senior midfielder Kobi Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) gave Grove City the lead for good with an unassisted goal at the 3:27 mark. Bui pushed the lead to 7-5 with 58 seconds left in the half with a man-up goal. Junior attack Stewart McClain (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) assisted Bui's score. 

Grove City broke open the game with six goals in the third quarter. Hougan scored a pair of unassisted goals while Faircloth and Bui also scored unassisted. Sophomore midfielder Tyson Bui (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) added an unassisted goal in the quarter and Hougan assisted a goal by senior attack Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima).

Blythe, Kobi Bui and Hougan all finished with three goals. Faircloth scored twice. Graduate student midfielder Noah Goad (Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve), senior midfielder Alec Jones (Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame), junior defender Sam Stevenson (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove), sophomore attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy), sophomore midfielder Breck Peacock (Wayne, Ill./Wheaton Academy) and sophomore attack Sawyer Strong (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) also scored. 

Hougan and McClain both assisted a pair of goals. Kobi Bui, Strong, junior attack Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and freshman Ethan Binns (Saint Johns, Fla./The Bolles School) all had an assist. 

Grove City accumulated a 57-29 edge in total shots, including a 34-22 margin in shots on goal. Grove City finished with 15 turnovers while Westminster had 13.

Hougan and junior midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) each picked up a team-leading five ground balls. Blythe and junior Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) both had four ground balls. 

Lehberg won all eight of his faceoff chances. Graduate student Luke Rios (Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek) won 12 of 15 faceoffs. 

Graduate student Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va./Flint Hill) stopped 15 shots to secure the win.

The Wolverines will host Chatham at 7 p.m. Wednesday in conference action at Robert E. Thorn Field.