The Griffin men's lacrosse team opened Great Midwest Athletic Conference play by hosting Lake Erie in the Semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.

SHU jumped out to a 10-3 halftime lead and cruised to a 15-5 victory,  SHU is now 11-5 on the season.  

Andy Davis and Colin Socker scored back to back for the Griffins as they took an early 2-0 lead.  The Storm cut the lead in half with a goal at the ten minute mark.  SHU then scored the final four goals of the quarter as they built a 6-1 lead.  Peyton Gensler scored a pair and Braedan Lockyer and Michael Coleman added one.  

Lake Erie opened the scoring seven minutes into the second quarter.  SHU responded with a pair in 43 seconds to take a 8-2 lead.  Wade Brunelle and Gensler scored the goals.  After a Storm goal, Davis and Gensler scored in the final 1:30 to give SHU a 10-3 halftime lead.  

The third quarter was low scoring with each team tallying just one goal.  Lockyer scored for the Griffins.  

SHU scored three times in the first 1:37 of the fourth quarter to put the game away.  Gensler, Demitri Yerou and Mark Strunk scored for SHU.  Davis tallied the last Griffin goal of the game.  

Gensler led the attack with five goals and an assist.  Davis scored three times.  Lockyer added two goals and an assist.  Brunelle scored a goal and added two assists.  Will Cody made eight saves in the win.  

SHU will now play for the G-MAC title on Saturday at 1 PM against the winner of the Mercyhurst/Walsh contest.