GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--Top-seeded Grove City College won the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament title with Saturday night's 17-4 victory over No. 2 Saint Vincent College at Robert E. Thorn Field in Grove City. 

The conference championship is the third straight for Grove City (15-4). Saint Vincent (13-2) was appearing in the league's title game for the first time in program history. 

As the winner of this year's PAC Championship Tournament, Grove City will receive the conference's automatic-qualifying bid to the Division III Championship. Twenty-seven conferences have been granted automatic qualification (Pool A) for this year's championship. The 38-team field for this year’s Division III Championship is scheduled to be announced Sunday, May 8. First round games are scheduled for Wednesday, May 11. 
 

Saturday, May 7

PAC Championship Tournament [Title Game) No. 2 Saint Vincent at No. 1 Grove City Robert E. Thorn Field--Grove City, Pa.

Result: Grove City 17, Saint Vincent 4 Box score

Grove City had nine men score Saturday... It was the program's 13th-consecutive win this season... Senior Grant Evans (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Upper St. Clair), named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, won 19-of-21 faceoffs... Evans added 15 ground balls and scored a fourth period goal... Junior James Petrolle (Damascus, Md. | Damascus) had a season-high five goals... He added an assist and a pair of ground balls... Grove City jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first before back-to-back goals by juniors Andrew Coholich (Allison Park, Pa. | Hampton) and Jordan Billet (York, Pa. | West York) cut the Saint Vincent deficit to two (4-2)... Leading 5-2 after one period, senior Mike LaForte (Waterford, Conn. | Waterford) scored twice in the second to help Grove City outscore Saint Vincent 4-0 in the period and take a 9-2 lead into the break... Freshman Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y. | Holeoye Falls-Lima) tallied three second half goals for Grove City... LaForte finished with three goals and a pair of assists... Senior Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md. | Marriotts Ridge) chipped in with one goal, one assist, six ground balls and a caused turnover... Freshman Zachary Hougan (Springboro, Ohio | Springboro) finished with one goal, two assists and two ground balls... Sophomore Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va. | Flint Hill) stopped 10 shots in registering his ninth-straight win... Coholich had two goals and two ground balls for Saint Vincent... Junior Brody McMahon (Lewes, Del. | Cape Henlopen) finished with six ground balls and two caused turnovers... Junior Caleb Hawkins (Palmyra, Pa. | Palmyra) had two assists and two ground balls... Senior Noah Sperling (Gibsonia, Pa. | North Catholic) made 12 saves... Grove City outshot Saint Vincent 50-31 and had a 29-15 advantage in shots on goal... Grove City finished with a 42-26 edge in ground balls.

 

Wednesday, May 4

PAC Championship Tournament [Semifinal 2] No. 4 Chatham at No. 1 Grove City Robert E. Thorn Field--Grove City, Pa.

Result: Grove City 27, Chatham 4 Box score

Wednesday was Grove City's 12th-straight victory... The Wolverines led 5-1 after one quarter and 14-1 at the half, outscoring the Cougars 9-0 in the second period... Sixteen men scored in the semifinal win... Senior Brett Gladstone (Marriottsville, Md. | Marriotts Ridge) finished with six points on five goals and an assist... He scored four times in the first half... Gladstone added a pair of ground balls... Junior James Petrolle (Damascus, Md. | Damascus) totaled three goals and four assists...  Freshman Matt Blythe (Mendon, N.Y. | Honeoye Falls-Lima) finished with three goals, two assists and three ground balls.. Senior Grant Evans (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Upper St. Clair) was 19-of-19 on faceoffs and added a season-high 18 ground balls... He also had one goal and one assist... Sophomore Danny Stone (Chantilly, Va. | Flint Hill) allowed one goal and made four saves in the first half... Senior Kyle Rullan (Wexford, Pa. | North Allegheny) finished with two assists for Chatham... First-year Tom Curtin (Lebanon, Pa. | Cedar Crest) had four ground balls and three caused turnovers... Senior Shane Gaglione (Milford, Del. | Milford) made 16 saves.

 

Wednesday, May 4

PAC Championship Tournament [Semifinal 1] No. 3 Westminster at No. 2 Saint Vincent UPMC Field--Latrobe, Pa.

Result: Saint Vincent 10, Westminster 7 Box score

Saint Vincent, trailing 6-5 at the half, outscored Westminster 5-1 over the final two periods... It was Saint Vincent's seventh-straight win... Graduate student Tyler Condrasky (Irwin, Pa. | Norwin) and junior Jordan Billet (York, Pa. |West York) both scored a pair of second half goals... Condrasky finished with three goals and an assist while Billet totaled two goals and one assist... Junior Brody McMahon (Lewes, Del. | Cape Henlopen) posted 10 ground balls and caused five turnovers... Freshman Brady Beard (Shepherdstown, W.Va. | Spring Mills) went 11-of-16 on faceoffs and had six ground balls... Senior Noah Sperling (Gibsonia, Pa. | North Catholic) finished with 11 saves and five ground balls... Junior Nick Hubner (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Plum) sophomore Payton Waight (Ithaca, N.Y. | Ithaca) and first-year Gavin Jones (Henrico, Va. | Douglas S. Freeman) each scored two goals for Westminster... Sophomore Aaron Alderette (Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park) had five ground balls and a caused turnover... Junior Jarred Kohl (York, Pa. | York Catholic) finished with 12 saves and three ground balls.