HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (Mar. 2, 2017)- Powered by an eight goal second half, the Centenary University men's lacrosse team remained unbeaten with an 11-4 victory over Alvernia University on Thursday afternoon.

Junior Nolan Gottshall (Toms River, N.J. / Toms River East) finished with four goals, six groundballs and two caused turnovers for the Cyclones who improve to 2-0 overall. Jarret Abernethy recorded a hat-trick for the Crusaders who fall to 1-1 overall.

Gottshall, junior Michael Muff (Havertown, Pa. / Haverford) and freshman Jon Manzo (Manahawkin, N.J. / Southern Regional) each scored a goal in the opening quarter as the Cyclones held a tight 3-2 lead at intermission.

Centenary broke the game wide open in the second half with seven unanswered goals that stretched their lead to 11-3 late in the fourth. The Cyclones opened the half with back-to-back goals by senior Luke Tremont (Vernon, N.J. / Vernon Township), before Gottshall netted another three and Muff added another two. The afternoon was capped off by a goal from junior James Iwanicki (Gloucester, Mass. / Ipswich).

The Cyclones edged the Crusaders on shots (42-20), shots on goal (27-16), turnovers (15-21), groundballs (39-22) and faceoffs won (13-6).

Junior Spencer Stachowiak (Bel Air, Md. / Bel Air) finished with seven groundballs and four caused turnovers, while Tremont also totaled seven groundballs as well. Freshman Chris Howell (Bear, Del. / Delaware Military Academy) went 13-for-19 on faceoffs and scooped up five groundballs. Sophomore Chris Cameron (Waldwick, N.J. / Waldwick) logged 60 minutes in the cage and made 12 saves along with three groundballs.

Head Coach Matthew Klank and the Cyclones will return to action in Union, N.J. on Saturday, Mar. 4^th against the Cougars of Kean University at 1:00 p.m.