GREENSBURG - Freshman Peyton Gensler scored three goals and added two assists as the #7 Seton Hill University men's lacrosse team routed #18 New York Institute of Technology, 13-5, on Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Field.

// NOTABLES
• Seton Hill improves to 4-0 on the year, while NYIT slips to 2-2.
• SHU amassed 44 total shots in the game compared to 30 for NYIT.
• Seton Hill forces 20 turnovers from NYIT.
• The Griffins dominated the face offs, winning 15 out of 22 overall.

// SHU LEADERS
• Peyton Gensler had three goals and added two assists to lead the Griffin Offense. Thomas Hanulak and Ryan Manbeck had two goals apiece, while six SHU players - Davis St. Clair, Logan Maloni, Robert Hofseth, Zack Estabrooks, Dan Rupert, and McGarity Harper - all had goals on the day. St. Clair had a team-high three assists.
• Kevin Mo (4-0) grabbed 8 saves in 60:00 minutes played.

// HOW IT HAPPENED
•  It would take just over six minutes of play before SHU's Dan Rupert made it 1-0 in favor of the Griffins. Thomas Hanulak's goal at 5:14 made it 2-0 before NYIT's Brendan Watt got the Bears on the board with 1:25 to go in the first quarter. Logan Maloni's goal with just 13 seconds remaining gave SHU a 3-1 lead heading into the second. Peyton Gensler's goal less than a minute in kicked off another three goal quarter which saw goals from David St. Clair and another from Gensler with just one second remaining. In the third, Ryan Manbeck's man-up goal at 10:13 gave SHU a 7-2 advantage. NYIT would score at the 8:13 mark, but goals from Ryan Manbeck, Robert Hofseth, and McGarity Harper put the Griffins ahead, 10-3, heading into the fourth. NYIT would get the fourth started with a goal at the 10:36 mark, but another three-goal run from SHU would seal the victory.

// NEXT UP
•  SHU takes on Roberts Wesleyan on March 4th at Dick's Sporting Goods Field. Game time is set for 1:00 PM.

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