Box Score DOYLESTOWN (PA) – Chris Coyle notched five goals to lead Delaware Valley College to a program-record 15 tallies in a 15-7 victory over visiting Bryn Athyn College.
 
The Aggies, in their inaugural season, also had their largest margin of victory in a game. They improved to one game above .500 at 4-3 overall heading into conference play. They will begin the six-game, Freedom Conference stretch on the road against Manhattanville College next Thursday, April 2.
 
For the Lions it was their first setback of the year as they dropped to 3-1.
 
Delaware Valley struck early as Nick Shendge won the opening faceoff and Riley Kratzke found Coyle who wired one past the keeper just 45 seconds into the contest. The Aggies went up 2-0 on a goal from Matt Brady before Nolan Frame got Bryn Athyn on the board with 9:31 remaining in the first quarter. Brady and Kratzke added one apiece to give Delaware Valley a 4-1 lead heading into the second.
 
In the second stanza, the Aggies remained hot and outscored the Lions, 6-2, to take their largest lead into a halftime at 10-3. Alex McKenzie got the scoring started on a man-up opportunity just 11 seconds into the quarter. Frame scored again for Bryn Athyn to make it 5-2, but Delaware Valley responded with five unanswered goals to open up the eight-goal lead. Coyle had two of tallies while McKenzie, Shendge and Patsy Davis had one apiece.
 
Delaware Valley was called for a three-minute, non-releasable stick violation after Davis' goal. However, the Lions were only able to score once on the man-up opportunity for the 10-3 score at the break.
 
Bryn Athyn made a spurt at the start of the second half as it scored three times in the first 3:21 to make it a 10-6 contest. However, just over a minute later, the Aggies got one back when Brady fed Davis at the side of the cage for his second of the game and the season. Each team scored once more before the end of the third to make it 12-7 heading into the final stanza.
 
The Delaware Valley defense shut the door in the fourth quarter and allowed no goals and just one shot on cage. Meanwhile, the offense scored three times including two from Coyle and one from Seth Clauser off a nice feed from Shendge.
 
Coyle led the Aggies with six points in the contest and it upped his season totals to team-highs of 19 goals and 22 points. Brady had three goals and one assist while Davis and McKenzie each tallied twice. Jacob Tomasik earned his fourth win of the season in goal with 10 saves. Troy Darpino had a game-high seven ground balls.
 
Bryn Athyn got three goals from Frame and two from Quintin Harrish while Robert Moran recorded 10 saves between the pipes.