SWARTHMORE (PA) – Swarthmore College outscored visiting Delaware Valley University, 7-0, over the middle two quarters, en route to an 11-5 non-conference win.
 
The Garnet won for the third time in four tries while the Aggies fell to 0-3.
 
DelVal picked up the opening tally as Danny Scheib connected four minutes in. Swarthmore got the next two goals before the Aggies' Chris Coyle tied it off a feed from Nick Shendge with 2:09 left in the first quarter.
 
The Garnet got a goal from Cam Marsh just nine seconds later and it ignited an 8-0 run. Marsh had three of the tallies in the spurt.
 
DelVal made things interesting in the fourth as it scored three straight times to make it 10-5. Dylan Brasch started it with 10:02 remaining off a feed from Matthew Laurence and Coyle followed 45 seconds later off a Jordan Smith assist. Laurence connected from Matt Waibel with 7:44 to go. Neither team scored for the next six minutes until Swarthmore's Jimmy Eberle made it an 11-5 final.
 
DelVal won both the faceoff (10-9) and turnover battles (12-13) while both teams were strong in clears (10-for-14 for the Aggies, 10-for-12 for the Garnet). Coyle added two ground balls to his two goals. Laurence had a goal and assist. Orterro Felton led the way in ground balls with three. Gavin Yingling was credited with nine saves.
 
Marsh had three goals and an assist while Austin Chang finished with three goals and two helpers for five points. Two goalies combined for seven saves.
 
DelVal will have its home opener on Wednesday, March 14 (4 p.m.) when McDaniel College comes to Doylestown for a non-conference game.