Lourdes was within striking distance at halftime on Saturday afternoon but Madona shutout the Gray Wolves in the third quarter on the way to a 17-7 victory at the Madonna Soccer & Lacrosse Field in Livonia, Mich.
 
The Gray Wolves struck first as Caden Louthan (Dripping Springs, Texas/Dripping Springs H.S.) scored a man-down at the 9:33 mark of the opening period.  Madonna responded with the next four goals before Kalani Hale (Charleston, W. Va./Capital H.S.) stopped the run late in the opening quarter.
 
Madonna pushed the lead to 6-2 before Jack Durham (Zeeland, Mich./East H.S.) and Hayden Barber (Temperance, Mich./Bedford H.S.) scored back-to-back goals to pull the Gray Wolves within two.  The Crusaders would score the next two goals though to take an 8-4 lead into intermission.
 
The Crusaders scored the only five goals of the third and added two more to start the fourth to extend the lead to 15-4 and Lourdes was unable to recover.  Louthan and Barber both scored their second goals of the game in the final stanza while Darin Briscoe (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Kingston College) also picked up a goal.
 
Gaspar Ferraro (Shreveport, La./C.E. Byrd H.S.) won 16-of-28 faceoffs for the Gray Wolves while picking up a team-high eight ground balls.  Durham added five more ground balls while Barber had three caused turnovers.
 
Xander Slate (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's H.S.) made 11 saves in goal while Tim Weaver (Frederick, Md./Frederick H.S.) made three more fourth quarter stops.
 
Reid Dunavant led Madonna (6-3, 2-1 WHAC) with seven goals while Zachary Lane had two goals and five assists.
 
Lourdes (3-4, 0-3) will have a week off before returning home next Saturday as the Gray Wolves entertain Indiana Tech.  The opening faceoff is set for 11 a.m. at Ottawa Hills High School.