Reading, Pa (March 8, 2023) - Ryan Gilman's four goals and Jack Keenan's six assists powered Alvernia University (3-2) to a 11-3 victory over Cairn University (0-4) in a non-conference men's lacrosse matchup Wednesday afternoon at Alvernia. 

Alvernia struck first when Kenney Howley netted an unassisted goal in the first three minutes of the game to make it 1-0 Golden Wolves. 

Cole Heffler evened the score with just under ten minutes left in the first thanks to an assist from Jonathan Balsamo. 

Colin McFadyen responded with a goal thanks to an assist from Keenan with under five to play in the quarter and gave the Golden Wolves a 2-1 lead after one quarter of play. 

Alvernia then ripped off a five goal quarter in the second stanza with Gilman finding the back of the net with just under ten minutes to go in the half to make it 3-1 Golden Wolves. McFadyen and Gilman tallied two more goals within the next five minutes to extend the lead to four, 5-1 with under five to play in the half. 

Peter Capasso netted an unassisted goal with 2:43 left in the quarter to make it 6-1 and then assisted Christian Wright just 24 seconds later to cap off a five goal quarter and take the game into halftime with a 7-1 lead. 

Capasso netted the only goal of the third quarter for either team with under two minutes to go in the third. Keenan provided the assist and Alvernia held onto a commanding, seven goal lead after three quarters of play. 

Alvernia kept the ball rolling just two minutes into the final stanza whe Gilman tallied his third and fourth goals of the game just 43 seconds apart to make it 10-1 Golden Wolves. Keenan provided the assists for both of Gilman's goals, notching his fifth and sixth assists of the contest. 

Cairn found the back of the net with 8:24 left in the game when Tyler Orozco scored an unassisted goal to make it 10-2 Golden Wolves. The goal halted a nine goal run by Alvernia over three quarters. 

Cairn pulled another back with three minutes left in the game when Charles Cotton netted an unassisted goal to cut the lead to seven, 10-3. 

The Golden Wolves tallied one more for good measure when Keenan added his name to the score sheet thanks to an assist from Gilman to make it 11-3 and put the game out of reach. 

Dane Sabarese got the win in net for the Golden Wolves and tallied 11 saves. 

Gilman led the Golden Wolves with four goals and one assist, Keenan led in total points with seven and tallied six assists and one goal. Capasso and McFadyen both added two goals and Jack Kenney went 14-18 on faceoffs. 

The Golden Wolves are back in action next Saturday when they travel to Moravian to take on the Greyhounds at 1:00 PM.