Lourdes had to wait an extra 30 minutes for thunderstorms to pass on Wednesday evening before the Gray Wolves took the field in their final non-conference game of the season, but the wait was worth it as Lourdes defeated Mount Vernon Nazarene 14-7 at the Cougar Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
 
Caden Louthan (Dripping Springs, Texas/Dripping Springs H.S.) scored four times while Tyler Pezzot (Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek H.S.) found the back of the cage three times for the Gray Wolves as Lourdes never trailed in the contest.
 
Mike Stibal (Commerce Township, Mich./Lakeland H.S.) started the scoring for Lourdes just 1:21 into the game before Chad Causley, who had a six-point night with two goals and four assists, made it 2-0 Gray Wolves.  Mount Vernon Nazarene (6-3) tied the game at two before Lourdes scored the next four goals.
 
Causley made it 3-2 Lourdes just before the end of the opening quarter before Pezzot started the second with back-to-back tallies.  The Gray Wolves would take a 6-3 lead into halftime.
 
Louthan's second goal of the game, followed by markers from Kyle Schiel (Toledo, Ohio/Southview H.S.) and Nick Johnson (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.) increased the Gray Wolf lead to six midway through the third quarter. Lourdes would go on another 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to put the game away. 
 
Lourdes held a 44-28 advantage in shot attempts on the evening, with George Hoexum (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern H.S.) making eight saves for the Gray Wolves.  Joshua Hageman made nine stops for the Cougars in the cage.
 
Ezequel Ceant (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach H.S.) won 13-of-21 faceoffs on the night and led the team with eight ground balls.
 
Lourdes (3-1) will open Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face Concordia (Mich.).  The opening faceoff is set for 4:30 p.m. at Cardinal Stadium.