Playing at Wildcat Stadium for the first time in 2019, Lourdes began the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference portion of the schedule with a 21-4 victory over Taylor on Saturday afternoon.
 
Nine different Gray Wolves found the back of the cage while 10 players registered points in the victory.
 
"Today was a good team win," head coach Patrick Yannarelli said after the game.  "We were happy to see the work ethic from the guys."
 
Lourdes jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the opening quarter as Cory Campbell (Dayton, Ohio/Bellbrook H.S.) scored three times and Blake Alexander (Edgewood, Ky./Dixie Heights H.S.) added two more in the opening 15 minutes.
 
Three more goals to open the second pushed the advantage to 10-0 before the Trojans found the scoreboard, but the Gray Wolves responded with four more tallies before halftime to build a 14-1 lead at the break.  Lourdes outshot Taylor 24-9 in the first half.
 
Campbell's fourth goal of the game and a marker by Jake Noel (Knoxville, Tenn./William Blount H.S.) increased the Lourdes edge to 16-1 before the Trojans scored their second of the contest.  Noel fired home another goal as the horn expired in the quarter making it 19-2 heading into the final 15 minutes.
 
Both teams scored twice in the final stanza as Lourdes finished the contest with a 43-20 edge in shots.
 
Nick Johnson (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.) also scored four times for the Gray Wolves while adding a pair of assists for a team-high six points.  Noel and Collin Miller (Royal Oak, Mich./Shrine Catholic H.S.) each added three tallies.
 
Tyler Griffiths (Fort Wayne ,Ind./Snider H.S.) and Clay Hall (Great Mills, Md./Saint Mary's Ryken H.S.) both had their first goals of the year on the afternoon.
 
Miller won 7-of-13 faceoffs and had a team-high seven ground balls while Noel added six ground balls.  Luke Burridge (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater H.S.) caused four turnovers.
 
In goal, Tyler Hart (Brighton, Mich./Brighton H.S.) made three saves over the first 41 minutes while Chris Douds (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls H.S.) and Sam Cleveland (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas H.S.) made two and three saves respectively in relief.
 
Kyle Mongoven made 10 stops in the cage for Taylor (2-1, 0-1 WHAC) while the Trojans had four different goal scorers offensively.  Nathan Sahly had a game-high nine ground balls for Taylor.
 
Lourdes (5-1, 1-0 remains home on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves entertain Lawrence Tech.  The opening faceoff is set for 6 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.