GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's soccer team improved to 6-0 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by capturing a 4-1 home victory over Westminster (5-4-3, 2-2-2) in conference action Wednesday evening at Don Lyle Field.
Junior forward
Evan Yoder (Milton, Pa./Milton) scored twice for Grove City (9-1-3) while junior midfielder
Luke Ladas (Parsippany Hills, N.J./Parsippany) and sophomore forward
Cristian Garcia (Miami, Fla./Florida Christian) also scored.
Ladas broke a scoreless tie at 12:29 with his fourth goal of the 2026 season. Ladas directed a pass from freshman defender
Xander Coats (Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview) toward the net and the ball trickled over the line for a goal.
Coats then notched his second assist of the afternoon 17 minutes later when he fed Garcia, who scored his fourth goal of the campaign at the 29:22 mark. Yoder then pushed the lead to 3-0 at 43:51 with the first of his two goals. Sophomore midfielder
David Lapp (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) assisted Yoder's score.
Westminster's Owen Householder cut Grove City's lead to 3-1 at 64:09. Yoder sealed the win, though, as he scored at 82:12. Senior defender Owen Campbell (Robinson Township, Pa./Robinson Township Christian) assisted Yoder's insurance goal.
Grove City piled up a 31-7 edge in total shots, including a 20-1 margin. Grove City had 10 corner kicks and did not yield a corner kick to Westminster.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Keller Krieger (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence) earned the victory by playing all 90 minutes for Grove City, which won its fourth straight outing.
Grove City will visit Franciscan at 7 p.m. Saturday in conference action.
