Reading, Pa. (March 4, 2026) - Alvernia University (2-1) recorded a 16-15 overtime victory over King's College thanks to an Ethan McManus goal a minute and 46 seconds into the period Wednesday evening in a non-conference men's lacrosse clash on Alvernia's Turf Field. 

The Golden Wolves and the Monarchs battled back and forth all game and traded blows back and forth throughout the fourth quarter but neither team could capitalize as the game headed to the overtime period locked at 15. The Golden Wolves won the overtime faceoff but turned the ball over shortly afterwards. Alvernia's Jack Natyshak then caused the Monarchs to turn the ball right back over, Zackary Moats picked up the ground ball, dished it to Jimmy Sparacio, who skipped it to McManus, who ripped the ball past the King's goalie and into the back of the net to secure the OT victory for the Golden Wolves. 

The win comes as the first win on home soil for head coach Luke Franklin. 

How it Happened 

• The Golden Wolves got on the board first in the first two minutes of the contest when Jimmy Sparacio found the back of the net to put Alvernia up 1-0. 
• The Monarchs answered four minutes later with an EJ Schreiner goal to tie the game at one but the Golden Wolves responded with three goals in the next three minutes to take a 4-1 lead. Jack Natyshak assisted Joseph Mullen, Dominic Garcia assisted Ethan McManus and Charles Oberman netted an unassisted goal for Alvernia. 
• King's grabbed one back just over a minute later to make it 4-2, but Sparacio answered 41 seconds later to push it back to a three goal lead, 5-2. 
• The Monarchs answered Sparacio's goal 27 seconds later on a man up goal from Logan Gallagher to send it to the second quarter with Alvernia holding a two goal, 5-3 lead. 
• The Golden Wolves extended their lead in the first minute and a half of the quarter with goals from Zackary Moats and McManus to push it to a 7-3 Alvernia advantage. 
• King's responded once again with two goals in the next minute and a half to cut it back to a two goal, 7-5, Alvernia lead. 
• Alvernia's Sparacio and Oberman would score goals within 35 seconds of each other to make it a 9-5 Alvernia lead with four minutes to go in the half but then the Monarchs went on a scoring run. King's rattled off five straight goals over the next ten minutes of game time to swing the lead in their favor, 10-9. 
• King's netted two goals in the final three minutes of the first half to cut the Alvernia lead back to two, 9-7, at the half. The Monarchs then tallied three goals in the first five minutes of the third period to take their first lead of the game, 10-9. 
• The Golden Wolves bounced back with a Keegan Driscoll goal and Sparacio netted his fourth of the game to give Alvernia the lead back, 11-10, with seven minutes to play in the third quarter. 
• King's rattled off two more goals in the next three minutes to grab the lead back, 12-11, but Alvernia's Connor Stockton netted a nice goal with two minutes to go in the third stanza to tie the game at 12 heading into the fourth quarter. 
• The Golden Wolves opened up the quarter with another McManus goal but the Monarchs leveled the score back up 32 seconds later to tie it at 13. 
• Alvernia's Sparacio then tallied his fifth goal of the game just under a minute later to put the Golden Wolves back on top, 14-13, with 11:37 to play. 
• King's did not go away though, as the Monarchs tallied two goals over the net five minutes of play to swing the lead back in their favor, 15-14, with six minutes to go. 
• The Golden Wolves tied the game with 2:24 to go in regulation after who else but Jimmy Sparacio netted his sixth goal of the game to send the game into overtime tied at 15 a piece. 
• After Jack Kenney won the opening faceoff of the overtime period, the Golden Wolves quickly turned the ball over but Alvernia's Jack Natyshak was not having it. Natyshak caused a turnover, Zackary Moats picked up the ground ball and found Sparacio. Sparacio then skipped the ball across the field to an open Ethan McManus on the left side of the goal, McManus shuffled toward goal and fired a laser past the King's goalie and into the back of the net to seal the 16-15 OT win for Alvernia. 

Inside the Box Score 

• Jimmy Sparacio led the way for the Golden Wolves with a career high 11 points off six goals and five assists, both of which are career highs for Sparacio. He also picked up ten ground balls. 
• Ethan McManus also recorded a career high six points on the day and did so off four goals and two assists, inducing the game winner. 
• Charles Oberman netted two goals and dished out an assist, Connor Stockton scored a goal and added an assist and Joseph Mullen, Keegan Driscoll and Zackary Moats all scored goals for Alvernia. 
• Jack Natyshak and Dominic Garcia also recorded assists for Alvernia and Natyshak caused a critical turnover at the end of the game and picked up eight ground balls. 
• Jack Kenney went 25-32 on the faceoff and picked up 11 ground balls and his 25 faceoff wins is a career high. 
• Jack Mancha started in net for Alvernia and Nathan Byrne relieved him for the final 25 minutes of play. Byrne recorded two saves and earned the win in net. 

Up Next 

• The Golden Wolves are back in action on Saturday when they host Neumann at 1:00 PM.