STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Grove City College men's lacrosse team maintained first place in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by capturing a 28-2 win Wednesday night at Franciscan in conference play at Trinity Health System Field. The Wolverines (9-6, 6-0) led 9-0 after one quarter and eventually built a 23-0 lead in the second half. 

The Wolverines amassed a 62-24 edge in total shots, including a 37-9 margin in shots on goal. Grove City also won 31 of 33 faceoffs. 

Eight men scored multiple goals for Grove City, led by a five-goal performance from freshman attack Cole Pedroso (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin). Sophomore attack Sawyer Strong (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) racked up four goals and four assists as part of a career-best eight points while sophomore attack Davis Schneider (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton Academy) collected three goals and four assists. 

Junior attacks Rigdon Greene (Marietta, Ga./Pope) and Stewart McClain (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) both scored two goals, as did sophomore midfielder Breck Peacock (Wayne, Ill./Wheaton Academy), freshman midfielder Ethan Binns (Saint Johns, Fla./The Bolles School) and graduate student midfielder (West Chester, Pa./Tatnall, Del.).

Senior defender Benjamin Griffin (Asheboro, N.C./Greensboro Day), junior faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Santa Fe Christian), sophomore midfielder Evan Curry (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei), sophomore defender Ian Martti (Greensboro, N.C./Page), freshman long stick midfielder Sean Ledyard (Oceanside, Calif./JSerra) and freshman attack Tyler Blazek (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) also scored for Grove City.

Blazek and junior midfielder Boden Davidson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian) both had two assists. Binns, Peacock and Pedroso all had an assist, as did junior midfielder Ryan Walton (Advance, N.C./Davie County) and freshman midfielder Nolan Brown (Chester Springs, Pa./Owen J. Roberts).

Freshman Evan Gill (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) won 26 of 27 faceoffs and secured a career-high 18 ground balls. Schneider, senior midfielder Trey Zabroski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) and junior defender Andrew Glasgow (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster) all had three ground balls. 

Junior goalie Tyler Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) earned the win after playing a scoreless first half. He stopped four shots. Sophomore Kyle Gill (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) made three saves in the second half. 

Grove City finished with 18 turnovers. Franciscan committed 21 turnovers. 

Winners of four straight, Grove City steps out of conference play Saturday to face New England power Connecticut College at 5 p.m. in Sparks, Md., at U.S. Lacrosse Headquarters.