ST. DAVIDS, Pa.- Eastern University Men's Lacrosse scored the first 10 goals of the contest and cruised to a 15-4 home win over the visiting Manhattanville College Valiants. Senior attack Eric Waibel scored three times and became the third player in program history to reach the 100 career goal plateau.

Waibel opened the scoring three and a half minutes into the game on an assist from Tim Lamb. The Eagles found their way to the goal six more times in the opening period to grab control of the game. Playing against the packed in Valiant zone, the Eastern players were very selective in their shooting and connected on five of their first eight shots of the contest.

Matt Lee won 6-of-8 face-offs in the opening period to help the Eagles to control possession and the game. Dave Darling, Bryan Goetz, Lamb, Grant Ferguson, and Trevor Gallion joined Waibel in the scoring column in the first 15 minutes. Waibel added his second of the day and 99th of his career midway through the period. 

Kyle Gillam and Jake Billera scored in the first two minutes of the second period to give the Eagles a 9-0 lead, and the Eagles began to work even more deliberately on offense and to integrate several younger players and the teams went to the break with the score at 9-0. Nick DiPiano made a single save in the first half of action and picked up the win.

The second half provided opportunities for several younger players to play for the Eagles. Three Eastern players collected their first career goals in the third period. Kenny Meury, who started his career as a defender, scored in transition for a 10-0 lead. After the Valiants got on the board, the Eagles answered with a transition goal off the face-off from Jon Ebert. Joe Palo won the draw and found the cutting Ebert for his first career tally. Grant Smith scored from long-range for a 12-1 lead. 

A cross check from a Valiant defender put the Eastern man-up unit on the field for a minute. Waibel converted from Cody Ridgway for his milestone tally. With his 100th goal, he moves ahead of former teammate Chris Farrar into third on the Eagles' all-time list. He trails fellow seniors Dave Darling and Grant Ferguson on the career list. 

The Valiants scored a pair of goals to start the fourth period before Ridgway connected on his firs tof the year and Smith pushed home his second of the day for the final Eastern goal of the day.

The Eagles collected assists on thirteen of fifteen Eastern goals. Jameal Hadeed made a pair of saves in the third period and Austin Mutter made two stops in the fourth. 

The Eagles (10-3, 3-0) return to action against Delaware Valley College on Wednesday.